Menchik Offers Insight on Indonesian Presidential Candidate
Jeremy Menchik, Associate Professor of International Relations at Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, was interviewed by Asia Times on Jakarta, Indonesia‘s former governor Anies Baswedan, his political career, and what that tells us about his bid for president.
The article, titled “Baswedan’s rise stoking Indonesia election flames,” breaks down the candidates in Indonesia’s 2024 democratic presidential elections, specifically Baswedan. Analysts are paying greater attention to where the country is headed given the lack of genuine parliamentary opposition. Baswedan has been criticized for being opportunistic, especially in using faith to his advantage when observers, including Menchik, say he is using the mantle of “defending Islam in order to win political power.” As Menchik states, “there is cause for alarm when a pedigreed intellectual like Baswedan deploys a craven election strategy…he knows better.”
The full article can be read on Asia Times‘ website.
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