The Military and Transitions in Indonesia and Egypt
March 16, 2011
Juwono Sudarsono
Dr. Juwono Sudarsono, a former Defense Minister and senior diplomat, is professor of political science at the University of Indonesia.
THE unfolding political changes in Egypt has given rise to comparisons with political reform in post-Suharto Indonesia of May 1998. Suharto and Mubarak had been in power for more than 30 years, bolstered by the armed forces (particularly the army), and a dominant single party (Golkar in Indones
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