Military Modernization, Civil Ambivalence

The Indonesian Military (TNI) has made a lot of progress in its reform process. Despite this, civilian politicians are still divided over how to face the issue.

December 26, 2000

About two years ago, a smile of satisfaction appeared on the face of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the end of a meeting of the Indonesian Military leadership at HQ in Cilangkap. The long and sometimes heated meeting had been discussing the fundamentals of ABRI, as the nation’s military was then known. Yudhoyono had managed to convince his colleagues that ABRI would have to change completely, in keeping with global changes and national politic

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