IN an invitational dinner held by the United States-Indonesia Society (Usindo) in Washington, DC, May 2005, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) gave a lengthy speech about conditions in Indonesia after Suhartos New Order. When speaking about changes in Indonesia, Yudhoyono mentioned Adam Schwarz, calling him my good friend.

Yudhoyono and Adam Schwarz are indeed old friends. Schwarz, an American, and author of A Nation in Waiting; Indonesias S