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so the world's so call biggest democracy is going to overtake China
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2014-07-20, 08:56 | Link #34246 | |
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Unfortunately in this case, it's occuring in Kashmir which is mostly populated by muslim but held by India and contested by Pakistan. There's probably a lot more human rights abuse that have yet to be uncovered.
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2014-07-22, 11:29 | Link #34247 | ||
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China's bloggers don't swallow fast food safety scandal
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City 'sealed off' after man dies of plague in China - See more at: http://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/east-asia/story/city-sealed-after-man-dies-plague-china-20140722#sthash.SDI7XBuo.dpuf Quote:
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2014-07-22, 11:48 | Link #34248 | |
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Upstart Populist Elected President of Indonesia
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2014-07-22, 22:14 | Link #34252 |
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Meanwhile in Gaza, two Malaysian airliner were shot down caused 600 deaths.... eh I means... Israel started new strikes on Gaza as death toll reach 600
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2014-07-23, 05:16 | Link #34254 | |
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2014-07-23, 05:37 | Link #34255 | |
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2014-07-23, 06:16 | Link #34256 | |
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There is alot to clean up. The thing is, how much can he do in his term? EDIT : Damn Reuters beat me to it.
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2014-07-23, 13:36 | Link #34257 |
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We have transformed from the local Roman Empire into the region's most democratic country. This is not unimpressive, but people usually exaggerate how much of an achievement it is. We have enough precedents, functioning framework and an intact, large, old elite class and burgeoning middle class to quickly disperse political power towards after the fall of Suharto. It is another question why, unlike Egypt after Arab Spring, Indonesia didn't quickly revert to adjusted despotism right after Reformasi. One might points to the retreat from East Timor as the cause, which undermined the prestige of Indonesian military even if not their raw financial nor weight throwing strength. One might also point rivalries between generals that prevented united front from the army to seize power. Either way, Indonesia had a relatively safe fall back after autocracy since it was essentially a continuation of New Order, only without autocracy. Naturally, we became the messy, corrupt, unconsolidated oligarchy through the way we democratized. Yet, despite the terrible starting point, the post-dictatorship establishment pretty much retains the drive for development of the older regime, if exhausted, confused, discredited and desperate one initially. And as how the previous regime gave birth to the seeds of Reformasi, it'll might about to bear an unintended consequence this time around.
The election of Jokowi is a game changer, because he is a completely New Order free professional administrator. Yet, he's not much an ideological reformer as much a very determined repairer. It means that he doesn't yet have a full all-encompassing vision to reshape the system upon. It also explains his lack of information over some issues such as South China Sea dispute, though it's the part I believe he can overcome. But while his election towards the office does indicate a significant shift on how the system will operate, it doesn't mean the dethronement of the old elite nor the military and instant removal many of the root problems of Indonesian society. Political spectrum won't even spread that much. Not to mention that within his own camp he's being surrounded by... well, let's say monsters, all from the older generation. But we can expect for a major consolidation of the system and an increasing broadening of political awareness and critical expressions that will influence the former's course. That will might help Jokowi in the long run against awaiting challenges, among them his imminent collision against his patron Megawati and perhaps, after the fiasco in Karawang between local yeomen and troopers-backed real estate mogul, questions over agrarian law reform, which will become the most potentially explosive issue. Still, in facing them he will need to negotiate with some of the neo-liberal oligarchs and generals and play them against other neo-liberal oligarchs and generals and settle with only partial success, which will disappoint many but perhaps the best course of action to take. This is the part we need to watch closely upon, IMO.
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2014-07-23, 23:30 | Link #34258 |
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Not really a ''new'' but a reading (sadly in French) than might interest some about the military operation in Gaza:
Un ancien officier israélien : « Notre but était de semer la peur » http://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/...0857_3232.html
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2014-07-24, 06:08 | Link #34259 | |
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Contact lost with Air Algerie plane carrying 116 people from Burkina Faso
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third one of aircraft relaetd accident for this month
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2014-07-24, 09:55 | Link #34260 | |
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