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Jokowi Maintains Maritime Vision

There was another celebration at the Indonesian Embassy in London earlier this week. The reason? Indonesia had been successfully re-elected as a council member of the International Maritime Organisation, C category for 2020-2021. This successful candidacy takes us back to the 2014 presidential campaign, when President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo proclaimed his bright vision to make...
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New Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Edhy Prabowo has promised to stop sinking illegal fishing boats and present a more business-friendly front for his ministry. (Antara Photo/M.N. Kanwa)

Sink ‘Em All or Swim With the Current: Reorienting Policy in the Fisheries Sector

In the past five years, local media have been awash with images of Susi Pudjiastuti, the former fisheries minister, overseeing the sinking of illegal fishing boats. The semi-military hat Susi often wore during these occasions signified her position as the commander of the Presidential Task Force 115, which led other security forces in combating illegal,...
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