The Indonesian rupiah finds itself beset by international currency troubles. The word that jumps out to me in the Indonesian press coverage and on Twitter is anjlok, which means to plummet or to fall rapidly (see e.g. here). The last time that I saw the word anjlok used to describe the rupiah’s value this often […]
Category: Politics
Psywar and Misinformation: 1965 Indonesia, 2016-? United States
I recently had the privilege to review Geoffrey Robinson‘s The Killing Season: A History of the Indonesian Massacres, 1965-1966. It’s scheduled to be published promptly in March 2019 because academic publishing (although you might click here to see what happens). Anyone who happens to be reading this blog post is probably someone who would enjoy […]
