Smart in 60 Seconds: Who's next to lead Indonesia?
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08-Feb-2024
Indonesians will go to the polls on February 14, with three high-profile candidates vying to be the country's next president. Joko Widodo is leaving office after 10 years, and with more than 200 million eligible voters, the race to succeed him is complicated affair.
Read the full analysis by Parker Novak, Nonresident Fellow with the Atlantic Council's Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/who-will-lead-indonesia-after-jokowi-the-worlds-third-largest-democracy-is-about-to-decide/
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