The Danger of Intolerant Above-ground, Non-clandestine Organizations is Bigger for Indonesia Than Violent Extremism

Author(s)
Gunnar Stange
Abstract

Sidney Jones is director of the Jakarta-based Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC). From 2002 to 2013, she worked with the International Crisis Group, first as Southeast Asia project director, then from 2007 as senior adviser to the Asia program. Before that she worked for the Ford Foundation, Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch. She is an expert on security in Southeast Asia, particularly Islamic terrorist move- ments in Indonesia. Jones has analyzed and extensively written on separatist conflicts (Aceh, Papua, Mindanao), communal conflicts (Poso, Moluccas), and ethnic conflict (Kalimantan) in Indonesia. She also has studied Islamic radicalism, producing reports on the Islamist terrorist network Jemaah Islamiyah and its operations in Indonesia and the Philippines, as well as issues of security sector reform and decentralization in Indonesia. This interview was conducted and recorded at IPAC office in Jakarta on 20 August 2019. It focuses on questions of religious extremism, political violence, and conflict dynamics in contemporary Indonesia.

Organisation(s)
Department of Geography and Regional Research
Journal
ASEAS - Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies
Volume
12
Pages
267 - 274
No. of pages
8
ISSN
1999-2521
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14764/10.ASEAS-0025
Publication date
12-2019
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
507002 Population geography
Keywords
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Social Sciences(all)
Sustainable Development Goals
SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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