In 1958, the CIA launched one of its most secretive operations — a plan to overthrow Indonesia’s President Sukarno.

As the seventh year of Indonesian independence drew to a close, the world’s fourth largest democracy (pop. 80 million) was behaving something like a banana republic. “I am certain,” said Indonesia’s ...

HONG KONG – Indonesian founding father and one of Asia’s most important national and international leaders, President Soekarno, made his way to Madame Tussauds Hong Kong today. HONG KONG – Indonesian ...

In one of Indonesia’s many crises three years ago, a young army officer named Zulkifli Lubis helped President Soekarno out of a tight spot. He was one of the officers who stood by the President when a ...

Centralization, which is prone to authoritarianism, may serve as an emergency structure in moments of collapse, but it cannot ...