The Road to Nusantara: Process, Challenges and Opportunities

The collective research effort of senior and junior scholars from Indonesia and beyond, The Road to Nusantara: Process, Challenges and Opportunities examines the political, economic, socio-cultural, security and environmental implications of President Joko Widodo’s historic plan to move Indonesia’s national capital from Jakarta to Nusantara, East Kalimantan. This volume will be of interest to policymakers, Indonesia’s neighbours near and far, prospective investors, and students of Indonesia who wish to understand the complex challenges underlying this megaproject.

“The chapters in this book are important contributions to the study of Indonesia today …. Ground-breaking and meticulously documented using post-independence archival material and contemporary essays on new capitals …. Essential reading for a better understanding of the impetus behind Nusantara, made even more critical as the future of Nusantara hangs in the balance.” — Edward Lee Kwong Foo, Chairman of Indofood Agri Resources Ltd and former Singapore’s Ambassador to Indonesia, 1994–2006

• Julia M. Lau, Editor

  Julia M. Lau is Senior Fellow and Co-Coordinator of the Indonesia Studies Programme at the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore.

• Athiqah Nur Alami, Editor

  Athiqah Nur Alami is Head of the Research Center for Politics at Indonesia’s National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) in Jakarta.

• Siwage Dharma Negara, Editor

  Siwage Dharma Negara is Senior Fellow and Co-Coordinator of the Indonesia Studies Programme at the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore.

• Yanuar Nugroho, Editor

  Yanuar Nugroho is Visiting Fellow of the Indonesia Studies Programme at the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore. Yanuar is also a senior lecturer at Driyarkara School of Philosophy, Jakarta and Honorary Research Fellow with the University of Manchester’s Institute of Innovation Research, UK.