Shadow Puppets and Special Forces: Indonesia’s Fragile Democracy

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By Michael G. Vann

Shocking violence in March reveals the dark side of power politics in Indonesia.

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  1. How is support (via social media) for the killers measured? It is my understanding that social media can be hard to measure except for absolute numbers of some activity (tweets, posts, et...
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  2. @ David Ian Kaye In Soekarno era , it was called KKAD then RPKAD (till 1966) Then in Soeharto era , it was called Puspassus AD then in early 70's through mid 80's : Kopass...
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