Indonesia rising: the repositioning of Asia’s third giant : the repositioning of Asia's third giant

Some international pundits have been declaring that Indonesia is the new star to watch, and that its long-awaited moment in the sun may at last have arrived. Those who know Indonesia well, like the experts writing in this book, are less easy to convince. In this volume they weigh the economic evidence; the political equation between democracy and the obstacles to progress in corruption, inefficiency and legal inadequacies; and Indonesia's unrealised potential as a leader in matters environmental and Islamic.