Natalie Sambhi
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Researching Indonesia, military & security • Executive Director @verve_research • Non-Resident Fellow @brookingsinst • PhD @ANU_SDSC • ❤ the cello
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"All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory."
~Viet Thanh Nguyen
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Some fun news 😊
#thinktankthuglife
Asia Society Australia is pleased to welcome Natalie Sambhi (
@SecurityScholar
) to our team as Senior Policy Fellow. Natalie comes to us with an established career in international relations and defence studies, with experience in academia, government work and think tanks.
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#Indonesia
and
#India
agree to boost strategic cooperation in defence industry and technology sharing as Prabowo visits New Delhi
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Wonderful piece on what we lose when we don't make time for "deep reading" & deliberate learning via
@washingtonpost
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Maybe the Natuna incident is the right push for this: can Indonesia and India lead a maritime security order in the Indo-Pacific? My latest for
@SCMPNews
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France 🇫🇷 and Australia 🇦🇺 begin negotiations to deepen military cooperation, potentially leading to naval base access in WA
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My report on Australia's and Indonesia's views on the Free and Open Indo-Pacific and Quad is now out! Thanks
@RANDCorporation
@ScottWHarold
and
@tanvi_madan
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How Southeast Asia’s hardline groups saw September 11 attacks, story by
@AisyahHukum
who interviews convicted Bali Bomber
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If anyone's interested, I'm giving a seminar on Indonesia's response to covid-19 tomorrow and the impact on foreign and defence policy via Zoom at 1pm Perth time Tue 5 May here
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Indonesia is the Southeast Asian country with most Facebook users, fourth largest in the world.
Globally, Philippines users spend the greatest amount of time on social media (4hrs/day)
Full results for Digital in 2018 by We Are Social and Hootsuite here:
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What are the potential consequences of
#Indonesia
's 🇮🇩 neutrality during a Taiwan Straits crisis? Informative piece by Abdul Rahman Yaacob
@NSC_ANU
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Thrilled to be speaking about Australia’s and Indonesia’s respective views of Indo-Pacific and Quad on all-female panel at
@RANDCorporation
today with
@tanvi_madan
and Naoko Funatsu
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Back in Singapore for this year's
@IISS_org
's Shangri-La Dialogue. With
@BichTTran1
and I repping
@verve_research
, and with
@darshanabaruah
@EvanLaksmana
@CollinSLKoh
@Julio_Amador3
plus new friends to make, let the good times roll!
#SLD22
#ververesearch
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Incredible snapshot of dynastical politics in Indonesia and India but also close ties between leaders around 1950: Sukarno, his son Guntur and daughter Megawati receive Nehru and his daughter Indira, June 1950
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For
#Indonesia
,
#France
’s increased Indo-Pacific interest also opens an even wider window of opportunity to work minilaterally with willing maritime partners. My latest on
@ASPI_org
’s Strategist
#ausdef
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I've rounded up the Southeast Asian views on
#AUKUS
in this week's Security Scholar suggests, also featuring
@EvanLaksmana
@DzirhanDefence
@djag2
and
@WuTangClan
🎤
#bringdaaukus
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Interested in civil-military relations in
#Indonesia
? Check out my interview with Analyzing War (35mins)
#ververesearch
@verve_research
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Filled with pride to see Sri Damesh Sikh Bagpipe Band marching in centre of Canberra to commemorate service of Sikhs in Gallipoli and Sikhs in ADF. FYI I'm the daughter of immigrants, a Malaysian
#Sikh
father and Indonesian mother. This is Australia.🇦🇺
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"This is not just the first time that an ASEAN member has sought OECD membership but also the first time a G20 emerging economy has sought membership since the G20 was formed in 1999." Good thoughts from
@raniateguh
and
@CSISIndonesia
's Fajar Hirawan
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My article on Indonesian military and 1965 just got published (paywalled) // thank you
@fpinterrupted
for support!
Read "World Policy Interrupted," an all-female edited and written issue of
@WorldPolicy
featuring
@fpinterrupted
:
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To address complex challenges in the vast Indo-Pacific, start with the "Indo-Australis."
My argument for closer trilateral cooperation between Australia, India and Indonesia via
@IndoAtMelb
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If you're interested in war, memory studies or history, highly recommend
@viet_t_nguyen
's Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam & the memory of war.
Rich exploration of perspectives of war, framework of collective memory.
@MemStudiesAssoc
@Strategy_Bridge
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Thanks to everyone who has supported
@verve_research
. Last night I was on
@ABCthedrum
talking about East Timor since the referendum, INTERFET, impact on Australia–Indonesia relations & more.
To watch the discussion, start from 22'
#ausdef
#ververesearch
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Agree with
@EvanLaksmana
: no way a military confrontation with China will end well for Indonesia 🇮🇩 In the article, he calls for strengthening the diplomatic stance while building ties with other mid-sized powers as part of a reinvigorated strategy. Worth reading in full
Recent standoff with China requires a rethink of our current strategy
(Jakpost, Jan 6).
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From the
@jakpost
editors “Indonesia may need to share with Russia its bitter experience – and the hefty price it paid – when it invaded East Timor in 1975 and then declared the former Portuguese colony the country’s 27th province in 1978.”
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For the foreseeable future, Indonesia’s
#military
will be internally and land-focussed due to the numerous security challenges (particularly human security ones) within its borders 🇮🇩 My latest for
@Diplomat_APAC
#ververesearch
#ausdef
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The only thing baseless here is the allegation of xenophobia.
@DaniellesCave
is a top-notch scholar and an asset to our public discourse
@ASPI_org
“The Australian taxpayers and sponsors who fund
@ASPI_org
deserve informed thinking on the important issue of cyber security, not the daily baseless allegations that seem motivated by 'anti-anything Chinese' xenophobia.”
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Chinese fishing vessels accompanied by Chinese coast guard still remain in Natuna waters, reports Indonesian military
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Indonesia has been a top 10 contributing country to UN peace missions since 2017. My new post looks at Indonesian PKO's potential impact on civil–military relations via
@aspi_org
#ververesearch
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Really useful report explaining domestic economic drivers of China's Belt & Road Initiative; provides much-needed perspectives of Chinese economists and financiers, by
@LowyInstitute
's
@peteryuancai
(March 2017)
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Prabowo answering Qs now incl one from me on AUKUS and Quad compatible with Asian Way
#SLD22
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How an ex-criminal set up a school in Medan to deradicalise kids of terrorists // great story by
@JewelTopsfield
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DC friends! Join
@ZachAbuza
,
@DerekJGrossman
, Bich Tran and I for a
@HudsonInstitute
event on maritime security in Southeast Asia 🐠 moderated by the fabulous
@PMCroninHudson
, Fri 31 Jan 1145hrs. Register here
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Some of you might remember I had my own blog once upon a time. Well, it’s back ➡️ // shout outs for good reads and podcasts to
@PJD_DefStudies
@queenofthinair
@Saferworld
@PRIOUpdates
and to Silverchair for the 🎵
#ausdef
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Thanks
@JoeABCNews
for this morning’s interview on student demonstrations and Jokowi’s mixed record on corruption. Good to see coverage of what’s going on in Indonesia 🇮🇩
#ververesearch
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"The bushfires and forest fires should present Australia and Indonesia with an opportune moment to consider climate issues at the top of their cooperation agenda."
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Thank you for having me
@AustraliaDssc
🇦🇺🇮🇩
#ausdef
Assessing Indonesia's elections with
@MKHatherell
@securityscholar
, & J McCarthy. Shaped by nonalignment & geography, suggests critical maritime role in IndoPac -building relationships with India & SWP. Internal security & domestic challenges drive policy.
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Heartbreaking footage shown of Filipino fisherman Delfin Egana distraught after Chinese Coast Guard allegedly confiscated his best fish, caught by spear in Scarborough Shoal so as not to destroy the coral. See more here
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PANEL EVENT: presenting on the potential impacts of peacekeeping ops on Indonesian civil-military relations 🇮🇩🕊, hosted by
@Kemlu_RI
, live streamed Fri 18 Jun 1100hrs (GMT +8)
#ververesearch
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Many thanks
@NSC_ANU
@Rory_Medcalf
and team for hosting me, James Goldrick and Zoe Cameron this morning on Indo-Pacific transnational risks. More to discuss regarding grey-zone tactics 🐟
#ververesearch
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Relieved the TPR presentation done. Ready to get on with fieldwork! Thanks
@JohnBlaxland1
@GregoryVRaymond
and Joan Beaumont for an amazing year of
@ANU_SDSC
#phdlife
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Despite maritime ambitions, Jokowi must continue to focus on domestic, land-based security challenges in his second term. My latest for
@Diplomat_APAC
#ausdef
#ververesearch
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Indonesia’s new military commander must have “chemistry” with President Jokowi: Palace
What is this? The Bachelor? 🌹
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Indonesian Navy launches two domestically-built warships to be used in North Sumatra and Papua // a step closer in boosting the country's ability to patrol its waters
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Want to understand China? Read its best science fiction // same goes for reading lit from Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan
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Another side of
#Indonesia
: Vibrant artworks by Jakarta-based illustrator and designer
@dielamaharanie
🖍🐱
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My lovely 80-year old Dad has always been super interested in my PhD and alerting me to East Timor-related work. He told me to watch the
@abcnews
doco "Call To Arms: the Liberation of East Timor"—so I did and in sharing it, I ended up making a short thread
#ausdef
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Indonesian military to transport 12.9 tons of humanitarian aid to Fiji in response to Cyclone Harold
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Thank you
@causindy
for inviting me to unleash a wargame scenario on the delegates! Great time to be in Makassar. And thank you
@KonJenMakassar
for your support to these activities and our research 🇦🇺🇮🇩 cc
@ANUBellSchool
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Tomorrow night: grab a drink ☕️🍷🍺 and get ready for pop-up
@AIIA_WA
event on
#AUKUS
🇦🇺 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 feat. Prof Hugh White,
@SusannahCPatton
and Prof
@PJD_DefStudies
, Tue 28 Sep 2000hrs AEST, tix + rego here
#ausdef
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India 🇮🇳 to join French-led 🇫🇷 naval exercise La Perouse with Quad states in NE Indian Ocean cc
@FauteuilColbert
@pierrefoucaudwx
#ausdef
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Got 99 problems but a beach ain’t one ... also, awesome book by Cris Yabes on Philippines military after EDSA 🇵🇭
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DC friends,
@PMCroninHudson
@ZachAbuza
Bich Tran
@DerekJGrossman
and I will be discussing Southeast Asian maritime issues at
@HudsonInstitute
tomorrow Fri 31 Jan at 1145hrs, register here or watch online:
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How can China's dominance in the Indo-Pacific be managed without war? Prof
@Rory_Medcalf
answers this and more at
@PerthUSAsia
free event, Wed 11 Apr. Register:
#ausdef
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Indonesian and US militaries currently exercising as prat of Garuda Shield 2021. Large no of pax, risky in covid times but underscores need for building personal relationships
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Newly published: my report on Timor-Leste's security partnerships in Southeast Asia // Thanks to
@PellCenter
@IskanderRehman
and
@JMLudes
for making this happen
#ververesearch
@ANU_SDSC
@PerthUSAsia
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Excited to be speaking about Southeast Asia today on
@YoungAustIntAff
#Future21
panel w
@ConnellyAL
&
@ANUBellSchool
's Nich Farrelly
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@prabowo
on free & active FP q from
@ConnellyAL
“We consider ourselves as respecting all powers and neighbours” as source of conviction, channels Nelson Mandela on perspective on enemies vs freedom fighters
#SLD22
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Indonesia plans to buy Japan’s 30DX multi-mission frigate for TNI-AL, currently in development for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF)
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Teaching is my groove. This morning's class was for
@acsc_j
at
@ADC_Australia
on
#Indonesia
post-Reformasi governance
#ververesearch
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Want to work on Southeast Asian research while living in DC?
@USIP
are hiring! Details here: // great opportunity with a great bunch of people
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"Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance" ~Confucius // calling on Crouch et al for that
#PhDlife
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Prof
@MichaelSWesley
speaking on US strategies in Asia-Pacific and, inevitably, the Trump effect at launch of new
@ANUBellSchool
book "Global Allies: comparing US alliances in the 21st century". Download it here:
#ausdef
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Thank you for hosting
@smsaideman
@CdsnRcds
Super interesting presentation by
@SecurityScholar
on state of play of Indonesian civ-mil relations at
@CSIDSCU
@CU_NPSIA
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It's uncertain whether Indonesia, India or US visions of Indo-Pacific will prevail but we know China will "shape the cadence and direction of the ongoing debate over Asia’s evolving security architecture," writes
@Richeydarian
via
@APPSPolicyForum
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Whole-heartedly agree with
@DaniellesCave
's call for govts to ditch "just trust us" and provide public more natsec info. And yes, scholars/think tankers/specialists have a important role supporting public knowledge! via
@ASPI_org
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Trying to focus on guerrilla warfare readings while a mosquito is attacking my foot. The universe's sick joke at getting the point across!
#wellplayed
#naturefindsaway
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Indonesia watchers, here are the dates/topics/participants for the rest of presidential election debates (Source: Straits Times)
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📢 Join
@SecurityScholar
on 18 Nov for her PhD seminar on the Indonesian military’s collective memory of defeat in East Timor.
📅 This Thursday, 4pm - 5pm.
Register here ⬇️
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My latest on
@WarOnTheRocks
: how Australia and SE Asia are viewing political developments in
#Indonesia
#Ahok
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Some quotes from me on Indonesia's importance as partner for China's Maritime Silk Road and OBOR initiatives
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So Newt, tell me what you really think of my research ... 🐱🔪
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Indonesian soldiers assist in building Islamic school in Papua // sure way of gaining public support for TNI, among other things
#civilmilitaryrelations
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Presenting lecture tomorrow on Indonesian counterinsurgency = excuse to talk about
#theraid
@Aelkus
@NC_Prime
@PriestOutWest
@emirza23
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Australia to send Army mobile training teams within days to Philippines for urban warfare & CT training
#ausdef
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A few things need my urgent attention!
Friends, my smartphone and I are taking an October break from FB, IG and Twitter to help with focus and creative energy. Please email or WA as I'll checking Twitter messages sparingly 🙏🏽☮️
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Indonesia to send 30 large fishing vessels to North Natuna Sea, as instructed by President; plan was discussed with local fishing community
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I know someone who's ready to rumble ... *cracks knuckles*
@LyleJMorris
@SCheneyPeters
@JanetDEGibson
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To all the researchers, writers and PhD students giving it up on a Sunday because
#passion
🔥👊🏼
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Really helpful comments 🧵of advice for PhD students due to present/defend (ie me next month)
#Twitterstorians
: What recommendations do you have for someone to prepare for their dissertation defense (in 10 days)?*
*I acknowledge that every discipline and department has their own unique requirements for dissertation defenses, but any advice is helpful!
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What has the Indonesian military's role been against covid-19 thus far? Useful analysis by
@ragetaufika
for
@CSISIndonesia
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