Faculty of Asian Studies, The Australian National University

Dr Marcus Mietzner

Lecturer in Indonesian Studies, Southeast Asia Centre

Email: Marcus.Mietzner@anu.edu.au
Phone: + 61 2 6125 7241
Fax: + 61 2 6125 8326
Room: E4.13 Baldessin Precinct Building

1. Qualifications

Ph.D (ANU), M.A. (Frankfurt)

2. Research Interests

• The political role of the military in Indonesia
• Indonesian political parties, particularly campaign financing issues
• Elections in Indonesia
• Comparative electoral politics in Southeast Asia

3. Courses

• ASIA2030: Security and Strategic Studies - The Asia-Pacific Region (B)
• ASIA2060: Security in Southeast Asia
• ASIA2069: Indonesia's Regions: Politics, Economy, Society
• ASIA2070: Elections in Southeast Asia

4. ARC Grant

DP1093438 (2010-12): Political party financing and democratic consolidation in Indonesia

5. Publications

a. Books, Monographs and Working Papers

• 2006. The Politics of Military Reform in Post-Soeharto Indonesia: Elite Conflict, Nationalism, and Institutional Resistance, Policy Studies Series 23, East-West Center Washington, Washington D.C.

• 2008. (with Edward Aspinall) “From Silkworms to Bungled Bailout: International Influences on the 1998 Regime Change in Indonesia”, CDDRL Working Paper, Stanford University.

• 2009. “Indonesia's 2009 Elections: Populism, Dynasties and the Consolidation of the Party System”, Lowy Institute for International Policy, Sydney.

• 2009. Military Politics, Islam, and the State in Indonesia: From Turbulent Transition to Democratic Consolidation, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, 426 pages.

b. Peer-reviewed Articles in Academic Journals

• 2002. “Politics of Engagement: The Indonesian Armed Forces, Islamic Extremism, and the ‘War on Terror’”, The Brown Journal of World Affairs, Volume 9/1, p. 71-84.

• 2007. “Party Financing in Post-Soeharto Indonesia: Between State Subsidies and Political Corruption”, Contemporary Southeast Asia, Volume 29/2, pp. 238-263.

• 2007. “Local Elections and Autonomy in Papua and Aceh: Mitigating or Fueling Secessionism?”, Indonesia 84 (October), pp. 1-39.

• 2008. “Soldiers, Parties and Bureaucrats: Illicit Fund-Raising in Contemporary Indonesia”, South East Asian Research, Volume 16/2, pp. 225-254.

• 2008. “Comparing Indonesia’s Party Systems in the 1950s and the Post-Soeharto Era: Centrifugal versus Centripetal Inter-Party Competition”, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Volume 39/3, pp. 431-453.

• 2008. “The Ambivalence of Weak Legitimacy: Habibie’s Interregnum Revisited”, Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs, Volume 42/2, pp. 1-34.

• 2009. “Indonesia in 2008: Yudhoyono's Struggle for Re-election”, Asian Survey, Volume 49/1, pp. 146-155.

• 2009. “Political Opinion Polling in Post-Authoritarian Indonesia: Catalyst or Obstacle to Democratic Consolidation?”, Bijdragen tot the Taal-, Land, en Volkenkunde, Volume 165/2, pp. 95-126.

• 2009. “Indonesia: Democratic Consolidation in Soeharto's Shadow”, Southeast Asian Affairs 2009, pp. 105-123.

• 2010. (with Nicholas Parsons) "Sharia By-Laws in Indonesia: A Legal and Political Analysis of Recent Debates", Australian Journal of Asian Law, Volume 11/2.

• 2010. "Indonesia in 2009: Electoral Contestation and Economic Resilience", Asian Survey, Volume 50/1.

c. Book Chapters

• 1998. “Between Pesantren and Palace: Nahdlatul Ulama and its Role in the Transition,” in: Geoff Forrester et.al. (editors), The Fall of Soeharto, Bathurst, p. 179-199.

• 1999. “Nahdlatul Ulama and the 1999 General Election in Indonesia,” in: Susan Blackburn (editor), Pemilu: the 1999 Indonesian Election, Monash Annual Lecture Series No. 22, p. 73-86.

• 1999. “ABRI and Civil Society in the Post-Soeharto Era,” in: Edward Aspinall, Herb Feith and Gerry van Klinken (editors), The Last Days of Soeharto, Monash Asia Institute, Melbourne, p. 147-149.

• 1999. “From Soeharto to Habibie: the Indonesian Armed Forces and Political Islam during the Transition,” in: Geoff Forrester (editor), Post-Soeharto Indonesia: Renewal or Chaos?, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies/Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, p. 65-104.

• 1999. “Nationalism and Islamic Politics: Political Islam in the Post-Soeharto Era,” in: Arief Budiman, Barbara Hatley and Damien Kingsbury (editors), Reformasi. Crisis and Change in Indonesia, Monash Asia Institute, Melbourne, p. 173-200.

• 2000. “The 1999 General Session: Wahid, Megawati and the Fight for the Presidency,” in: Chris Manning and Peter Van Diermen (editors), Indonesia in Transition: Social Aspects of Reformasi and Crisis, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies/Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, p. 39-57.

• 2000. “ABRI dan Oposisi di Era Pasca Soeharto”, in: Ahmad Suaedy (editor), Pergulatan Pesantren & Demokratisasi, LKiS, Yogyakarta, p. 305-317.

• 2001. “Abdurrahman’s Indonesia: Political Conflict and Institutional Crisis,” in: Grayson Lloyd, Shannon Smith (editors), Indonesia Today: Challenges of History, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies/Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore 2001, p. 29-44.

• 2001. “Personal Triumph and Political Turmoil: Abdurrahman and Indonesia’s Struggle for Reform”, in: Damien Kingsbury (editor), The Presidency of Abdurrahman Wahid: An Assessment after the First Year, Monash Asia Institute, Annual Lecture Series No. 23, Clayton, p.15-32.

• 2003. “Business as Usual? The Indonesian Armed Forces and Local Politics in the Post-Soeharto Era”, in: Edward Aspinall and Greg Fealy (eds), Local Power and Politics in Indonesia: Decentralisation and Democratisation, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies/Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, p. 245-258.

• 2004. “Kepergian Munir: ‘Aborsi’ Sebuah Perjalanan Karier yang Prospektif”, in: Jaleswari Pramodhawardani, Andi Widjajanto (editors), Munir: Sebuah Kitab Melawan Lupa, Mizan, Bandung, p. 119-123.

• 2009. “Indonesia and the Pitfalls of Low-Quality Democracy: A Case Study of the Gubernatorial Elections in North Sulawesi”, in: Andreas Ufen, Marco Bünte (editors), Democratization in Post-Suharto Indonesia, Routledge, London and New York, pp. 124-149.

• 2009. “Autonomy, Democracy and Internal Conflict: The 2006 Gubernatorial Elections in Papua”, in: Maribeth Erb, Priyambudi Sulistiyanto (editors), Pilkada: Indonesia’s Local District Elections, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, pp. 259-282.

• 2009. “The 2005 Local Elections in Indonesia – Empowerment of the Electorate or Entrenchment of the New Order Oligarchy?”, in: Greg Fealy, Edward Aspinall (editors), Indonesia: The New Order and its Legacy (forthcoming).

• 2009. “Habibie, Regime Change and Democratization in Indonesia”, in: Bridget Welsh (editor), Indonesia’s Reformasi: Reflections on the Habibie Era (forthcoming).

• 2009. “Funding Pilkada: Illegal Campaign Financing in Indonesia’s Local Elections”, in: Edward Aspinall, Gerry van Klinken (editors), Illegality and the State in Indonesia, KITLV Press, Leiden (forthcoming).

• 2009. “Ending the War in Aceh: Leadership, Money and Autonomy in Yudhoyono's Indonesia”, in Rajat Ganguli (editor), Autonomy and Ethnic Conflict Settlement in South and Southeast Asia (forthcoming).

d. Articles in Journals and other Publications

• 1998. “Godly Men in Green”, Inside Indonesia 53.

• 2001. “Political Islam under the Abdurrahman Presidency,” The Conflict, Security & Development Group Bulletin, Volume 10, p.1-4.

• 2002. “Military Reform and Civilian Conflict”, Developing Alternatives, Volume VIII/1, p. 23-26.

• 2002.“TNI and Paramilitary Groups: From Political Instruments to Competitors”, Van Zorge Report on Indonesia, Volume 4/19, p. 21-26.

• 2005. “Local Democracy”, Inside Indonesia 85, p. 17-18.

• 2008. “Indonesia’s Political Parties: Stable But Unpopular”, Inside Indonesia 92.

• 2009. “Indonesia's Democratic Choices”, Far Eastern Economic Review, May 2009.

• 2009. “Election Politics: Chaos and Consolidation”, Inside Indonesia 97.

e. Reviews

• 2004. “Behind the Smokescreen of Politics after Soeharto”, Review of “Reorganizing Power in Indonesia: The Politics of Oligarchy in an Age of Markets” by Richard Robison and Vedi R. Hadiz, Jakarta Post 27 June.

• 2007. Mikaela Nyman, “Democratising Indonesia: The Challenges of Civil Society in the Era of Reformasi”, Copenhagen: NIAS Press (2005), Review in Contemporary Southeast Asia, Volume 29/3, pp. 536-538.

• 2008. Christoph Schuck, "Die Entgrenzung des Islamismus. Indonesische Erfahrungen im Globalen Kontext," Baden-Baden: Nomos (2008), Review in Asien No. 108, pp. 123-125.

• 2008. Katherine McGregor, "History in Uniform: Military Ideology and the Construction of Indonesia's Past", Singapore: NUS Press (2007), Review in Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land, en Volkenkunde, Volume 164/4, pp. 549-551.

• 2008. Elizabeth F. Drexler, "Aceh, Indonesia: Securing the Insecure State", Philadelphia: Pennsylvania University Press (2008), Review in Indonesia 86 (October 2008), pp. 175-178.

6. Conference Presentations

• “Political Islam in the Post-Soeharto Era”, Conference: Democracy in Indonesia? The Crisis and Beyond, Institute for Asian Languages and Studies, University of Melbourne/Centre of Southeast Asian Studies, Monash University, Melbourne, 11-12 December 1998.

• “The Armed Forces and Political Islam in Indonesia’s Transition”, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta, 2 August 1999.

• “Indonesia’s Presidential Elections”, Indonesia Study Group, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, 8 September 1999.

• “The Wahid Presidency – An Evaluation”, Conference: Rethinking Indonesia, Monash Asia Institute, Melbourne, 4-5 March 2000.

• “Recent Developments in Military Politics”, Workshop: Indonesia – Challenges to Building Democracy, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington D.C., 15 September 2000.

• “Indonesian Politics in 2000: Wahid’s Decline”, Conference: Indonesia Update 2000, Australian National University, Canberra, 6-7 October 2000.

• “Wahid’s First Year in Office: Turmoil and Reform”, Workshop: The Presidency of Abdurrahman Wahid – An Assessment after the First Year, Centre of Southeast Asian Studies, Monash University, Melbourne, 21 October 2000.

• “Reforming Security Institutions – Do NGOs have a Role?”, Conference: The Roles of NGOs in Indonesian Security, Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, Honolulu, Hawaii, 3 October 2001.

• Participant in the Aceh Study Group of the “Dynamics and Management of Internal Conflicts in Asia” Project, organized by the East West Center Washington, Sanur/Bali, 16-17 June 2002.

• “Business as Usual? The Indonesian Armed Forces and Local Politics in the Post-Soeharto Era”, Conference: Indonesia Update 2002, The Australian National University, Canberra, 27-28 September 2002.

• “The Indonesian Military and Local Politics”, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Jakarta, 23 May 2003.

• “Democratic Control of the Armed Forces: The Case of Indonesia”, First Swiss Summer School on Democratic Governance of Civil-Military Relations, Geneva Center for the Democratic Control of the Armed Forces, Lucerne, 23-30 August 2003.

• “Civil-Military Relations in Indonesia”, Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum, United Nations, New York, 6 May 2004.

• Discussant of Kirsten Schulze’s paper “Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency: A Strategic Analysis of the Aceh Conflict”, Conference: The Historical Background of the Aceh Problem, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, 28-29 May 2004.

• “TNI in the Post-Soeharto Polity”, Center for Defence and Strategic Studies, Australian Defence College, Canberra, 29 June 2005.

• “The 2005 Local Elections in Indonesia – Empowerment of the Electorate or Entrenchment of the New Order Oligarchy?”, Conference: Indonesia – The New Order and its Legacy, Australian National University, Canberra, 18 November 2005.

• “Autonomy, Democracy and Internal Conflict: The 2006 Gubernatorial Elections in Papua”, Indonesia Study Group, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, 15 May 2006.

• “From Soeharto to Susilo: The Indonesian Armed Forces since the End of the New Order”, United Services Institute, Australian Defence Force Headquarters, Canberra, 17 May 2006.

• “Local Politics in Post-Soeharto Indonesia”, Center for Defence and Strategic Studies, Australian Defence College, Canberra, 18 May 2006.

• “The Ambivalence of Weak Legitimacy: Habibie, Regime Change and Democratization in Indonesia”, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University, Washington, 26 March 2007.

• “Indonesia’s Party System in Historical Perspective”, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 24 April 2007.

• “Party Politics in Contemporary Indonesia”, Australian National University, Canberra, 14 May 2007.

• “External Influences on Indonesia’s 1998 Regime Change”, Stanford University, 26 October 2007.

• “Soldiers, Parties and Bureaucrats: Illicit Fund-Raising in Contemporary Indonesia”, Australian National University, Canberra, 13 November 2007.

• “Party Financing and Political Corruption in Indonesia”, KITLV, Leiden, 12 March 2008.

• “Political Parties in Indonesia – Pillars or Killers of Democracy?”, Conference: 10 Years Reformasi in Indonesia, Amsterdam 24 May 2008.

• “The 2009 Elections in Indonesia – Consolidation or Restoration?”, Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy, Den Haag, 11 June 2008.

• “Indonesia in 2014: Prospects for the Future”, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 4 November 2008.

• “The 2009 Elections in Indonesia: Parties and Candidates”, Stanford University, 8 January 2009.

• “Indonesia’s New Electoral System and its Impact on Democratic Consolidation”, Association of Asian Studies (AAS) Conference, Chicago, 27 March 2009.

• “Veto Player No More? The Declining Political Influence of the Military in Post-Authoritarian Indonesia”, International Conference: Indonesia, Islam and Democracy, Columbia University, New York, 3 April 2009.

• “Between Populism, Charisma and "Money Politics": President Yudhoyono and the Evolution of Indonesia's Party System”, Lowy Institute, Sydney, 22 April 2009.

7. Previous Positions

• Research Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Jakarta, 1998-1999.

• Program Officer for Civil-Military Relations on USAID-funded projects in Jakarta, Indonesia, 1999-2007.

• Visiting Fellow, The Indonesian Institute, Jakarta, 2007-2008.

• Visiting Research Fellow, KITLV, Leiden, January-June 2008.