This webinar discussed the impact of digital technologies on politics and political participation in Southeast Asia. Topic that were examined included the ways in which enhanced technological infrastructure and social media platforms could hamper and/or facilitate political engagement with youth populations, and the opportunity for such processes to usher in a “Democracy 4.0”.
In this webinar, Dr A’an Suryana explained why state capture continues to remain rampant in Indonesia. Using three case studies as exemplars of state capture in Indonesia, he highlighted key factors that could have attributed to these practices and explained why judicial corruption remains an uphill task to eradicate in Indonesia.