Ben Bland

Ben Bland is the director of the Southeast Asia Project at the Lowy Institute in Sydney, and a former correspondent for the Financial Times.

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The World’s Most Complicated Single-Day Election Is a Feat of Democracy

Indonesia’s ability to hold free and fair polls illustrates many of the oft-hidden processes that, beyond the simple act of casting ballots, underpin democratic societies.
- Ben Bland
- April 15, 2019