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| kopassus: Kopassus Kenneth J. Conboy, 2003 In a nation where the military has played an influential social and political role since its founding, perhaps no unit has wielded more power-and seen more action-than Kopassus, Indonesia's Special Forces. From the jungles of Irian Jaya to the backrooms of Jakarta's most powerful political figures, this elite group of commandos has influenced nearly every major policy decision taken since its inception in 1952. Here, for the first time, this secretive and controversial unit is exposed in KOPASSUS: Inside Indonesia's Special Forces by acclaimed author Ken Conboy. In this new age of terrorism and counter-terrorism, and especially in the wake of the October 2002 Bali bombing, understanding Kopassus is an integral part of understanding the politics of modern Indonesia. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in unconventional warfare, contemporary Indonesian history, and the brushfire wars that have swept the Indonesian archipelago over the past fifty years. KEN CONBOY is country manager for Risk Management Advisory, a private security consultancy in Jakarta. Prior to that, he served as deputy director at the Asian Studies Center, an influential Washington-based think tank, where his duties including writing policy papers for the U.S. Congress and Executive on economic and strategic relations with the nations of South and Southeast Asia. The author of a dozen books about Asian military history and intelligence operations, Conboy's most recent title, Spies in the Himalayas, has earned praise as an intriguing account of high-altitude mountaineering and covert missions. A graduate of Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and of Johns Hopkins' School of Advanced International Studies, Conboy was also a visiting fellow at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok and has lived in Indonesia since 1992. |
| kopassus: "What Did I Do Wrong?" Human Rights Watch (Organization), 2009 This 16-page report documents how Kopassus soldiers operating in the town of Merauke, in Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua, arrest Papuans without legal authority, and beat and mistreat those they take back to their barracks. Kopassus' record of human rights violations and its failure to hold the abusers accountable spans its operations across Indonesia, particularly since the 1970s in East Timor, Aceh, Papua, and Java. Human Rights Watch urged the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia to withhold training from Kopassus until serious efforts are made to investigate and hold abusive soldiers accountable.--Publisher description. |
| kopassus: Australia's Renewal of Training Links with Kopassus Damien Kingsbury, 2004 In August 2003, the Australian government reinstituted training links between the Australian Army's Special Air Service (SAS) regiment and the Indonesian Army's Special Forces Command (Komando Pasukan Khussus - Kopassus). It was a move that was warmly welcomed by Indonesia but decried throughout much of Australia, following the role of Kopassus in the destruction of East Timor in 1999. The rationale of the Australian government was that renewing links, ostensibly with Kopassus' 'counter-terrorist' unit, would assist if and when Australian citizens were taken hostage. The immediate context for this move was the 'war on terrorism' and more specifically the rise of Islamic terrorism in Indonesia. In this, the 'war on terrorism' and the role extremist Indonesian Muslims appeared to play into designs of a much larger and longer-standing agenda, namely the renewal of US military links with the Indonesian military. This paper argues that the logic behind the renewal of links with the Indonesian military generally and Kopassus in particular is flawed, based on a false public rationale, and militates against Australia's strategic, diplomatic and domestic political interests.--Abstract from SDSC web site. |
| kopassus: West Papua & Indonesia Since Suharto Peter King, 2004 This book reviews the long guerilla struggle of the 'Organisasi Papua Merdeka' (OPM) for a Free Papua, and traces the rise of a non-violent independence movement alongside it, the Papua Council, following the fall from power of Indonesia’s military dictator, General Suharto, in 1998. |
| kopassus: Indonesia's War Over Aceh Matt Davies, 2006-09-27 Presenting the background and history of the war in Aceh, Matt Davies investigates the domestic and regional implications, and common misunderstanding surrounding its various issues. |
| kopassus: The Kopassus Dilemma Alan Dupont, 2003 |
| kopassus: Leadership in Extreme Situations Michael Holenweger, Michael Karl Jager, Franz Kernic, 2017-04-25 This book covers various aspects of leadership in critical situations and under extreme conditions. Today’s leaders often face challenging situations or unexpected difficulties, and mastering these requires a wide spectrum of competencies such as creativity, courage and empathy. Therefore, this book provides an interdisciplinary approach including both theoretical concepts and practical findings relevant to optimizing leadership in extreme situations. Issues such as why people act as they do in stressful and extreme situations, or what constitutes the nexus between leadership/followership, organizations, and culture etc., are addressed. Leadership under extreme conditions is a very complex topic and one that has been approached from a variety of perspectives. The contributions to this volume thus originate from various academic disciplines including political science, social sciences, psychology, and philosophy. Insights from the study of in extremis leadership can help researchers and practitioners understand the individual, team and contextual factors that influence leadership and, ultimately, organizational efficiency and effectiveness. Leadership in Extreme Situations is a collection of contributions by selected scholars and field experts. It addresses key issues of leadership, morale and cohesion, as well as ethical questions; provides an ideal entry into the complex world of advanced leadership; and serves as a practical guide for the successful implementation of modern leadership. |
| kopassus: Global Anti-Terrorism Law and Policy Victor V. Ramraj, Michael Hor, Kent Roach, 2009-04-09 All indications are that the prevention of terrorism will be one of the major tasks of governments and regional and international organisations for some time to come. In response to the globalised nature of terrorism, anti-terrorism law and policy have become matters of global concern. Anti-terrorism law crosses boundaries between states and between domestic, regional and international law. They also cross traditional disciplinary boundaries between administrative, constitutional, criminal, immigration and military law, and the law of war. This collection is designed to contribute to the growing field of comparative and international studies of anti-terrorism law and policy. A particular feature of this collection is the combination of chapters that focus on a particular country or region in the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, and overarching thematic chapters that take a comparative approach to particular aspects of anti-terrorism law and policy, including international, constitutional, immigration, privacy, maritime, aviation and financial law. |
| kopassus: Roots of Violence in Indonesia Freek Colombijn, J.Th. Lindblad, 2021-11-15 Jakarta, Sambas, Poso, the Moluccas, West Papua. These simple, geographical names have recently obtained strong associations with mass killing, just as Aceh and East Timor, where large-scale violence has flared up again. Lethal incidents between adjacent villages, or between a petty criminal and the crowd, take place throughout Indonesia. Indonesia is a violent country. Many Indonesia-watchers, both scholars and journalists, explain the violence in terms of the loss of the monopoly on the means of violence by the state since the beginning of the Reformasi in 1998. Others point at the omnipresent remnants of the New Order state (1966-1998), former President Suharto's clan or the army in particular, as the evil genius behind the present bloodshed. The authors in this volume try to explain violence in Indonesia by looking at it in historical perspective. |
| kopassus: Power Politics and the Indonesian Military Damien Kingsbury, 2005-08-18 Based on extensive original research, this book examines the role of the military in Indonesian politics. Looking at the role of the military historically, its involvement in politics and also considers how its role might develop. |
| kopassus: Masters of Terror Richard Tanter, Geert Arend van Klinken, Desmond Ball, 2006 The terror campaign by pro-Indonesian armed groups before, during, and after East Timor's independence referendum in 1999 was a blatant challenge to the international community as many of the acts of murder, political intimidation, destruction, and mass deportation took place before the eyes of the world. Yet still the ultimate responsibility has been denied and obscured. Masters of Terror provides an authoritative analysis and documentation of the brutal operations carried out by the Indonesian army and its East Timorese allies. The authors carefully assemble detailed accounts of the actions of the major Indonesian officers and East Timorese militia commanders accused of gross human rights violations. This indispensable work explores a horrific frontal attack on democracy and calls for the establishment of an international tribunal for crimes against humanity in East Timor. |
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| kopassus: Aceh, Indonesia Elizabeth F. Drexler, 2009-04-06 In 1998, Indonesia exploded with both euphoria and violence after the fall of its longtime authoritarian ruler, Soeharto, and his New Order regime. Hope centered on establishing the rule of law, securing civilian control over the military, and ending corruption. Indonesia under Soeharto was a fundamentally insecure state. Shadowy organizations, masterminds, provocateurs, puppet masters, and other mysterious figures recalled the regime's inaugural massive anticommunist violence in 1965 and threatened to recreate those traumas in the present. Threats metamorphosed into deadly violence in a seemingly endless spiral. In Aceh province, the cycle spun out of control, and an imagined enemy came to life as armed separatist rebels. Even as state violence and systematic human rights violations were publicly exposed after Soeharto's fall, a lack of judicial accountability has perpetuated pervasive mistrust that undermines civil society. Elizabeth F. Drexler analyzes how the Indonesian state has sustained itself amid anxieties and insecurities generated by historical and human rights accounts of earlier episodes of violence. In her examination of the Aceh conflict, Drexler demonstrates the falsity of the reigning assumption of international human rights organizations that the exposure of past violence promotes accountability and reconciliation rather than the repetition of abuses. She stresses that failed human rights interventions can be more dangerous than unexamined past conflicts, since the international stage amplifies grievances and provides access for combatants to resources from outside the region. Violent conflict itself, as well as historical narratives of past violence, become critical economic and political capital, deepening the problem. The book concludes with a consideration of the improved prospects for peace in Aceh following the devastating 2004 tsunami. |
| kopassus: The Military and Democracy in Indonesia Angel Rabasa, John Haseman, 2002-12-13 The military is one of the few institutions that cut across the divides of Indonesian society. As it continues to play a critical part in determining Indonesia's future, the military itself is undergoing profound change. The authors of this book examine the role of the military in politics and society since the fall of President Suharto in 1998. They present several strategic scenarios for Indonesia, which have important implications for U.S.-Indonesian relations, and propose goals for Indonesian military reform and elements of a U.S. engagement policy. |
| kopassus: Modern Genocide Paul R. Bartrop, Steven Leonard Jacobs, 2014-12-17 This massive, four-volume work provides students with a close examination of 10 modern genocides enhanced by documents and introductions that provide additional historical and contemporary context for learning about and understanding these tragic events. Modern Genocide: The Definitive Resource and Document Collection spans nearly 1,700 pages presented in four volumes and includes more than 120 primary source documents, making it ideal for high school and beginning college students studying modern genocide as part of a larger world history curriculum. The coverage for each modern genocide, from Herero to Darfur, begins with an introductory essay that helps students conceptualize the conflict within an international context and enables them to better understand the complex role genocide has played in the modern world. There are hundreds of entries on atrocities, organizations, individuals, and other aspects of genocide, each written to serve as a springboard to meaningful discussion and further research. The coverage of each genocide includes an introductory overview, an explanation of the causes, consequences, perpetrators, victims, and bystanders; the international reaction; a timeline of events; an Analyze section that poses tough questions for readers to consider and provides scholarly, pro-and-con responses to these historical conundrums; and reference entries. This integrated examination of genocides occurring in the modern era not only presents an unprecedented research tool on the subject but also challenges the readers to go back and examine other events historically and, consequently, consider important questions about human society in the present and the future. |
| kopassus: Freedom in Entangled Worlds Eben Kirksey, 2012-03-21 Ethnography that explores the political landscape of West Papua and chronicles indigenous struggles for independence during the late 1990s and early 2000s. |
| kopassus: The Silenced Majority Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan, 2012 A collection of newspaper and magazine articles where Goodman and Moynihan take an anti-establishment stance and get to the heart of today's critical news stories and political events |
| kopassus: The U.S.-Japan Security Alliance T. Inoguchi, G. John Ikenberry, 2011-09-12 In this book, American and Japanese experts examine to what extent diverging priorities in the U.S.-Japan alliance are real and whether they are not remedied with political and diplomatic leadership and other processes. American and Japanese authors are paired to analyze the same topic, where doing so is possible, for comparing their perspectives. |
| kopassus: Kopassus dan Theys Uluay Pusat Data Dan Analisa Tempo, Kopassus dan Theys Uluay |
| kopassus: Kopassus - Pasukan Dengan Sejuta Wajah TEMPO Pubishing, 2020-01-01 DI Batujajar, Jawa Barat, pagi belum lagi turun. Seorang lelaki muda tersentak bangun, lalu tergopoh-gopoh keluar dari kamarnya pada pukul dua pagi. Tubuhnya menggigil menahan hawa pagi yang menampar-nampar, tapi ia memaksa dirinya berlari. “Cepat, cepat, cepat!” sebuah hardikan keras memaksanya berpacu lebih kencang. |
| kopassus: Kopassus dan penyerangan penjara Cebongan Jilid IV Pusat Data Dan Analisa Tempo, Kopassus dan penyerangan penjara Cebongan |
| kopassus: Kopassus dan penyerangan penjara Cebongan Jilid II Pusat Data Dan Analisa Tempo, Kopassus dan penyerangan penjara Cebongan |
| kopassus: Kopassus dan penyerangan penjara Cebongan Jilid III Pusat Data Dan Analisa Tempo, Kopassus dan penyerangan penjara Cebongan |
| kopassus: Indonesia , 2002 |
| kopassus: Organized Crime and States J. Briquet, G. Favarel-Garrigues, 2010-09-10 In contrast to a globalizing approach to 'transnational organized crime,' this edited volume studies socio-historical environments in which mafia-esque violence has found a fertile ground for growth and development within the political arena. |
| kopassus: "If You Leave Us Here, We Will Die" Geoffrey Robinson, 2011-03-14 Colonial legacies -- Invasion and genocide -- Occupation and resistance -- Mobilizing the militias -- Bearing witness, tempting fate -- The vote -- A campaign of violence -- Intervention -- Justice and reconciliation. |
| kopassus: The Elite Leigh Neville, 2019-11-28 Using rare and previously unpublished images from around the world, The Elite: The A-Z of Modern Special Operations Forces is the ultimate guide to the secretive world of modern special operations forces. This book sends the reader back in time to operations such as Eagle Claw in Iran and the recapture of the Iranian Embassy in London and then forward to recent operations against al-Shabaab and Islamic State. Entries also detail units ranging from the New Zealand SAS Group to the Polish GROM, and key individuals from Iraq counter-terrorism strategist General Stanley McChrystal to Victoria Cross recipient SASR Corporal Mark Donaldson. Answering questions such as how much the latest four-tube night vision goggles worn by the SEALs in Zero Dark Thirty cost, which pistol is most widely employed by special operators around the world and why, and if SOF still use HALO jumps, this book is the definitive single-source guide to the world's elite special forces. |
| kopassus: Realpolitik Ideology Leonard C. Sebastian, 2006 Presents research on the Indonesian military (TNI) going beyond traditional scholarship on the TNI's dual function or dwifungsi which has been one of the dominating fields of analysis in Indonesian studies since the 1970s. |
| kopassus: US Assistance to Indonesia Handbook - Strategic Information and Programs IBP USA, 2013-08 US Assistance to Indonesia Handbook |
| kopassus: Hidden Agendas John Pilger, 2010-09-02 In this powerful book, journalist and film maker John Pilger strips away the layers of deception, dissembling language and omission that prevent us from understanding how the world really works. From the invisible corners of Tony Blair's Britain to Burma, Vietnam, Australia, South Africa and the illusions of the 'media age', power, he argues, has its own agenda. Unchallenged, it operates to protect its interests with a cynical disregard for people - shaping, and often devastating, millions of lives. By unravelling the hidden histories of contemporary events, Pilger allows us to read between the lines. He also celebrates the eloquent defiance and courage of those who resist oppression and give us hope for the future. Tenaciously researched and written with passion and wit, Hidden Agendas will change the way you see the world. |
| kopassus: The West Papua Conflict in Indonesia Esther Heidbüchel, 2007 |
| kopassus: A U.S.-Indonesia Partnership for 2020 Murray Hiebert, Ted Osius, Gregory B. Poling, 2013-10-01 A U.S.-Indonesia Partnership for 2020 explores avenues to boost cooperation in all three of these pillars. Political and security relations between the United States and Indonesia have grown more robust in recent years. Trade and economic relations, while growing, remain contentious. This study assesses progress on these two pillars, along with the under-resourced field of people-to-people collaboration, and offers recommendations to take the partnership to the next level in each area. |
| kopassus: International Legitimacy and the Domestic Use of Force Megan Price, 2022-07-01 This book examines how states justify the domestic use of military force to foreign audiences. By deploying a sociological approach to legitimacy and drawing on conceptual tools which deal directly with the dynamics of justification, it offers a novel framework for understanding the politics of international legitimacy and domestic armed action. The framework is grounded in detailed qualitative analyses of civil wars in Sri Lanka (2006–2009), and Aceh, Indonesia (2003–2005). The book shows that the meaning of legitimacy in a particular context does not flow directly from a menu of relevant rules, norms and ideas. Rather, legitimacy is always politically contested. When states justify fighting at home, the success of their claims is determined by their capacity to appeal to rules and norms but also to frame their action in ways that their audiences find compelling. Therefore, the framework offered in this book draws attention to the crucial but largely neglected role of audiences in the constitution of legitimacy. This book will be of interest to students of security studies, law, human rights and international relations. |
| kopassus: Asia-Pacific Defence Reporter , 2003 |
| kopassus: Indonesian Gold Kerry B Collison, 2018-10-01 Based on events surrounding the infamous, billion-dollar BRE-X gold fraud, and the determined few who recklessly destroyed so many lives with their all-consuming quest for gold, in Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. When Canadian miner Borneo Gold Corporation announces the discovery of gold reserves in excess of twenty million ounces, pundits drive the worthless stock to giddying heights as the rich and powerful in three countries move to secure control over the deposit. Dayak tribes are forced off traditional lands, precipitating ethnic blood feuds and a return to headhunting practices as exploration practices destroy pristine forests and pollute the environment. Indonesian Gold brings a depth of description and colour to the archipelago's ethnic tribes as they resist the flood of Moslem migrants from the poorer, Indonesian islands, and reveals the extent of devastation visited upon indigenous peoples by multinational, mining companies. |
| kopassus: Code Names William M. Arkin, 2005 Identifies more than 3,000 codenames used by the U.S. Military since the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and details the plans and missions for which they stand. Arkin examines the explosion in code names and coded strategies in the light of the War on Terror, lists the actual codes and reasons for their existence and offers a directory of countries with whom the U.S. are militarily or covertly involved. Includes a glossary of terms and acronyms. |
| kopassus: Elite Kenneth J. Conboy, 2008 For more than half a century, the elite units of the Indonesian Armed Forces have been in the forefront of that country's brushfire wars, counter-guerrilla campaigns, counter-terrorist battles, and police actions. They have also dominated Indonesian politics for most of the decades since independence. Now for the first in print, a comprehensive guide to the uniforms and insignia used by the commandos and paratroopers of the Indonesian Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines, and Police. In this illustrated supplement, hundreds of color photographs document the heraldry and rich histories of these special forces, from their origins to the present day. KEN CONBOY heads Risk Management Advisory, a security consultancy in Jakarta. A graduate of Georgetown University and the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Conboy also studied at Sophia University in Tokyo and was a visiting fellow at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. A resident of Indonesia since 1992, he is the author of more than two dozen books on intelligence and military history. |
| kopassus: Indonesia News Service , 2004 |
| kopassus: Daily Report , 1996 |
| kopassus: Tempo , 2003 |
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Feb 6, 2023 · Sebanyak 149 prajurit TNI menyandang baret merah Komando Pasukan Khusus (Kopasuss) usai menjalani pendidikan selama tujuh bulan. ( (Kopassus)) KOMPAS.com - …
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The Kopassus (Indonesian: Komando Pasukan Khusus, Special Forces Command) is an Indonesian Army (TNI-AD) special forces group that conducts special operations missions for the Indonesian government, such as direct action, …
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Kopassus (a portmanteau of "Komando Pasukan Khusus" or "Special Forces Command") is an Indonesian Army special forces group that conducts special operations missions for the Indonesian government, such as direct action, …
Mengenal Struktur Kopassus, dari Grup 1 hingga Sat-81 Gultor
Feb 6, 2023 · Sebanyak 149 prajurit TNI menyandang baret merah Komando Pasukan Khusus (Kopasuss) usai menjalani pendidikan selama tujuh bulan. ( (Kopassus)) KOMPAS.com …
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Kopassus, special forces of Indonesia's land forces or TNI-AD, are notorious for their leading role in human rights abuses including massacres, abductions, torture and murder.
