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Sana Jaffrey
Nonresident Scholar, Asia Program

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Sana Jaffrey is a nonresident scholar in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and is a research fellow at the Australian National University's Department of Political and Social Change.

Jaffrey’s ongoing book project investigates the puzzling rise of vigilante violence in Asia, increasingly fueled by disinformation circulated on social media platforms. It draws on original quantitative data and extensive fieldwork in Indonesia to show how legacies of state-building interact with democratic politics to produce sub-national patterns of order and disorder.

Her research has been published on various academic and policy platforms. During her previous appointment at the World Bank (2008-2013), Jaffrey led the implementation of the National Violence Monitoring System (NVMS) data project in Indonesia. Comprised of over 240,000 unique incidents that can be disaggregated across 40 distinct variables, it is the largest publicly available violence dataset compiled for any single country.

Jaffrey received her PhD in political science from the University of Chicago in 2019. Her dissertation on vigilantism in Indonesia was awarded the 2020 prize for best dissertation fieldwork from the American Political Science Association. She has an MA from the University of Michigan and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania.


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PhD, Political Science, University of Chicago, MA, University of Michigan, BA, University of Pennsylvania
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Indonesia Votes: Candidates, Campaigns, Consequences
January 17, 2024

On February 14, 2024, over 200 million registered Indonesian voters will have the opportunity to vote in the country’s general election. With new leadership at stake, three presidential and vice-presidential pairs are vying for the country’s highest offices.

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Indonesia’s 2024 Presidential Election Could Be the Last Battle of the Titans

Authoritarian-era elites have long dominated the country’s democratic politics, but now these aging powerbrokers are tussling with a popular president who wants to lead a new generation of kingmakers.

· October 5, 2023
In The Media
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Indonesia Has Updated Its Criminal Code With a Raft of Free Speech Restrictions

ndonesia's overhaul of its criminal code has alarmed human rights advocates, who say the updated version enshrines numerous anti-democratic practices.

· December 19, 2022
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At the G20, Indonesia Claims Long-Overdue Limelight on the Global Stage

But President Joko Widodo’s plans to seek international support for his domestic development agenda could be frustrated by growing political tensions at home and abroad.

· November 14, 2022
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How the Global Vaccine Divide Is Fueling Indonesia’s Coronavirus Catastrophe

As Indonesia reels under staggering rates of COVID-19, an ambitious mass inoculation drive offers hope. But limited access to effective vaccines is trapping the Asian giant in an impossible choice between saving lives and livelihoods.

· August 5, 2021
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End of Myanmar’s Rocky Road to Democracy?

Myanmar’s military has seized power in a coup after nearly a decade of sharing power with elected lawmakers.

· February 2, 2021
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Coronavirus Blunders in Indonesia Turn Crisis Into Catastrophe

Indonesia’s coronavirus response has been set back by misplaced priorities and a distrust of data. Without a course correction, the country could pay steep long-term costs.

· April 29, 2020
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Is Indonesia Becoming a Two-Tier Democracy?

A planned electoral overhaul in Indonesia will reverse democratic gains.

· January 23, 2020
In the Media
Protests Against Joko Widodo Rock Indonesia

Although most influential politicians in Indonesia are linked to powerful political families or the military, Jokowi rose to prominence as an outsider.But that is why his government’s active participation in formulating a series of regressive laws has enraged his supporters.

· September 30, 2019
Foreign Policy