35 results for Joko Widodo

20 June 2015

Steve Bloomfield and guests discuss whether President Joko Widodo has lived up to the expectations of Indonesians and the international community.

15 April 2014

We survey the state of the Syrian war, discuss Joko Widodo’s “political safari”, get the business news from Shanghai, and review today’s newspapers with Peter Cardwell.

21 October 2024

Moldova’s European Union referendum too close to call and the legacy of Indonesia’s Joko Widodo. Plus: architect Richard England and the Utopian Hours festival in Turin.

9 April 2014

Ben Bland and Kenji Hall discuss the Indonesian elections and presidential frontrunner Joko Widodo, we're live in Donetsk, Ukraine, with Gulliver Cragg, and talk translation with UN Interpretation Service chief Hossam Fahr…

27 October 2015

We hear what was discussed at the White House when presidents Barack Obama and Joko Widodo met. We also talk about why Hong Kong’s main airport’s accessibility needs to be improved and get a round-up of the day’s press.

20 October 2015

Indonesia’s president Joko Widodo has pledged to increase growth with new infrastructure projects and is finally looking to make good on his promise. A new high-speed rail connection between Jakarta and Bandung will cut…

27 July 2015

We examine the successes and failures of Indonesian president Joko Widodo’s tenure in office, look at the top news stories from our bureaus in Singapore and Hong Kong, discuss the business news from Prague, analyse Barack…

21 May 2019

Indonesian president Joko Widodo is back in for a second term – what do reports of money laundering against the Trump organisation mean for the president? We also look at why the UN general assembly is likely to hand the…

17 August 2022

As Indonesia celebrates its independence day, we discuss President Joko Widodo’s plan to act as a diplomatic bridge between Russia and Ukraine. Plus: French troops officially leave Mali, cartel-driven violence in Mexico and…

27 February 2017

As Tom Perez is elected as the new chairman of the Democratic National Committee, we ask whether he can unite a party divided by the last election. Meanwhile, Indonesia’s Joko Widodo wraps up his two-day state visit to…

14 January 2016

We get the latest from Jakarta as Indonesian president Joko Widodo condemns the attacks claimed by Isis. We also head to Toronto where Justin Trudeau’s government is refusing to scrap a weapons deal with Saudi Arabia des…

13 August 2015

We get the business news from Athens, ask why Indonesia’s Joko Widodo has reshuffled his cabinet and hear about travelling by two wheels in Tokyo. Plus: we reflect on Iran-Israel relations after a Jewish-American journalist…