It’s Official…

Joko Widodo (popularly known as Jokowi) was sworn in today as Indonesia’s new president. Jokowi is the first president of Indonesia not to have come from the military or political elite. Witnessing the election drama between Jokowi and Prabowo this summer in Java was one of the highlights of my Fulbright fellowship in Indonesia–and it’s a relief to see all of the post-election tensions come to an end…