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Infrastructure, Nickel, and the Politics of Polyalignment in Indonesia

Indonesia is often framed as a key arena of China-Japan-US competition in the Second Cold War. In this episode, we talk with Trissia Wijaya about her book on the political economy of Chinese and Japanese infrastructure financing in Indonesia. She cha... more

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Jake Dyble, "Managing Maritime Risk in Early Modern Europe: General Average in Law and Practice in Seventeenth-Century Tuscany" (Boydell Press, 2025)

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Trissia Wijaya

McKenzie Fellow at the Asia Institute at the University of Melbourne

Asia Institute, University of Melbourne

Episode: Infrastructure, Nickel, and the Politics of Polyalignment in Indonesia

Jacob Dyble

Post-doctoral researcher researching maritime law and commerce; author of the book discussed

University of Padova

Episode: Jake Dyble, "Managing Maritime Risk in Early Modern Europe: General Average in Law and Practice in Seventeenth-Century Tuscany" (Boydell Press, 2025)

Patrick Brodie

Assistant Professor, School of Information and Communication Studies, University College Dublin; author of Wild Tides, Media Infrastructure and Financial Crisis in Ireland

University College Dublin

Episode: Patrick Brodie, "Wild Tides: Media Infrastructure and Financial Crisis in Ireland" (Duke UP, 2026)

Joshua Comaroff

Author, Spectropolis: The Enchantment of Capital in Singapore

University of Minnesota Press

Episode: Joshua Comaroff, "Spectropolis: The Enchantment of Capital in Singapore" (U Minnesota Press, 2025)

Max Krahé

Institute co-founder and research director at Dezernat Zukunft; PhD in political economy from Yale

Dezernat Zukunft (German economic think tank)

Episode: Max Krahé and Sara Schulte, "Housing Policy At An Expensive Dead End" (Dezernat Zukunft, 2026)

Sara Schulte

Master's in economic analysis and policy; leads housing policy work stream at Dezernat Zukunft

Dezernat Zukunft (German economic think tank)

Episode: Max Krahé and Sara Schulte, "Housing Policy At An Expensive Dead End" (Dezernat Zukunft, 2026)

Claire Jones

US economics editor at the Financial Times, Fed watcher

Financial Times

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Catarina Saraiva

Bloomberg News reporter covering the Fed

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Michael Redmond

Medley Advisors Fed Analyst

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Infrastructure, Nickel, and the Politics of Polyalignment in Indonesia

Q: What is the overall takeaway about infrastructure financing beyond technocratic management?

Infrastructure financing should be viewed as the internationalization of capital that embeds power struggles among social classes, segments of capital, and political elites, with development projects reflecting broader conflicts over risk, governance, and state guarantees. The process reveals how different financing forms crystallize unequal power relations and derive legitimacy from state-backed assurances and strategic alliances.

Infrastructure, Nickel, and the Politics of Polyalignment in Indonesia

Q: How has the mix of Chinese and Japanese investment changed in Indonesia since 2020, particularly with nickel for battery inputs?

Post-2020, Chinese investment shifted from nickel for stainless steel to nickel for battery inputs, notably HPAL processing, aligning with Indonesia's push to upgrade downstream capabilities. Meanwhile, Japanese investment has become relatively stagnant, with a shift away from coal-fired power in line with decarbonization goals, and a stronger emphasis on maintaining existing relationships through PPPs rather than expanding new coal projects.

Infrastructure, Nickel, and the Politics of Polyalignment in Indonesia

Q: Can you walk us through one of the cases, the Bandung high-speed rail, and explain why it was awarded to China instead of Japan?

The Bandung project is not simply a pure China win but reflects a complex mix of historical financing forms, PPP dynamics, and strategic state involvement. While Japan had expected leadership in PPP mechanisms, the Indonesian government framed it as a business-to-business affair, yet in practice it operated like a PPP with long-term guarantees and regulatory structures that favored Chinese project finance. The case shows how capital, governance, and state guarantees interact to shape outcomes in infrastructure finance.

Jake Dyble, "Managing Maritime Risk in Early Modern Europe: General Average in Law and Practice in Seventeenth-Century Tuscany" (Boydell Press, 2025)

Q: If readers take away one thing from the book, what should it be?

That the political and economic contexts of a jurisdiction heavily shape maritime law in a port, and that maritime law's development zigzags rather than following a linear, single-cause story.

Jake Dyble, "Managing Maritime Risk in Early Modern Europe: General Average in Law and Practice in Seventeenth-Century Tuscany" (Boydell Press, 2025)

Q: How did you overcome the difficulties of making an abstract legal concept accessible to historians without prior legal background?

By relating GA to larger narratives like lex mercatoria, tying it to practical maritime cases, and highlighting the human stories behind the records to illuminate how the instrument functioned in real ports like Livorno.

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This program features in-depth conversations with leading scholars, authors, and policy experts who discuss recently published research and seminal works in finance, economics, and related social sciences. Episodes routinely cover topics such as central banking, monetary policy, global finance, capitalism, and the historical development of financial systems, often weaving in current events and policy implications. A notable strength is the guest roster, which blends academic historians, empirical economists, and investigative journalists to provide rigorous analysis alongside accessible storytelling. Listeners can expect thoughtful, book-centered discussions that connect theory to real-world finance and policy dynamics, with room for histor... more

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