R. William Liddle

R. William Liddle is Professor emeritus at Ohio State University and a highly-regarded specialist on Indonesian politics. Liddle has served as chair of the Indonesia Studies Committee and Southeast Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies. He is a recipient of the Franklin L. Burdette/Pi Sigma Alpha Award for best paper presented at the 2009 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Liddle writes for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Jakarta's daily newspaper...See more

R. William Liddle is Professor emeritus at Ohio State University and a highly-regarded specialist on Indonesian politics. Liddle has served as chair of the Indonesia Studies Committee and Southeast Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies. He is a recipient of the Franklin L. Burdette/Pi Sigma Alpha Award for best paper presented at the 2009 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Liddle writes for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Jakarta's daily newspaper Kompas and Indonesian newsweekly Tempo. He has appeared frequently on the PBS News Hour and has been a frequent consultant to the US government. See less