USINDO NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT!

The United States-Indonesia Society is supported from private sources: individuals, business or other organizations, and foundations. We hope you will become a member of the USINDO network. You may participate by: Sending us your contact information, including both your postal and e-mail addresses, to be added to our database and receive our communications, including program announcements. Becoming a USINDO Friend with your contribution of $120 or more. Friends receive invitations to programs and USINDO Briefs. They also have the option to receive our personalized news service, a daily electronic compilation of international news items about Indonesia. Becoming a USINDO organizational supporter with your contribution of $1500 or more. Institutional supporters and corporate donors work closely with USINDO in developing programs and participating in meetings arranged especially for them. Please inquire about details of corporate support levels. For more information, visit our website at www.usindo.org, telephone 202-232-1400 or send an e-mail to usindo@usindo.org.

Building Understanding
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ndonesia is the worlds fourth most populous nation and third

I honor USINDO for the great work you have done all these years to get Indonesia and America closer. You have our great admiration and utmost respect for your tremendous contributions to the peoples of Indonesia and America.
His Excellency Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of the Republic of Indonesia

largest democracy. With more than 240 million inhabitants and comprising over 17,000 islands, this vast archipelago is rich in natural resources and is strategically located along the equator astride major lines of sea communication be-

Creating Opportunities

tween the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Indonesia is critical to regional stability and prosperity in Southeast Asia. Since its transition from authoritarian to democratic governance, begun in 1998, Indonesia has exhibited the dynamics of a growing democracy, with free direct elections, a strong economic team at the head of government which has brought macroeconomic stability, a lively and assertive parliament, progress on professional reform of the military and police forces, and the newly rising influence of regional centers as a result of decentralized government since 2001. Indonesia has the worlds largest Muslim population, more than all the Middle Eastern Arab states combined, yet it is one of the few Muslim-majority nations in which Islam is not the state religion. Indonesia is demonstrating that democracy and Islam are compatible. Despite its importance to the U.S. strategic interest, Indonesia is little understood in the United States. And although the United Statesas the great power in the current unipolar worldlooms large in Indonesian consciousness, few Indonesians understand the United States. The United States-Indonesia Society was founded in 1994 by Indonesians and Americans who believe better mutual understanding is in the national interest of both countries. The Society is a U.S. nonprofit 501c(3) organization incorporated in the District of Columbia,

The United StatesIndonesia Society

1625 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 550 Washington, DC 20036-2260 P 202.232.1400 F 202.232.7300 E usindo@usindo.org www.usindo.org

The United States-Indonesia Society

USA, and governed by a bi-national Board of Trustees. It maintains a branch office in Jakarta, Indonesia.

STRENGTHENING TIES: PROGRAMS OF THE SOCIETY

OPEN FORUMS On-the-record discussion programs in Jakarta and Washington on the full range of issues of interest in U.S.-Indonesian relations, including politics, economics, legal systems, anti-corruption efforts, and regional and national elections. USINDO Briefs of these meetings are distributed to members. CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS Half a day or full day meetings to examine major trends in U.S. and Indonesian politics, economics, business and trade. Programs are held in Jakarta and Washington, D.C. USINDO PUBLICATIONS A book on U.S.-Indonesian relations from the declaration of independence in 1945 through the Suharto-era and monographs on selected subjects including the U.S.-Indonesia security relationship, shared interests in maritime security, Indonesias war on terror, anti-corruption campaign, and the privatization of military businesses in Indonesia. USINDO SUMMER STUDIES Since 1996, an annual ten-week program of intensive language and cultural immersion in Indonesia for U.S. undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate students. SUMITRO FELLOWS Established to honor Professor Sumitro Djojohadikusumos legacy as the architect of modern Indonesian economics as well as a founder of USINDO, grants are given to U.S. and Indonesian scholars for field research on economic or political-economic themes. TRAVEL GRANTS Grants of up to $2000 to fund travel to Indonesia or to the United States are awarded to promote academic and other exchanges between the two countries. It is open U.S. and Indonesian citizens seeking to travel to Indonesia or the United States to conduct field research or other professional projects. EDWARD E. MASTERS FELLOWS This program funds the education and manages the placement of top ranked officials from the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs at leading graduate programs of international relations in the United States. The first three years of the program have been funded by Freeport McMoRan Foundation, Caterpillar Foundation, ExxonMobil Corporation and JP Morgan. JOINT US-INDONESIA COUNCIL FOR HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP USINDO is a founding member of the Council, along with the Association of Public and Land Grant Universities (APLU), the American Association of Community Colleges, the Institute of International Education (IIE), and East-West Center. The Council will work to enhance U.S.-Indonesia educational cooperation through initiatives which complement official programs and address key long-term areas of the educational relationship. CULTURAL AWARENESS USINDO presents or co-sponsors lectures, performances and exhibitions aimed to promote and raise awareness on Indonesian cultures. ENERGY PROJECT Under a grant from the GE Foundation, USINDO is working with the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources to conduct a roundtable and workshops for the development of renewable energy and energy efficiency. BRIEFINGS USINDO regularly hosts and facilitates high-level meetings with members of the U.S. and Indonesian government, business communities, and international organizations, to discuss and address key issues in U.S.-Indonesian relations.

TRUSTEES
J. Stapleton Roy CO-CHAIR Former U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia Director, Kissinger Institute on China and the U.S Arifin Siregar CO-CHAIR Former Indonesian Ambassador to the U.S. Former Governor of Bank Indonesia Edward E. Masters CO-CHAIR EMERITUS Former U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia David Merrill President The United States-Indonesia Society Helen I. Jessup Secretary, USINDO Art Historian Edward Wanandi Treasurer, USINDO Chairman, International Merchants LLC. Pia Alisjahbana Member, Board of Commissioners PT Gaya Favorit Press A. Hamid Batubara President Director PT. Chevron Pacific Indonesia Stuart L. Dean President and Chief Representative General Electric International Robert E. Driscoll Senior Vice President Mirant Corporation Gene Galbraith President Commissioner PT Bank Central Asia Roderick Hills Chairman CSIS- Hills Program on Governance W. Russell King Senior Vice President, International Relations and Federal Affairs Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. Noke Kiroyan Managing Partner PT Komunikasi Kinerja T. Mulya Lubis Lubis, Santosa & Maulana Adrianto Machribie Senior Advisor to the Chairman PT Freeport Indonesia Kartini Muljadi Senior Partner Kartini Muljadi & Rekan Diono Nurjadin Chief Executive Officer & President PT Jasa Angkasa Semesta Theo L. Sambuaga Head of Central Executive Council Golkar Party Greg Saunders Senior Director International Affairs, BP Mark Sikkel Vice President, Asia Pacific/Middle East ExxonMobil Corporation Edwin Soeryadjaya PT. Saratoga Investama Sedaya Jim Taylor President ConocoPhillips Indonesia