Fellows & Editors

Jayshree Bajoria

Trip:: Indonesia 2011
Affiliation:: CFR.org
Country:: Indonesia
Year:: 2011

Jayshree Bajoria is a senior staff writer and editor at CFR.org, the web site of the New York-based think tank, the Council on Foreign Relations. She covers Asia for the website and writes on issues ranging from politics, military, terrorism, diplomacy, and cultural to economic and social development. Before joining CFR, she worked as a reporter for BBC World Service Radio and BBC Online in Mumbai, India. She has also worked as a correspondent at Star News television and the Indian Express newspaper in Mumbai. She has written for Newsweek.com, Global Post, and World Politics Review, among other publications. Her work for CFR has been regularly republished by Real Clear World, Huffington Post, MSNBC.com and the online versions of the New York Times and The Washington Post. She was awarded the 2010 U.S.-Korea Journalism Exchange Fellowship at the East-West Center in Hawaii. Bajoria has a Master’s degree in International Affairs from School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, where she focused on economic and political development. She also has a diploma in journalism from Xavier Institute.

Stories

Indonesia’s View of Tolerance Is a Blueprint for Others

by Bajoria, Jayshree | July 07, 2011

When Indonesia gained independence in 1945, there was much debate between nationalists who called for a pluralistic state and Islamists who wanted a religious state ruled by Islamic law or Sharia. The country's...
Indonesian President: ‘Reforms are Painful’

by Bajoria, Jayshree | May 25, 2011

Indonesia, an emerging economy with about 6 percent GDP growth rate, is raising its regional and global profile as the 2011 chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and member of the...