“Indonesia is not only Bali. Other than the island of Bali, Indonesia has many more attractive places with great diversity and cultural abundance that do not compare less favorably to…

It says much about the nature of global issues today that energy has entered the hitherto hallowed realm of security, which was once reserved for issues of state and war.

One of the hallmarks of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s second term has been Indonesia’s willingness to once again take a leadership role in international and regional affairs.

Almost 20 years ago, leaders of the Asia-Pacific region met in Bogor to “chart the future course of our economic cooperation, which will enhance the prospects of an accelerated, balanced…

The arrest of then Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) chairman Luthfi Hasan Ishaaq will complicate matters for the party in the run-up to the 2014 elections. The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK)…

President Barack Obama’s second inaugural speech is significant not for its details, but for its relentless focus on principle. It puts the US back on track. When Obama won the…

The idea of the art of government was carved out not only from arid thoughts and logic. A good deal of what is admirable has been nourished by tales and…

As is want toward the beginning of a new year, pundits and clairvoyants alike air their predictions for the next 12 months.  Very few try to own up to what…

Indonesia has to be prepared in the long and uncertain interlocking of low economic growth and the interrelated fiscal, banking and banking crises in the advanced economies. The only prescription…

I am a great champion of the power of youth to change the world, but this week I celebrate a 64-year-old responsible for ushering in momentous progress. Not a person,…