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BPOM’s global recognition: From trust to responsibility

By securing the WHO’s elite global benchmark, Indonesia has transformed regulatory trust from a technical achievement into a strategic asset, proving that middle-income nations can lead the world in global health security.

1 day ago
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Gatekeeping peace: Why the House must vet Indonesia’s pivot to BoP entry

President Prabowo’s pragmatic turn toward Indonesia joining the Board of Peace for Gaza will mean a seat at a table that includes Israel, but it is the House that holds the procedural power to ensure that our nation doesn't become an enabler of impunity. ...

2 days ago
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Why the High Seas Treaty matters for everyone

Ocean stewardship is not defined by proximity to the sea, but by a willingness to act in the common interest by safeguarding humanity’s shared life-support system. ...

2 days ago

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How to create jobs for the world's 1.2b new workers

Over the next 10 to 15 years, 1.2 billion young people in developing countries will come of working age, to a scale the world has never seen, but only 400 million jobs will be available for them.

2 days ago
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Six shades of leadership: A Davos barometer

As the traditional global order fractures, Davos 2026 reveals a new reality: The future no longer belongs to those with the most eloquent rhetoric, but to the leaders combining technical competence with the quiet confidence of actual delivery.

2 days ago
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ASEAN must act as Cambodia's scam centers upset China and South Korea

Thousands are increasingly falling prey to Cambodia's billion-dollar scam industry as ASEAN continues hides behind the shield of "noninterference", showing that without a coordinated international crackdown, the bloc's diplomatic approach is only failing citizens across the region.

2 days ago
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Succession, oligarchy and power struggles inside the palace

Nearly four months into Prabowo’s second year, the palace is already busy securing the administration's future through oligarchic reorganization while the public still waits for policies to yield tangible results.

2 days ago
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General Agus Widjojo, a passionate reformist in uniform

Agus believed that the military's territorial command needed to be overhauled in a gradual, systematic manner, proposing that its functions be transferred to local governments.

3 days ago
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When the state meets the stethoscope: Toward an equilibrium

The state has the power to regulate, but science holds the power to heal; the Constitutional Court has finally ensured one cannot dictate the other.

3 days ago
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Physician-scientist: The missing link in Indonesia’s health system

Indonesia’s aspiration for health system sovereignty, particularly in pharmaceuticals, medical devices and precision medicine, remains elusive, partly due to a lack of physician-scientists.

3 days ago
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Why we cannot afford to neglect the urban middle class

As national policies pivot toward rural and lower-income support, the urban middle class is being left out in the cold, squeezed by stagnant wages and rising costs, creating a "quiet frustration" that could pose a systemic risk to economic and political stability.

3 days ago
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Timor-Leste takes on Myanmar’s junta alone

As violence escalates around the world, victims are increasingly looking for justice in domestic courts, rather than international ones.

3 days ago
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Making Bali ASRI again: Restoring harmony through food waste reform

To restore the sacred harmony of Tri Hita Karana, Bali must look beyond the beach and fix its broken food system before the island’s landfills, and its beauty, reach a breaking point.

3 days ago
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Mainstreaming ecological democracy: Challenges and opportunities

Eco-democracy seeks to create harmony between humanity and the environment, positioning ecological health as a core component of democratic rights and a vital alternative to the laissez-faire economic models. 

4 days ago
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Europe should reject US-style competitiveness

A better approach would not promote any version of competition, but rather encourage firms to compete and succeed in ways that produce broad-based benefits.

4 days ago
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The Epstein files, white collar crimes: A lesson for Indonesia

Learning from the Epstein scandal, Indonesian business needs to shift toward enhanced, human rights-based due diligence from the conventional know-your-customer principle.

4 days ago
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AI tide no longer lifts all boats, and may sink today's winners

AI's rising tide no longer lifts all boats, and those that are sailing along smoothly one quarter could find themselves sunk the next.

4 days ago
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Addressing the 4Is of good corporate governance (Part 2)

As trillions in state funds remain unrecovered, Indonesia’s path to sustainable growth hinges on moving beyond 'business as usual' toward a rigorous, mandatory framework of institutional control and proactive intervention

4 days ago
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What the US–Iran talks really signal

In today's Middle East, diplomacy is no longer a path to peace but a high-stakes holding pattern—a mechanism designed not to build trust, but to buy the most fragile strategic asset of all: time.

4 days ago
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Beyond Trump's America: Why the world needs NEFOS 2.0

As the era of guaranteed American multilateralism fades, a new global architecture is rising from the spirit of Bandung: NEFOS 2.0—a strategic coalition defined not by ideological alignment, but by collective technological sovereignty and distributed economic power.

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Prabowo’s war on critics may test Canberra

Indonesia's proposed law against disinformation and foreign propaganda, which suggests cross-border applicability in the ongoing clampdown on government critics, could throw a spanner in the works of its bilateral relationship with Australia.

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Safeguarding nations beyond: Indonesia’s naval transition to blue-water reach

Indonesia's newly announced dynamic resilience doctrine necessitates wider naval reach, but without rigorous planning and fiscal discipline, its blue-water ambitions will remain merely symbolic.

5 days ago
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Russian diplomacy in an emerging multipolar world

Russian diplomacy will continue to focus on deepening a trust-based dialogue with Indonesia and other ASEAN member states, grounded in respect for international law, mutual interests, the principles of consensus, and noninterference in internal affairs.

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Beijing beckons as allies recalibrate ties with the US

World leaders are making their trips to China as a kind of response to US President Donald Trump's unfriendly attitudes.

5 days ago
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Monetizing poverty: How algorithms harvest human desperation

Financial inclusion was supposed to be a lifeline; instead, it has become a dragnet. From predatory lending apps to algorithms that harvest "poverty as spectacle," the digital economy is transforming human desperation into a high-growth market.

5 days ago
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Why Indonesia need to hear more on Board of Peace justification

That President Prabowo himself felt compelled to personally justify the decision, after it had been made, already tells us what this membership really is.

6 days ago
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When credibility becomes the real fiscal constraint

Indonesia is facing a credibility test. And credibility, once questioned, is costly to rebuild.

6 days ago
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Will democracy govern capitalism, or be consumed by it?

Taxing extreme wealth is not only necessary to prevent 21st-century Caesarism but also essential to saving democracy.

6 days ago
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Sustainability: Leadership, policy and action to close the capability gap

To turn Indonesia’s natural wealth into resilient prosperity, we must move beyond the vocabulary of net-zero and close the critical gap between ambitious policy and the human capability to execute it.

6 days ago
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Why the 4Is of good corporate governance matter

Even though board members are claimed to be independent, they are often friends, associates or well-wishers of the owners and CEOs.

6 days ago

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Mon, February 16, 2026

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