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Who gets what and how in AGO’s graft takeover

The PLN scandal was not an isolated event, but rather the tip of an iceberg of systematic kickbacks and case-brokering spanning the country's largest financial scandals.

12 hours ago
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Forget crude. War pushes refiners to the brink

The renewed disruption to traffic through Hormuz has once again choked off regional exports, threatening hopes for a recovery in Asian or Middle Eastern refinery activity. ...

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Chile and Indonesia: Building a Pacific strategic partnership for the future

As open economies, Chile and Indonesia understand that globalization must become more inclusive, resilient and sustainable, ensuring that its benefits reach a broader range of people and communities. ...

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National unity: A lesson from Spain’s World Cup triumph

Spain’s World Cup triumph reveals a crucial lesson for a divided Malaysia: true national unity isn't built by erasing our differences, but by playing for the same goal.

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Why the President should stop acting as foreign minister

While President Prabowo’s high-profile global engagement boosts Indonesia’s visibility, relying on personal charisma over institutional diplomacy risks undermining the long-term credibility of the nation's foreign policy.

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Development economics for an age of upheaval

As the boundaries that once separated sectors become blurred, prosperity increasingly depends on how economies build the ecosystems that sustain technological progress and nurture new productive capacity.

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Still a mystery: Where is Aung San Suu Kyi?

The issue has evolved from a purely humanitarian concern into one of information credibility and international diplomacy.

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The missing link in the blue carbon agenda: The workforce

Blue carbon involves more than just counting carbon. It requires governance, finance, policy and practice. Ultimately, success hinges on people and their skills.

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Indonesia must leverage Russia, India for its spacefront blueprint

As two BRICS giants vie to build Indonesia’s first spaceport, Jakarta stands at a crossroads: it must swiftly finalize its regulatory framework and secure vital technology transfers to transform its equatorial advantage into sovereign spacefaring power.

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Asian bishops assembly: Building bridges of dialogue for humanity, justice

As the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences convenes in Jakarta, the Asian Catholic Church faces a historic opportunity to turn the ideals of interfaith harmony and digital-age human dignity into a concrete regional roadmap for social justice.

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We are confronting not just systemic but networked corruption

Indonesia will never defeat corruption by simply locking up individual officials; it must dismantle the resilient, invisible networks that keep the system alive.

2 days ago
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The subversion of the International Criminal Court

Some institutional failures unfold not through scandal but procedure, with acts of sabotage dressed up in the language of good-faith inquiry and accountability.

2 days ago
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The rise of dynasties and politicization of meritocracy in the TNI

As the TNI swaps rigid seniority for an ill-defined model of "meritocracy," the rhetoric of professional advancement increasingly serves as a convenient cover for dynastic privilege and political patronage.

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Trump's Iran lesson from Australia's emus

The lesson here is about strategy: superior firepower can fail against an adversary built to survive.

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Sekolah Rakyat needs evidence, not applause

How Indonesia can move from celebrating a flagship anti-poverty program to actually finding out whether it works.

2 days ago
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Indonesia’s economy is starting to lose the confidence game

Faced with a plummeting rupiah and shifting global markets, Indonesia must halt its erratic policymaking and institutional erosion before it permanently loses the vital game of investor confidence.

2 days ago
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Let's face it, Myanmar is not ASEAN's problem anymore

Five years of catastrophic failure make it undeniably clear: ASEAN must finally abandon its toothless "Five-Point Consensus" and expel Myanmar’s junta to save its own collapsing institutional credibility.

4 days ago
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Why NU's leadership race matters beyond Indonesia

The upcoming leadership transition at Nahdlatul Ulama is not just an internal election; it is a high-stakes contest that will shape the future of global Islam, democratic resilience and Indonesia's trajectory toward 2029.

4 days ago
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What we can learn from mandatory B50 before B60

As we race from B50 toward a B60 biodiesel mandate, the nation must ensure its quest for energy sovereignty is backed by logistical readiness and social equity rather than just political ambition.

4 days ago
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What Nusantara can learn from Xiong'an's urban journey

As Indonesia builds its new capital from scratch, China’s "city of the future" offers a powerful blueprint for turning ambitious green dreams into a sustainable urban reality.

4 days ago
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How soccer breeds tribalism

Why do players and teams inspire not merely admiration or disappointment, but also an intensity of resentment that often appears strangely detached from what actually happens on the soccer field?

4 days ago
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A strategic case for the Indonesia-Canada trade pact

ICA-CEPA offers Indonesia a source of resilience and strategic autonomy in a time of heightened geopolitical uncertainty, supply chain disruption and economic fragmentation.

4 days ago
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Learning from the Chilean paradox: Protecting Indonesia’s middle class

While Indonesia's macroeconomic growth may appear reassuring on paper, it would do well to take a close look at the country's current trajectory in parallel with Chile's experience since 2019 to avoid creating an increasingly fragile middle class.

5 days ago
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The price of centralization: Inside the regional budget crisis

As Jakarta starves the regions provinces of vital funds to bankroll high-profile national projects, the country’s decentralized governance is fracturing under the weight of an unprecedented, manufactured regional budget crisis.

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Energy volatility is Asia's real stress test

Governments can prepare for persistently high energy prices, but they cannot anticipate every possible market outcome.

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So you want to build your own metals smelter?

The number of barriers to establishing a successful processing business is "vast", according to a joint analysis by consultancy CRU and the World Bank.

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July 15 and Turkey's defining democratic stand

By standing up for its independence and future to confront the coup plotters, our august nation asserted to the entire world that the will of the people can never be subjugated.

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The Shinawatra code in Jakarta and the posturing of Thai power

A power play disguised as diplomacy, the Shinawatra family’s high-stakes meeting with President Prabowo in Jakarta reveals a masterclass in reciprocal politics, leveraging international prestige to reshape Bangkok's domestic power balance while securing vital economic lifelines for Indonesia.

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Principle or pragmatism? ASEAN’s risky recalibration on Myanmar

By offering the Myanmar junta an informal seat at the table without demanding accountability, ASEAN risks trading its diplomatic leverage for the hollow illusion of progress.

6 days ago
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The purpose of development cooperation is to be unnecessary

Instead of simply asking how development cooperation should be financed, OECD governments should be asking what it should achieve.

6 days ago

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