Indonesia’s decade of conservation progress is under threat as ambitious state projects drive a staggering 66 percent surge in deforestation.

As the country's trash mountains reach a tragic breaking point, local grassroots successes offer a sustainable roadmap out of a looming national waste emergency.

As brutal violence replaces petty theft in Bali’s headlines, the island faces a reckoning over public safety. With international travel advisories mounting, provincial leaders must decide if they will protect their guests or continue to deflect responsibility.

Is the Jakarta government truly prepared to manage the consequences?

This year's Easter brings a different kind of anxiety: the US-Israeli war on Iran is weaponized, especially through social media, as a religious conflict to stir fanaticism and radicalize the public.

Let us not deceive ourselves. We are paying the price of expensive energy one way or another, just like everybody else.

The recent deaths of Indonesian Blue Helmets in Lebanon expose the lethal risks of the UNIFIL mission and demand a urgent reevaluation of Indonesia’s strategic role in a region increasingly shaped by Zionist aggression and shifting global alliances.

If the President is serious about “the highest actors”, he should immediately mandate a clear, time-bound investigative architecture that prevents the case from being diluted by institutional turf wars.

In its second year, Danantara must prove that it can operate like a true global sovereign fund, by actively identifying high-upside commercial opportunities.

Even in countries with extensive and reliable transportation networks, holiday travel brings headaches for travelers and authorities alike, with traffic congestion on major highways and, or, long queues at airports. 

Indonesia’s membership in the pro-Israel Board of Peace is by no means a masterstroke of diplomacy; it is a billion-dollar betrayal of the Palestinian cause.

To significantly save national fuel consumption, the idea of a short workweek could be an attractive proposition both for employers and employees alike.

The KPK's holiday move to transfer a high-profile graft suspect to temporary house arrest could set a dangerous precedent for preferential treatment and risk backsliding in the country's fight against graft.

Indonesia has the capacity and potential to achieve resilience across the economic board, especially at this tough time; all it need do is stand up and take the bull by the horns.

While Bali’s quiet compromise proves that faiths can flourish together, a rising tide of state-backed intolerance threatens to unravel Indonesia’s fragile tapestry of unity in diversity..

The ban can shield young people from being exposed to pornography, cyberbullying, online fraud and most of all, addictions, but at the expense of their freedom of expression.

The brutality with which the attack was executed and the apparent objective to inflict maximum bodily harm can send chills down the spine of anyone who watches the CCTV recording of the incident. 

As Sumatra’s forests vanish, Papua stands as the final frontier in a recurring cycle of state-sponsored environmental and humanitarian tragedy.

As Jakarta’s 16-story "trash mountains" begin to collapse with fatal consequences, the city's long-ignored waste crisis has officially become a ticking time bomb.

As the TNI moves toward high alert seemingly without a presidential mandate, Indonesia’s hard-won civilian supremacy faces its most critical test yet.

The acquittal of four activists is a rare victory for Indonesian democracy, but the long battle to protect free speech from state suppression is far from over.

Plastic waste remains a common sight on our streets, waterways and beaches, even as the government moves to phase out disposable polymers by 2030.

With pressure building simultaneously on both the revenue and expenditure side of the budget, something has to give.

As we celebrate International Women’s Day this year, let us remember that courageous leadership remains essential, not only to expand opportunities for women, but also to ensure that dignity, respect and safety are upheld in both the physical and digital spheres.

The recent furor related to a couple of LPDP recipients shows that the government must run a rigorous screening process for all candidates, including a social media background check, to ensure that the national scholarship is granted to a deserving individual who represents the country, and preferably one from straitened circumstances.

As the Middle East teeters on the verge of a wider conflict, Jakarta must move beyond intensive monitoring and honor its constitutional mandate to protect its citizens residing in the region.

In a city where diversity is the lifeblood of the streets, a mayor’s attempt to ban the pork trade has sparked more than a protest—it has exposed a dangerous drift toward discrimination under the guise of public order.