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The state's new muscle
When the state embraces street thugs as political muscle, the violence that follows isn't an accident - it is government policy.
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To build NU anew
As state power and political patronage close in on Nahdlatul Ulama, the world’s largest Muslim organization faces a pivotal internal battle: preserve its independent moral voice, or become a rubber stamp for the ruling elite. ...
1 day ago
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Cost of recentralization
It seems to have become a pattern under the government of President Prabowo Subianto. When problems erupt, the state must “be present”, as the President often puts it, which translates into asserting itself more forcefully. ...
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Our role in a divided world
The best course of action for Indonesia is to stay out of it when the US and China vie for influence.
2 years ago
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Helping the abandoned Rohingya
As a signatory to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and other international laws, Indonesia is obliged to rescue people in distress at sea, including Rohingya, and help them to the nearest place of safety.
2 years ago
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Healthy holidays
The Health Ministry has urged people to postpone traveling to countries currently experiencing a surge in COVID-19 cases, such as Singapore, Malaysia and China.
2 years ago
Presidential Race
Debating democracy
It remains to be seen if a Kennedy moment will happen in Indonesia and define the outcome of the presidential election on Feb. 14, 2024.
2 years ago
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COP28, where is the dough?
Developed countries have been the main source of the carbon emissions present in our atmosphere today, produced from the fossil fuels they burn to maintain their economies and lifestyles.
2 years ago
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Time is ticking for SMEs
Despite TikTok being restricted from the virtual market in the past two months, SME players, such as vendors in Tanah Abang market in Jakarta, hardly saw changes in their sales.
2 years ago
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No more complacency
Marapi’s deadly eruption should serve as a wake-up call for the government not to leave volcano disaster mitigation up to mere luck.
2 years ago
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Managing credit risk
Even though domestic consumption, the main driver of Indonesia's growth, will likely remain fairly robust next year, investors will, predictably, be in “wait and see” mode until the new government comes into power in October.
2 years ago
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Vigilance, not panic
We should all be alert to the possibility of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection now that the first recent cases have been discovered in the country, but we have no reason to be consumed by fear.
2 years ago
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KPU’s credibility on the line
While the Prabowo-Gibran camp frames Gibran’s candidacy as an attempt to bring young people to politics, critics have lashed out at his nomination as symptomatic of the entrenched culture of political nepotism.
2 years ago
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ASEAN unity on SCS
As existing tensions linger and continue to rise over disputed territories and the growing power rivalry in the South China Sea, the regional grouping needs to up its game – and clout – by presenting a united front.
2 years ago
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No to illiberal cyberlaw
For more than a decade, the ITE Law has been a major threat to our civil liberties; it is the digital incarnation of the colonial defamation law.
2 years ago
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COP28: Surely, we can do better
On climate change, looking at what can only be described as modest targets, Indonesia is a follower, not a leader.
2 years ago
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Staying on top of AI
Like security, climate change and public health, AI requires international cooperation and global rules.
2 years ago
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Wolbachia misinformation
The government’s persistence is certainly key to progress toward achieving its zero dengue death target by 2030
2 years ago
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Reviving the KPK
Firli’s arrest serves as yet another grim reminder that the system we have been relying on to combat corruption may itself be corrupt.
2 years ago
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Wilders among us
As we prepare for next year’s presidential and legislative elections, there are real concerns that the nation is turning its back on its democratic and pluralistic achievements over the past two and a half decades.
2 years ago
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Safeguarding the elections
We can no longer take for granted that we will have another successful election that is free, open and, more importantly, peaceful.
2 years ago
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SOE misery up for renewal
Our presidential candidates candidates must think very carefully before backing any future infrastructure projects.
2 years ago
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Coal exit will have to wait
A phase-out of coal power through early plant retirement or project cancellation is not going to happen without global financial support.
2 years ago
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The right to clean air
The air quality has barely improved since the government beefed up measures to curb Jakarta’s chronic air pollution following incessant media reports of the city’s poor state of air a few months ago.
2 years ago
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Salvaging the 2024 election
Given the low trust in the court, candidates or their supporters could use any appearance of impropriety as a pretext to reject the election results altogether.
2 years ago
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RI’s last Myanmar initiative
Under Indonesia’s chairmanship, ASEAN has not achieved any meaningful progress in pushing Myanmar’s military to comply with the Five-Point Consensus.
2 years ago
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Time to sign refugee treaty
Despite not being a party to the 1951 Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, Indonesia has always been welcoming refugees and asylum seekers.
2 years ago
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The devil is in the detail
The most sensitive aspect of the PT Vale divestment is related to the interests of the provincial and regency governments in the three provinces in Sulawesi.
2 years ago
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IPEF: Are we on the same page?
Not only is the RCEP the largest trade block in the world, but unlike the IPEF, it comes with liberalization, not political gamesmanship, at its core.
2 years ago
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Protecting groundwater
Enforcement of the regulation that restricts groundwater extraction in Jakarta has been lax, allowing people who extract groundwater for daily consumption to go unpunished.
2 years ago
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Jokowi's peace message
It’s not an exaggeration to suggest that Jokowi was speaking on behalf of the world community who long for peace in Middle East.
2 years ago
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May the best win fairly
For the first time since the fall of the authoritarian New Order in 1998, legitimate concerns have loomed over the integrity of the election.
2 years ago
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Foreign policy matters in 2024
Voters, and the public will continue to be alienated from our foreign and defense policies, which are supposed to represent or protect the interests of the nation.
2 years agoPopular
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- Hercules’ return spotlights Prabowo’s informal power network
- RI factory activity contracts as ASEAN peers gain
- To build NU anew
- Donald Trump and Xi Jinping should align on AI
- Haze besieges Southeast Asia as Indonesia’s wildfires rage
- Growth, income disparities and national cohesion
- House moves on agrarian reform legislation
