Yet more discouraging is that two implementing regulations of the Jobs Creation Law regarding export and import policies, instead of promoting open foreign trade, suggest a more restrictive trade regime. 

Lackluster growth in China amid ongoing lockdowns, the outright recession feared in Europe and the United States as well as severe economic risks in Japan will all hit Indonesia.

The recent demolition of the bridge that connects Crimea and Russia, the consecutive defeats of Russia's military in its occupied territories of Ukraine and the rising opposition in Russia to the war can prompt a desperate Putin to hit the nuclear button to force Ukraine into capitulation.

Ironically, in a more democratic post-Soeharto Indonesia, the House has been picking mostly tepid commission members.

The transformation of the sport is long overdue, and a plurality of voices is key. It is essential that the government bring both experts and supporters into the effort to achieve real and lasting stadium safety.

Speculation is rife that Jokowi is part of the whole attempt to unseat Aswanto as he is seen as having sought legal leeway to stay in power.

If BI is too aggressive in money tightening to check inflation, that measure may sabotage the post-pandemic recovery and put pressure on income because economic growth is primarily driven by private consumer spending.

If the INA hopes to attract massive amounts of foreign direct investment (FDI), its projects must be attractive in themselves,

For a political party that controls a little over 9 percent of the seats in the House of Representatives, what the NasDem Party did at the start of the week was bold. 

Russia could learn from Indonesia's grievous error in invading East Timor and claiming it as part of Indonesian territory until 1999, which the international community never recognized.

The fact that Arema FC fans stormed the pitch to vent their frustration with their team’s 2-3 defeat to archrival Persebaya Surabaya does nothing to justify the police’s disproportionate and inflammatory response.

Being the world’s largest archipelagic country, Indonesia really needs to invest heavily in the Air Force and Navy to secure its vast airspace and exclusive economic zone, especially in the wake of heated geopolitical dynamics.

Indonesia is committed to the collective fate of the world, even though it came at the expense of self-reflection on its own domestic woes.

The protests are a culmination of the frustration and disappointment of the people with the state’s control of private affairs like clothing but its neglect of more fundamental needs.

What Google and other Big Tech players should remember is that while Google has been growing its business, it has grown authoritarian, taking away people’s choices and requiring them to play by all of its rules.

The graft case involving the governor with an allegedly hedonistic lifestyle, run counter to the fact that the province he leads has remained the poorest in the country.

Setara Institute runs a periodic survey of the most tolerant cities around the country, which includes measuring the relationship between majority and minority religious communities. Cilegon has consistently ranked low in the survey in recent years.

The challenge ahead is that the era of low-cost funds has demonstrably ended, especially after the Fed signaled on Wednesday that it would continue to hike rates.

As China and India have expressed their concern about the war and Putin is facing a rare instance of overt domestic opposition, the right moment has come to stop the conflict.

Regardless of who Bjorka is, or what his real motive, the mysterious hacker is not our biggest threat. Our sheer technological incompetence is.

By Indonesia’s own estimate in 2018, the country needs more than US$20 billion per year to achieve the 2030 emissions-reduction target.

The hefty price hikes at Pertamina gas stations earlier this month not only alleviate the massive strain subsidies are putting on state coffers but also make conventional cars much more expensive to use.

South Korea has invested heavily in the last two decades or so in promoting both traditional and pop cultural products that have been taking the world by storm.

Knowledge of urban solutions will be an advantage, especially because the challenges facing Jakarta are mounting, rather than subsiding.

There are no other acceptable reasons, including the domestic political situation, for the President to not go to New York, the United States, to address the world audience. 

The G7-led alliance seeking to put a cap on Russian oil should heed the age-old saying about "good intentions".

The technology disparity may put Indonesia at risk of lagging further behind, in terms of the competitiveness of the telecommunications industry and the maturity of the country’s digital economy, which many have projected to grow exponentially.

The time to call for compliance is long past, and ASEAN must follow up on Malaysia's Myanmar initiative by taking action for the safety and wellbeing of the Myanmarese people.

True, Truss assumed power not through an election like her predecessor Boris Johnson, but she still has a good chance to stay at least until the 2025 election. 

The visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Jakarta in March 1974 testifies to the joint commitment to long-lasting cooperation and a good relationship between the two countries.