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Insight: Securing a healthier future: The importance of Indonesia's plasma fractionation facility

The global health crisis brought on by COVID-19 tested healthcare systems worldwide, and Indonesia was no exception. As one of the world’s most populous nations, the nation faced immense challenges yet demonstrated resilience and adaptability in navigating the pandemic.

4 months ago
Academia

Insight: Understanding sovereign wealth funds and their application in Indonesia

Toward the end of 2020, amid a world grappling with unprecedented challenges, Indonesia took a bold step in securing its economic future: establishing its first sovereign wealth fund (SWF), the Indonesia Investment Authority (INA). ...

8 months ago
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Insight: Beyond the political pie: Envisioning a capable and agile Indonesian cabinet

Lately, in nearly every conversation I have had, from coffee shops to conference rooms, the buzz is all about Indonesia's new administration, which will take office in October.  However, it is not so much about the quality or capabilities of potential leaders; it is mostly about who gets which slice of the political pie. This kind of talk, while typical, really highlights a crucial shift ...

11 months ago

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A child gets measles and rubella vaccination in Manado, North Sulawesi on Aug. 2, 2018.
Opinion

Insight: An Indonesia where everyone can have a healthier, better life

When my family and I started the Tahir Foundation, we were driven by a vision of improving the lives of all Indonesians by increasing access to education and adequate healthcare, especially for those facing the greatest barriers.

6 years ago
Asia-Pacific region remains the main engine of the global economy. Regional growth is expected to remain strong at 5.6 percent in 2018 and 2019.
Opinion premium

Insight: Managing rising risks to keep the global economy on course

Global growth is still at its highest level since 2011 when economies were rebounding post-crisis.

6 years ago
Indonesia has begun to tap into the green bond market, both at home and overseas, to finance environmentally friendly projects.
Opinion

Insight: New development pathway for Indonesia

Rapid growth can also induce growing pains.

6 years ago
Pessimists warn that more frictions between American and China beyond trade are yet to come, and even a “new cold war” between the two countries is brewing.
Opinion

Insight: Trade wars produce no heroes, only villains

Admittedly, there are winners and losers in every nation. 

6 years ago
The negative impact of both active and passive smoking on the health of people of all ages is well documented.
Opinion

Insight: Tobacco control: Are we protecting children's rights?

Between 2005 and 2015, tobacco was the third most important risk factor to health. 

6 years ago
The bell of Church of Nativity, Bethlehem.
Opinion

Insight: Jewish nation-state law: What is Jakarta's response?

For critics, the controversial new law further marginalizes the state’s Arab minority.

6 years ago
Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri shares a light moment with Djarot Saiful Hidayat, a party member and former Jakarta governor on January 4, after handing him a recommendation letter to run in the North Sumatra gubernatorial election at the party headquarters in Jakarta.
Opinion

Insight: After 2018 simultaneous elections: What's next?

The pressure is more on the incumbent party, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P).

6 years ago
This photo taken on April 24, 2018 shows J15 fighter jets on China's sole operational aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, during a drill at sea. A flotilla of Chinese naval vessels held a
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Insight: ASEAN deserves central role in Indo-Pacific cooperation

Without Southeast Asia’s or ASEAN’s participation, it will be very difficult to establish a regional security organization that is open and neutral to everybody in the region. 

6 years ago
European Union's flags in Brussels.
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Insight: European Union must stop funding illiberalism

To ensure cohesion within the EU, overcoming disparities between countries and improving trade, transport, and communications infrastructure throughout the bloc have long been seen as critical.

6 years ago
Unsightly, unsafe: A passerby examines a partially collapsed building in Bintaro, South Tangerang, Banten. Construction of the building began in 1995, but came to a halt during the 1998 economic crisis.
Opinion

Insight: Twenty years after a revolution: Resurgent Indonesia

Two decades ago, Indonesia was on the cusp of becoming a failed state. Indonesia was buckling under a triple tsunami — the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis, a devastating El Nino drought and social unrest, which toppled president Soeharto. 

7 years ago
Struggle for life: Indonesian migrant workers deported from Malaysia with their babies and children enter the Indonesian Migrant Workers Placement and Protection post at Pelindo I Dumai Port in Dumai, Riau, on March 8.
Opinion

Insight: Kartini and the everlasting fight for gender parity

The World Economic Forum’s 2017 Global Gender Gap Report found that gender parity is still more than 200 years away.

7 years ago
Indonesian palm oil and its derivatives have been under the scrutiny of international environmentalists since the early 2000s.
Opinion

Insight: Fair trade for palm oil, please!

For producing countries, palm oil is more than just a product. The palm oil sector provides a livelihood for 16 million Indonesians through direct and indirect employment. 

7 years ago
According to the Religious Affairs Ministry, almost 40 percent of the haj funds have been invested in sukuk and project-based sukuk since 2010 under an agreement with the Finance Ministry.
Opinion premium

Insight: The bright prospect of Islamic capital markets

Islamic assets have tripled in the post-global financial crisis period, representing an estimated US$2 trillion in banking assets and approximately $400 billion in capital market assets.

7 years ago
National flags of various states in front of the Gedung Merdeka, Bandung, West Java. Bandung hosted the Asian African Conference in commemoration of its 60th anniversary.
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Insight: A breakthrough in the Indonesia-Africa partnership

Our trade to Africa last year only reached US$8.84 billion, merely 2.7 percent of Indonesia’s total trade with the world. 

7 years ago
The Green Sukuk is a means of aligning government funding with its commitment to the low-carbon transition, channeling funding to projects in renewable energy, energy efficiency, sustainable transport, waste management, conservation and other environmental priorities. 
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Insight: Green sukuk for the future

The Green Sukuk is a means of aligning government funding with its commitment to the low-carbon transition, channeling funding to projects in renewable energy, energy efficiency, sustainable transport, waste management, conservation and other environmental priorities. 

7 years ago
For the Balinese, Nyepi is a day of reckoning and resolution. It is a time to recollect and make amends for past mistakes and a moment to make steadfast commitments for the future. 
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Insight: Nyepi, listening to nature's sound of silence

For the Balinese, however, Nyepi is a day of reckoning and resolution. It is a time to recollect and make amends for past mistakes and a moment to make steadfast commitments for the future.   

7 years ago
Lt. Gen. Edy Rahmayadi leads a ceremony to commemorate the 72th anniversary of the Indonesian Military (TNI) in Banten province on Oct. 5, 2017. At that time, he was the Army Strategic Reserves Command (Kostrad) chief.
Opinion premium

Insight: Why do retired officers run for local office?

Party officials also see retirees as “short cuts” to boosting party profiles without spending resources on publicity campaigns. 

7 years ago
Religions do speak in the name of God, and rightly so, but this God-speak loses all dignity if it goes together with intolerance, threats or violence.
Opinion premium

Insight: Criminalizing private morality?

Human rights are not vehicles of individualism but, in the opposite, provide protection against it. 

7 years ago
Social media’s ideological “echo chambers” exacerbate people’s natural biases and diminish opportunities for healthy debate. 
Opinion premium

Insight: How information technology threatens democracy

Social media’s ideological “echo chambers” exacerbate people’s natural biases and diminish opportunities for healthy debate. 

7 years ago
Another important aspect of open government is that it enables the public to oversee the performance of the government.
Opinion premium

Insight: Fiscal reform, transparency and inclusive development

The public can monitor how their tax money is spent. In the long run, corruption will gradually be eradicated and society will further prosper.

7 years ago
Never forget: Maria Catarina Sumarsih, whose son was killed during the 1998 protests, holds a black umbrella during the commemoration for the 10th anniversary of the Kamisan rally. The Kamisan rally is a silent protest held every Thursday since it was launched by rights activists in 2007.
Opinion premium

Insight: UN human rights chief visit moment of truth for Indonesia

Since he took office in September 2014, United Nation High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has been outspoken on a range of issues, including the death penalty, “blasphemy,” the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender rights and intersex (LGBTI) issues, discriminatory laws in Aceh and impunity in Indonesia.

7 years ago
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo delivers his speech at the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) leaders' summit in Jakarta on March 2017.
Opinion premium

Insight: Promises and pitfalls of Indonesia's faith in multilateralism

Indonesia is a member of 198 international institutions. With stretched resources, it is little wonder that in late 2016, Jokowi ordered a review of Indonesia’s role in at least 75 of them.

7 years ago
Urban poor – A resident carries out her daily activities in a slum area in Kapuk Teko, Jakarta.
Opinion premium

Insight: Harnessing technology for inclusive growth

New technologies also have the potential to disrupt markets and change the jobs landscape.

7 years ago
Old lady is sleeping around her products at Giwangan Market, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The non-core part of inflation changes when food and energy prices move.
Opinion premium

Insight: The receding threat of inflation

Is inflation no longer a threat in Indonesia? The record of the last three years would suggest this is so. But is this temporary or permanent? 

7 years ago
Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Opinion premium

Insight: 2018 National Budget: Boosting confidence, promoting inclusive growth

According to the OECD-Gallup world poll, 80 percent of Indonesians have confidence in the national government — the highest among all countries surveyed.

7 years ago
New leader: Newly inaugurated Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Air Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto (left) strikes a pose with his predecessor, Gen. Gatot Nurmantyo (right), after their handover ceremony at TNI headquarters in Cilangkap, East Jakarta, on Nov.9.
Opinion premium

Insight: Can Hadi Tjahjanto juggle competing forces?

It’s not clear how an Army-dominated TNI would react under an air chief marshal that has a different organizational culture and outlook. 

7 years ago
Wat Arun Temple at sunset in Bangkok, Thailand.
Opinion premium

Insight: Happy National Day Thailand, my second home

Now, Bangkok is a major tourist destination, popular with the Jakarta middle class. 

7 years ago
Closer cooperation: The 73rd Meeting of the ASEAN Committee on Science and Technology (COST-73) is officially opened at Myanmar International Convention Center (MICC) 2 on Oct.17.
Opinion premium

Insight: Why ASEAN needs 'decentralize' regionalism

We could consider two broad directions as far as the meetings go

7 years ago
Marina Bay Sands, one of Singapore's most popular tourism spots.
Opinion premium

Insight: Fifty years of Indonesia-Singapore relations

Indonesia-Singapore bilateral relations were brittle and sometimes even fragile.

7 years ago
Timely discussion: PT Bina Media Tenggara president director Jusuf Wanandi speaks at a Jakarta Post seminar entitled “Accelerating Infrastructure Development” in Jakarta on Tuesday.
Opinion

Insight: Refugees in their midst: Challenges for Australia and Indonesia

During the administration of prime minister Tony Abbot, the Australian government rejected the boat people who tried to reach the country. Indonesia was taken aback by this policy. Indonesia did not expect to see this action by Australia because at the end of the 1970s and in the early 1980s, it learned from what was then a magnanimous Australian government how to handle the Indochinese refugees who flocked to some places in Indonesia.

8 years ago
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