The emergence of quantum computing has many implications for national resilience, especially with regard to cybersecurity and data sovereignty as well as policies to encourage local development of the technology. This is the second of a two-part article.

After last month's controversial passage of the revised Criminal Law Procedures Code (KUHAP) bill, concerns have emerged regarding a significant legal loophole: wiretaps. Activists say that if left unchecked, law enforcement agencies like the National Police will have leeway to wiretap anyone at any time without formal mechanisms and restrictions once the KUHAP comes into force on Jan. 2.

While over 8 percent of the global population is still undernourished, helping children in poor countries in the first 1,000 days of their lives, in the womb and in their first years, can do phenomenal good for little money.

There are big problems with direct regional head elections, but we need to fix them instead of dropping the elections altogether.

It is a common assumption that mining activities are destroying biodiversity, leaving degraded land and polluting water bodies. That is true for unregulated mining activities, which are mostly conducted by illegal mining businesses.

NU is not simply a religious organization, but a moral force and a social movement with enormous political weight.

Social media has become the primary stage for hyper-nationalist rhetoric.

Building self-reliance in research and the application of quantum-safe cryptography is becoming increasingly urgent as global attention grows toward the potential security threats posed by quantum computing. 

Rapid industrial expansion in Java and Sulawesi, driven by the government’s downstreaming strategy, is being used to justify a surge in new coal capacity.

The South American country can take a page out of neighboring Brazil's playbook in deepening bilateral ties with Indonesia, particularly in joining the race in the beef and dairy markets.

Major economies like the US, China and the EU have been rewriting their rules on trade and investment based on strategic priorities rather than shared principles.

The flash floods and landslides that ravaged Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra should prompt far deeper scrutiny than they have so far received. While Cyclone Senyar intensified the rainfall, the scale of destruction reflects decades of unchecked ecological degradation that have left communities acutely exposed.

In 2023, diabetes was already the second-most common diagnosis referred from primary care facilities to higher-level referral hospitals. 

Prabowo was reportedly angry and unsettled not merely because of the protests themselves, but because they triggered a deeply personal political memory. 

Migrant fishers holding transit visas cannot report their grievances to authorities without fear of deportation and criminalization.

The Army is creating 750 new battalions of combat troops in the next four years to ensure presence in every district nationwide, but in the absence of a credible explanation of where the new external threats are coming from, the plan raises speculations about the real motive.

While the South China Sea demands vigilance, the Indian Ocean Region offers Indonesia a horizon of strategic possibilities, particularly due to its central role in the global energy supplies.

Not only does Indonesia have the experience and the diplomatic skills to serve as peace mediators, we also understand the region and the people much better.

In a country where social media serves as a primary source of news, misinformation now moves faster than relief efforts, shaping public perception long before facts can catch up.

The sachet economy's environmental burden attacks the core asset of the poor, their health, confirming the decline of human capital. 

The government should amend or revoke regulations that discriminate against religious minorities.

Indonesia must embrace the quantum geopolitics paradigm to safeguard Indonesia’s sovereignty, harness its geoeconomic potential and maintain strategic autonomy amid the intensifying contest between the United States and China.

Indonesia's draft revision of its renewable energy regulation has raised concern that the government is backtracking on its energy transition commitments. Rather than accelerating the shift to clean energy, critics say the revision to Presidential Regulation (Perpres) No. 112/2022 on Accelerating the Development of Renewable Energy for Electricity Procurement would open the door to more coal-fired power plants (CFPPs). The move risks derailing Indonesia's net-zero emissions (NZE) target and reinforces perceptions that the Prabowo Subianto administration prioritizes energy security over transition efforts.

Like development models, protest movements are not portable. Conditions that make them plausible or even necessary in one society may be absent in another.

Jakartans must take the lead in controlling the city's air quality instead of waiting for an official response, especially after alarming reports showing that pollution is seeping into our homes at higher, more dangerous levels than in the air outside.

European manufacturers are feeling increasing pressure from a surge of cheap Chinese imports for the second time in two decades.

The warm recent reception given by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Russian President Vladimir Putin shows the double standards of India, which is trying to build stronger relationships with the West while maintaining its historical ties with Russia.