In a recent interview, Trump told the Wall Street Journal that he was pleased that the Chinese leader "respects me because he knows I am [expletive] crazy."  

A global clearinghouse for the provision of school meals is a possible solution to feeding the hundreds of millions of children in the world's poorest countries toward meeting the SDGs' 2030 deadline.

The work of environmental experts has been increasingly criminalized in Indonesia in recent years, jeopardizing not only individual freedoms but also the nation’s ability to address its most pressing ecological challenges.

The historical role of waqfs in providing vital services should inspire current stakeholders to revive waqfs as a means of funding the free meals program in Indonesia.

By elaborately including the right to food in its constitution, the FAO could become the leading UN agency to advance the recognition, promotion and protection of that right. 

The decrease in agricultural land area has an impact on the availability of local food, which in turn causes food price fluctuations at the consumer level.

President Prabowo Subianto’s flagship free nutritious meals program was launched on Jan. 6 as a cornerstone initiative to combat malnutrition and stunting in children. Although the program has already reached hundreds of thousands across 26 provinces, the rollout has sparked concerns over its persistent funding challenges, inadequate governance and long-term sustainability.

What should we do in the AI era? How should we control it? For humanity, this is the main issue for a bright future.

Believing that Indonesia can maintain a foreign policy approach that keeps “all doors open” with all partners is naive, particularly considering the intensifying geopolitical competition. 

Will this bold initiative deliver on its promises, or will it collapse under inefficiency and corruption?

South Korea’s political culture is frequently trapped in a binary mindset where “different opinions are considered wrong”.

Bank Indonesia (BI) planned to increase the liquidity in the economy by buying government bonds (SBN) from the secondary market amounting to Rp 150 trillion ($ 9.25 billion) in 2025 through a debt switching mechanism. This expansive monetary policy aims to stabilize the rupiah after sequential depreciation against the United States dollar in December 2024. However, the risk of surging inflation may harm BI’s independence and credibility.

Concentration of power and privilege reinforces inequality and prevents meritocracy from taking root in Indonesia.

To show Trump that Indonesia considers the US an important partner, Prabowo must quickly appoint an envoy to Washington, DC.

Governments and the international community should take a cautionary approach to HTS's success in Syria, particularly in view of its history of violence and human rights abuses, its foundational ideology as well as how radical groups across the globe have responded to its resurgence as a divine sign that could rekindle the "jihad" narrative.

Indonesia has an opportunity to reform nickel mining practices by ensuring stronger standards, community participation and robust monitoring, and thereby take the lead in balancing economic prosperity, environmental protection and social equity toward a just and sustainable low-carbon future.

Whether through complicity or ignorance, Thailand is increasingly at the heart of foreign security operations targeting dissidents that have been deployed on its soil by authoritarian Southeast Asian regimes.

The recent VAT hike has created a dual rate system that presents liabilities to both entrepreneurs and consumers, pointing to a need for accountability on the part of the public in understanding regulations as well as on the part of government in terms of outreach to ensure effective implementation and to avoid penalizing potential errors resulting from regulatory missteps.

“Open social media” provides the opportunity to realize the internet’s original promise: user agency, not billionaire control.

The Indonesian government is set to increase the palm oil-based content share in biodiesel from 35 percent (B35) to 40 percent (B40) starting in 2025. This move aligns with the nation’s renewable energy and carbon reduction targets while advancing the downstream development of its palm oil industry. However, the policy has sparked concerns over the environmental impact of palm oil cultivation and its potential to drive up cooking oil prices.

ASEAN’s credibility hinges on adopting a principled, people-centered approach to Myanmar.

While we are elated by the news of a truce on Wednesday between Israel and Hamas in their war in the Gaza Strip, we know this is not the first declaration of a ceasefire since their war began in October 2023.

The government's response to the "mysterious" bamboo fence installed off the coast of Tangerang has left the public wanting and sets a bad precedent in protecting our coastal communities and marine ecosystems.

We must ensure that AI complements, rather than replaces, human capabilities to realize its full potential.

The world is industrializing at breakneck speed, intensifying the environmental damage Wallace warned about.

Given the free speech absolutism of X, formerly Twitter, and Meta’s turn in that direction, leaders must be vigilant of the ever-increasing risk of social media disinformation.

Relying solely on protectionist policies may bring quick wins but at the expense of long-term sustainability.