Soeharto resembled Dhritarashtra, the blind king who fathered the Kauravas. Dhritarashtra’s failure was not in what he did, but in his permissiveness. 

Skepticism toward state paternalism, visible in online critiques of the free nutritious meal program rollout and in discussions about Prabowo’s ASEAN diplomacy, reflects a generation less easily swayed by spectacle.

State-owned telecommunications giant PT Telkom Indonesia (Telkom) has faced tough competition in the government's bidding for broadband wireless access (BWA) rights on the 1.4 gigahertz (GHz) frequency spectrum. The government intends to use this frequency to deliver fast and affordable household internet—targeting 20 million homes with minimum speeds of 100 Mbps and monthly fees of around Rp100,000. As it turns out, Telkom lost bids in all three regions across Indonesia, with the winners being companies affiliated with President Prabowo Subianto's brother, Hashim Djojohadikusumo, and the Sinar Mas Group conglomerate.

Soeharto cannot be a true hero, only a false one, not until we clarify his role in the military-led mass killing campaigns in the mid-1960s that led to his seizure of power.

In a new working paper, we found that shifting the energy sector to renewables is relatively affordable for emerging-market economies in the G20.

Canada strengthens ties with ASEAN for the long run, not just because it wants to be, but because ASEAN’s prosperity and stability is also Canada’s. 

For developing nations like Indonesia, COP30 in Belem is not merely another conference; it is a moral test of the world’s commitment to justice,

Weak credit growth in the private sector has left these banks flushing with liquidity, which they have channeled into government bonds.

Forgetting is easier than confronting the truth that Bandung represents: that freedom is not only the absence of colonial rule, but the commitment to dignity, solidarity, and justice within the nation and beyond.

Instead of fostering autonomy and innovation, fiscal decentralization has evolved into an arrangement defined by dependency and compliance.

The latest Constitutional Court (MK) ruling ordering the House of Representatives to ensure a minimum of 30 percent women representation in all its internal bodies sounds progressive, but implementing it could be a challenge when women make up only 22 percent of all 580 House members.

There is only so much the government can do to prop up economic activity, no matter how dear the gross domestic product growth figure is to President Prabowo Subianto.

Ours is an age of instant outrage and fleeting wisdom, where humanity searches for quick fixes to problems generations in the making.

It is crucial for international communities to anticipate the wave of Trumpism 2.0.

Across the region, the story of the health workforce reveals deep inequities. 

Developing countries must recognize the risks and take urgent steps to strengthen their economic resilience.

True food self-sufficiency cannot be measured merely by production figures or the absence of imports. It rests on data integrity, policy consistency and the state’s ability to ensure equitable access to affordable food for all.

The high cost of living in cities is not the result of neutral market dynamics. It comes from power structures that privilege landowners and property capital.

Economic Economic experts are increasingly pessimistic about Indonesia's economic outlook during President Prabowo Subianto's first year in office, according to a recent survey of 64 economists from diverse institutional backgrounds. Although sentiment improved in the second semester compared to the first, expectations for economic growth remain subdued, while inflationary pressures and labor-market challenges persist.

Despite its many advantages, the digital age has also expanded space for promoting tobacco products, exposing users of all ages to smoking via visually appealing content on social media platforms that are short on the economic and health costs of the harmful habit.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission must recognize that a wide variety of interests look at corporate financial disclosures, and that the effects of such information can be material in a variety of ways.

By failing to prioritize methane reduction, Indonesia is not only undermining its climate credibility but also throwing away revenue and energy security. 

Over the past three decades, climate conferences have grown too large to function effectively. 

We propose in a recently published review paper that the coast of southern Africa was likely where Homo sapiens began the worldwide journey.

A return to nuclear explosive testing by the United States has the potential to open the doors for others to follow suit to “perfect” their nuclear arsenals.

The proposed conferral of the national hero title upon Soeharto challenges not only our collective memory but also our unwavering commitment to transitional justice and the mandates of the 1998 Reformasi.

Indonesia has successfully completed the issuance of its first-ever government bonds (SBN) denominated in Chinese renminbi, executed through offshore dim sum bonds. The issuance forms part of the government's strategy to diversify funding sources for the state budget. It follows earlier foreign-currency SBN issuances in 2025, including those denominated in Japanese yen (samurai bonds) and Australian dollars (kangaroo bonds). The debut of dim sum bonds coincided with a downward revision of the government's SBN issuance target for the fourth quarter of 2025.