Shanghai Futures Exchange is looking to extend reach across the Asian region, capitalizing on the Chinese nickel ecosystem that links mines in Indonesia with refineries on the Chinese mainland.

Given the new reality across policy sectors facing the world today, along with the securitization trend across the Asia-Pacific, there is no better time to revisit the work of Hadi Soesastro, whose analysis of Indonesia and the region’s response to great power economic competition remains strikingly relevant today.

As Indonesia’s factory activity plummets while the broader economy expands, a troubling question emerges: is the nation outgrowing the very manufacturing engine it needs to achieve its high-income ambitions?

NATO members no longer share a coherent understanding of the values, economic order, geopolitical vision and legal principles it was created to defend.

Behind the grand spectacle of the 80th National Police anniversary, the force faces growing scrutiny over a stark, documented rise in state-sanctioned violence and civic repression. As new legislative frameworks expand police powers while dismantling oversight, the line between public security and political instrumentalization is blurring dangerously.

Hotter oceans fuel stronger cyclones, a more humid atmosphere, more intense rainfall and more heat in air masses over the seas, which can in turn make heatwaves over land more likely and more intense.

Can the EU continue to lead the world through regulation if the economic foundations that sustain such leadership are steadily eroding?

To meet fast-growing expectations political leaders need to reimagine the role of the state for the new age of technology.

To anchor Indo-Pacific stability, Indonesia and India must move past historical nostalgia and build a concrete defense partnership that transcends changing political leadership.

Bound by ancient history and driven by modern realpolitik, the democratic giants of India and Indonesia are leveraging "civilizational diplomacy" to reshape the strategic and economic map of the Indo-Pacific.

As Prime Minister Modi visits Jakarta, Indonesia must seize India’s $9 billion Great Nicobar Project not as a geopolitical threat, but as the ultimate catalyst to finally unlock Sabang’s untapped economic potential.

Tehran's economic leverage will likely remain strong through the US midterm elections in November, but could weaken once the votes are counted, raising the risk of renewed confrontation afterward.

As global geopolitical architectures shift, the recent ASEAN-Russia Summit underscores how Southeast Asian nations are fiercely preserving their strategic autonomy to chart a self-determined path toward a multipolar world.

For two decades, capital has been abundant and cheap and corporate profits strong; yet investment, productivity and wages have stalled.

As Prime Minister Modi heads to Jakarta amid a shifting global order, India and Indonesia are poised to transform their historical ties into a powerhouse strategic partnership spanning everything from missile deals to a new Indo-Pacific democratic alliance.

Time to reckon with one of the great myths of American economic life: that the country’s prosperity was built on laissez-faire capitalism.

Improving lecturers' welfare requires more than raising salaries. It requires rethinking how higher education itself is financed.

Global central banks are facing a high-stakes balancing act as surging public debt, supply shocks and AI-driven market speculation threaten long-term price stability. To prevent economic contagion, policymakers must take decisive action before these deep financial fault lines reach a critical tipping point.

Indonesia’s economic future hinges on the "Five Es", Energy, Exports, E-commerce, Equity and Employment, but structural vulnerabilities and capital flight threaten to stall its momentum. To escape the middle-income trap and unlock its massive demographic dividend, the nation must pivot from legacy economic models toward genuine sustainability, robust market governance, and job-ready education.

Indonesia has the potential to increase its GDP from CPO exports by Rp 70.3 trillion if independent smallholders skills and knowledge are improved.

Technology can locate a house, but only human intuition can map the invisible millions driving today’s digital economy.

Indonesia's soft power gap is an institutional and capital problem, and the business community cannot afford to wait.

While global platforms seamlessly track millions of digital streams, Indonesia's music royalty system remains painfully manual, opaque and overly centralized. To understand why this structural gridlock persists, we must first demystify how music copyright actually works.

When confronted with external shocks, will ASEAN members continue to support one another, or will national interests gradually overshadow regional solidarity? 

True security isn't built on policy papers or steel, but on the enduring, human-to-human friendships that anchor the Australia-Indonesia alliance.

Prabowo’s foreign policy begins to look less like a collection of diplomatic initiatives, which is lacking, and more like the external dimension of an ambitious industrial strategy.

The most plausible path to optimal solutions may require trial and error, and such experimentation is obviously best pursued at the national, rather than the European, level.