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The toll of taxation: Why the VAT plan is a risky gamble

The government’s plan to tax public mobility risks stalling the nation’s economy before it even reaches the finish line.

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The Strait of Hormuz shows how everything is now about leverage

Controlling supply chains puts a country in a very powerful position. ...

6 hours ago
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The Lion’s grip: Civil liberties and the cost of dissent

Singapore’s glittering skyline hides a tightening legal knot where dissent is labeled a "falsehood" and conscience is treated as a crime. As activists face prison for questioning the state, one must ask: can a nation truly be great if its prosperity depends on the silence of its citizens? ...

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Questions on COVID-19 that are unsatisfactorily answered (part 2)

As the world moves on from COVID-19, are we ignoring the structural failures and ethical lapses that defined the pandemic? This sharp critique demands transparency from Big Pharma and global leaders to ensure that "business as usual" doesn’t lead us into the next catastrophe.

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How not to securitize the Malacca Strait

When a finance minister invokes an Iranian blockade regime as a fiscal template, the institutional confusion itself is a securitization event.

1 day ago
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The Global South’s moment to shape rules

Some of the greatest challenges the world faces today can be addressed only through common rules, shared institutions and cross-border collaboration.

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Official Statistics 4.0: Restoring trust amid the data flood

In an era defined by an overwhelming surge of data, the central challenge is no longer scarcity, but meaning. Governments today are surrounded by an ever-expanding volume of information generated from surveys, administrative systems and digital footprints. 

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The international system remains uni-multipolar, with the US at its core

Whether the uni-multipolar system tilts toward stability or confrontation will depend on how the US chooses to wield the immense power it still possesses.

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It’s time to address psychosocial hazards in a changing world of work

For workers in every sector, psychosocial factors at work can make the difference between a job that supports well-being and one that undermines it. 

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Questions on COVID-19 that are unsatisfactorily answered

Six years after the outbreak, the world has moved on, yet the most critical questions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic remain shrouded in mystery. From lab-leak theories to the ethics of draconian lockdowns, this inquiry demands an objective post-mortem to ensure history does not repeat itself.

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In a fractured world order, where does the Global South fit in?

The era of a Western-dominated world order is over. This is obvious, but it will take some time to sink in across the West.

2 days ago
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The Hormuz naval blockade and strategic implications for Indonesia

As Mideast tensions reignite the threat of naval blockades, Indonesia’s control over global maritime choke points is no longer just a geographical fact; it is a strategic liability pointing to a need for Jakarta to move beyond diplomatic partnerships toward a unified, modernized maritime command.

2 days ago
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The biggest investment risk right now? Risk aversion

In a swirling world of heightened uncertainty, investors could be forgiven for hunkering down and minimizing exposure to proliferating risks. Yet paradoxically, the biggest risk may be risk aversion itself.

2 days ago
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Indonesia AI’s strategy: Economically ambitious, socially hollow

Indonesia is charging headlong into an artificial Iintelligence-driven economy, but its current road map leaves the nation’s most vulnerable workers in a blind spot. To prevent a catastrophic "race to the bottom," the government must balance its hunger for innovation with a radical redesign of the social safety net.

2 days ago
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Can domestic workers protection law end ‘modern slavery’?

As Indonesia ratifies a historic domestic worker protection law after two decades of silence, the nation must now decide if these statutory rights will remain a paper promise or finally dismantle the structures of modern slavery.

2 days ago
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Choke point politics: Navigating great power rift in ASEAN waters

The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has exposed a dangerous fragmentation within ASEAN, pitting Singapore’s legalism against Malaysia’s pragmatism and Indonesia’s shifting alignments. As superpower rivalries move from the Middle East to the Malacca Strait, the region faces a stark choice: restore a unified neutral voice or become a casualty of the North’s power games.

4 days ago
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When AI agrees too much: A hidden threat to our democracy

In the absence of clear regulations, personal data shared with chatbots may be analyzed for profiling and exploited for micro-targeted political messaging, undermining both privacy and equality under the law.

4 days ago
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Kartini’s spirit: AI and the quiet reinforcement of gender roles

In viewing the design, development and deployment of artificial intelligence, Kartini’s legacy reminds us that direction is a vital part of progress.

4 days ago
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The silent challenge for women CSOs in eastern Indonesia

When rigid "one size fits all" accounting meets the complex realities of Eastern Indonesia, the very rules designed to ensure transparency risk silencing the marginalized voices they were meant to empower.

4 days ago
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Beyond Bandung: The urgent task of decolonizing the mind

Seventy years after the historic Bandung Conference, the struggle for true independence has moved from the map to the mind. We must dismantle the "captive mind" and reconstruct a global knowledge system grounded in inherent human dignity.

4 days ago
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Asia's next harvest is already being decided

Nine out of ten ships that once passed through the Strait of Hormuz are not going anywhere. The consequences are already shaping Asia's next harvest and the one after that.

4 days ago
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Indonesia has power, it’s time to harness it

Indonesia's energy transition challenge is no longer about resources or policy, but execution.

5 days ago
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The boundary of dissent: Between treason and expression

When the state begins to mistake verbal dissent for a physical attack, the line between national security and authoritarianism effectively vanishes.

5 days ago
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The costs of Iran's permanent revolution

The room for maneuver of the ruling elite in Tehran is currently being hemmed in by a confluence of rigidity, fracture, decay and war, the very dynamics that have historically led to the erosion of revolutionary regimes and their incipient end.

5 days ago
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From commitments to delivery: Why systems, not slogans, will define sustainability

The sustainability challenge is no longer about defining goals. It is about building systems capable of delivering them.

5 days ago
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To strengthen climate resilience, focus on social protection

The idea that the climate crisis is diverting global attention and funding away from the eradication of poverty and hunger perpetuates a dangerous misconception of both problems. 

5 days ago
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Inside the economics of Southeast Asia’s scam centers

At the core of scam compounds is a system of paid but forced labor.

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Waiting for Godot: The case for ratification of ILO convention on work in fishing

For decades, Indonesia has led the world in defining the law of the sea and the rights of its workers. Now, as the 2026 ratification deadline for the ILO Convention 188 looms, the nation must decide if it will remain a global trendsetter or leave its millions of fishers waiting for a "Godot" that never arrives.

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The 5 percent growth trap: Indonesia’s narrow path to 2026

If policymakers continue to prioritize stability without addressing the root causes of capital inefficiency, Indonesia will not escape from the 5 percent growth trap.

6 days ago
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The deafening silence on offshore wealth

A decade later, the verdict is damning. The world was warned. Lawmakers blinked. And the system endured.

6 days ago

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