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The real threat to NATO

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

14 hours ago
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Symbolic parade, state violence and contraction of civic space

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. ...

15 hours ago
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Record ocean warmth raises the climate stakes

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. ...

10 hours ago

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Europe’s competitiveness dilemma in a changing world

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

11 hours ago
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Indonesia: Reimagining the state

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

13 hours ago
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Indonesia-India defense cooperation needs institutionalization of trust

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

1 day ago
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The resurgence of civilizational diplomacy

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.

1 day ago
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As Modi visits Jakarta, what should Indonesia do with Sabang?

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.

1 day ago
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The next Iran war may come sooner than you think

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.

1 day ago
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ASEAN-Russia Summit: A case for strategic autonomy

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.

1 day ago
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The real competitiveness trap

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

1 day ago
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The Asian significance of Modi in Indonesia

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.

2 days ago
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250 years of American state capitalism

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

2 days ago
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Rethinking how Indonesia funds its universities

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

2 days ago
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Policy discipline needed to tackle economic pressure points

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.

2 days ago
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The 5Es of economic growth and impact on exchange rates (part 3)

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.

2 days ago
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The case for investing in palm oil smallholders

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

2 days ago
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What a disallowed goal can teach us about counting a nation

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

4 days ago
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We have the culture. We lack the architecture

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

4 days ago
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Anarchy in royalty: Demystifying performing Rights

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.

4 days ago
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Renewing ASEAN’s resilience amid growing indifference

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

4 days ago
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Bound by friendship: Australia-Indonesia defense relationship

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

4 days ago
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From strategic autonomy to strategic incorporation: Prabowo’s grand strategy?

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.

5 days ago
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Is a European single market for energy such a good idea?

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.

5 days ago
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Predators in the classroom: We are leaving children defenseless

To restore broken public trust and shield children from institutional abuse, we must replace outdated taboos with mandatory classroom body literacy by embedding adolescent reproductive health education in school curricula.

5 days ago
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Battery metals recovery runs into stop-start EV market

Some of the previous gloom has lifted from the market. The focus now turns to whether demand is strong enough to underpin higher price levels.

5 days ago
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The golden age of India-Indonesia relations is unfolding

As two of the Indo-Pacific's largest democracies converge in Jakarta next week, India and Indonesia are moving past historical sentiment to forge a high-tech, maritime alliance that is destined to reshape the Global South.

5 days ago
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Death by omission: The true cost of militarizing cooperatives

What began as a signature government initiative has spiraled into an institutional disaster, where a toxic blend of military indoctrination, extreme fiscal bypasses and fatal medical negligence resulted in the deaths of five civilian trainees. Halting the program is not enough, the state must be held fully accountable for subjugating a grassroots civilian economy to a lethal, top-down military culture.

5 days ago
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BGN graft case shows police accountability reform cannot wait

The shocking graft scandal within the National Nutrition Agency is a stark warning that good intentions cannot survive without robust oversight. If the president’s flagship welfare program can be so easily compromised, Indonesia’s heavily funded, opaque National Police force cannot afford to wait any longer for deep financial and structural reform.

6 days ago
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The money game is bond, Patriot Bond — or is it a shield?

By carving a permanent, legally protected blind spot into its financial system, Indonesia’s new bond shield risks turning the nation into a premier conduit for global money laundering. In a single legislative session, Jakarta may have traded a decade of hard-won international trust for short-term sovereign capital.

6 days ago

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