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Debtor countries finally have a group of their own

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The new architecture of peace: Mediation in a multipolar world

As the old rules of diplomacy falter, a new "composite" era of mediation, led by middle powers and private experts, is rising to meet the most violent decade of the 21st century.

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Can honesty save ASEAN? Lessons from the Cebu Summit

While ASEAN is famous for diplomatic platitudes, the Cebu summit proved that admitting your flaws is the first step toward remaining relevant in a shifting geopolitical landscape.

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Takeaways from the ASEAN Summit: Tightening the bonds, building up resilience

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When democracy tires, movements fade and a generation holds back

When political systems neither collapse nor improve, they enter a state of fatigue that erodes the very possibility of reform. Indonesia has transitioned from the explosive ruptures of 1998 to a modern era of managed stagnation, leaving a generation to navigate a democracy that functions as a procedure but fails as a promise.

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Indonesia’s businesses face a new human rights era

We offer a paradigm shift: from managing conflict to preventing conflict through shared prosperity models. 

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Indonesia’s Latin American pivot strengthens South-South cooperation

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Why Indonesia’s emissions trading system needs revision

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As Indonesia approaches a demographic crossroads, the decision to delay marriage and parenthood is less a private preference and more a rational response to a society that has yet to build a support system for the modern family.

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Policy debates around tobacco control objectives are framed increasingly in terms of nicotine elimination rather than eliminating harmful exposure to smoke. 

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Restoring people's rights to natural resources

It's time to stop the false solutions and return the power of natural resource management to the hands of the people.  

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When young doctors serve as 'shock absorbers' of a fragile health system

When we glorify the exhaustion of young doctors as heroism, we ignore the systemic cracks that turn healers into "shock absorbers" for a failing healthcare system.

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As the rupiah grapples with a "perfect storm" of global dollar strength and domestic regulatory uncertainty, Indonesia faces a critical test of market confidence that may require a fresh infusion of professional leadership to resolve.

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High rankings, low reach in Indonesian journals

This is the hallmark of what the academic community recognizes as citation rings: coordinated, often tacit agreements among affiliated journals to cite one another's work, artificially inflating impact metrics.

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East Asia’s stability cannot be taken for granted

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As the Artemis Accords reshape global lunar norms, Jakarta must decide if diplomatic inclusion outweighs its current Earth-focused space priorities.

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Sovereignty is not proven by rejecting help, but rather by never becoming desperate enough to need it.

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The fragile state of women’s rights: From the Bekasi tragedy to the denial of 1998 rapes

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