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To fix high ticket prices and bridge an archipelagic nation, Indonesia must move past reactive policies and treat its aviation industry as a strategic tool for national unity.

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After the state and the owner, who protects fishers?

Behind the record-breaking profits of Indonesia’s industrial fishing fleet lies a predatory system of legal fictions and debt bondage that leaves the very workers fueling the industry with less than the price of a pack of cigarettes. ...

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A National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) researcher works in a laboratory at Soekarno Science and Technology Zone in Cibinong, West Java, on July 5, 2023.

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The academic fraud in Copenhagen was years in the making

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Building alliances of among US allies

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Quad FMs set tone of continuity in New Delhi

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Police officers stand guard during a rally organized by university students in front of the East Java Regional Legislative Council (DPRD) in Surabaya, East Java, on Aug. 19, 2025. During the rally, protesters called for the government to scrap its controversial national history book project and push for protection of freedom of expression.

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Pedagogy, the classroom and the banality of violence

When education is weaponized to manufacture hate, classrooms become the breeding grounds for state violence, a sobering reality that demands a radical shift toward a humanizing, critical way of learning.

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Human rights reform must preserve independence

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United States President Donald Trump (left) greets Chinese President Xi Jinping in events at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China on May 14, 2026, during a trip focused on trade, regional security and strengthening bilateral ties between the world’s two largest economies.

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Reading between China's red lines

Multiple red lines send mixed signals. Is the country drawing them determined to assert its global power, or is it in the grip of a national paranoia?

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The market as an unlikely ally against democratic backsliding

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Beyond trade platforms: The sovereignty question behind e-commerce

E-commerce increasingly shapes the conditions under which market participants compete.

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Quiet devotion: Muslim pilgrims from various countries prepare to perform evening prayers on May 13 at the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Indonesia’s Haj and Umrah Ministry said that ahead of the peak of the haj, the movement of pilgrims to Mecca continued in stages.

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When faith meets heat: Rethinking haj and climate risk

Sound haj governance should no longer be measured solely by how many pilgrims can be dispatched abroad each year, but also by how responsibly societies adapt to worsening environmental conditions.

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Blackout in Sumatra and the threat to Indonesia's energy transition

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Vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz, off Musandam, Oman, on May 25, 2026.

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The Strait of Hormuz shock is reshaping East Asia’s economic future

In the wake of the crisis stemming from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, ASEAN should consider a regional strategic reserve mechanism, coordinated procurement arrangements and emergency energy-sharing frameworks.

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The Pope should have gone further on AI

Pontiff has not gone far enough on the most consequential question: What should AI be designed to do?

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President Prabowo Subianto (right) greets House of Representatives Speaker Puan Maharani (left) before delivering a speech on the macroeconomic framework to lawmakers on May 20 at the Senayan legislative complex in Central Jakarta.

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Developmental state ambition: Reading Prabowo’s economic direction

President Prabowo’s visionary fiscal address signals a bold shift toward a state-driven, developmental state model aimed at unleashing Indonesia’s economic potential—but its ultimate success hinges entirely on dismantling the entrenched governance and bureaucratic failures of the past.

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What if the AI boom goes into reverse?

Investors should be asking not whether the AI boom will end, but what will happen to markets when it does and where safety may be found.

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Ibrahim Arief, a suspect in a corruption case involving the procurement of Chromebook-based laptops at the then-education, culture, research and technology ministry from 2019 to 2022, embraces his wife on May 12, 2026, after attending a verdict hearing at the Jakarta Corruption Court.

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The Ibrahim verdict and the troubled justice system

When a flawed anti-corruption verdict relies on silence as guilt, it doesn't just threaten the innocent—it risks turning Indonesia's brightest young professionals into the scapegoats of a broken judicial system.

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Members of the National Flag Hoisting Troop dance after the commemoration of Pancasila Day at the Pancasila Building, a historic hall within the Foreign Ministry compound in Jakarta, on June 2, 2025.

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Beyond realpolitik: Why the world needs meta-diplomacy

Pancasila is a philosophical framework that offers an alternative to the excesses of realpolitik.

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Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong (left) addresses a joint press conference alongside Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (second left), Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (second right) and United States State Secretary Marco Rubio on May 26, 2026, following the Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi.

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How the US-China reset recasts the Quad

With the shift in US-China relations, India is emerging as the strategic cog in the American wheel, Pakistan as a tactical partner, NATO as the anchor of the Atlantic alliance and Quad countries as a tool to serve the Indo‑Pacific.

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Insight: Understanding sovereign wealth funds and their application in Indonesia

Toward the end of 2020, amid a world grappling with unprecedented challenges, Indonesia took a bold step in securing its economic future: establishing its first sovereign wealth fund (SWF), the Indonesia Investment Authority (INA).

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Passengers hold onto overhead handles on April 30, 2026, as they ride a Commuter Line train from Bekasi Timur Station in Bekasi, West Java.

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Indonesia plans for where people sleep, not where they live their day

As the administrative boundaries of Indonesia's urban areas blur, millions of people are having to pay a silent "metropolitan tax" that is measured not in currency but in hours of their lives surrendered to daily commutes.

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Diaspora connection: President Prabowo Subianto (second right) greets Indonesian students based in France on May 26, 2026 as he arrives in Paris for a state visit.

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When Indonesian citizenship is hard to prove

The risks of statelessness in Indonesia are best understood not as a single condition affecting one clearly defined group, but as a pattern produced through ordinary administrative processes.

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A teller counts rupiah banknotes on Oct. 27, 2025, at the BNI Pasar Baru branch in Jakarta. Bank Indonesia has opted to hold its benchmark BI rate at 4.75 percent, the Deposit Facility rate at 3.75 percent and the Lending Facility rate at 5.50 percent to maintain rupiah exchange rate stability.

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Entrepreneurial formation does not start in university

Indonesia is funding an illusion by giving startup loans to university graduates when the real engine of entrepreneurship is engineered in early childhood.

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Synchronizing beats: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (right) and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung pose on Jan. 12, 2026, for photographs before performing on drums after their meeting in Nara, Japan. The two were leaders aiming to strengthen ties among their countries amid pressure from Washington and Beijing.

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Andong's alliance: When Tokyo and Seoul defy Beijing

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Companies winning ASEAN know something others don’t

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Rewriting police law, hijacking reform, reversing social contract

The proposed amendments of the Police Law bypass systemic upstream reforms in favor of executive discretion, transforming a narrow safety valve into a tool for political capture.

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The economic path to climate justice

Ethiopia, Pakistan and South Africa show that rapid renewable-energy uptake in emerging and developing countries often comes down to affordability.

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What national transfer accounts reveal about aging future

New transfer accounts data reveals that Indonesia has officially transitioned into an aging society without the formal safety nets required to prevent widespread elderly vulnerability.

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