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Wantimpres and its million-dollar question

Prabowo’s supersize, 26-strong advisory council offers plenty of room for political accommodation.

20 hours ago
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The Trump-Xi thaw offers breathing room for the world

The high-stakes summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping served as a vital de-escalation momentum desperately needed for the stability of our world. ...

16 hours ago
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The haze makes us angry, but our anger needs to be directed

The negative energy from anger over haze must be turned into positive action for supporting the people on the front lines battling forest fires and for bringing to account the companies found responsible for starting them. ...

17 hours ago

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Smoke in the air, noise online: Public response to forest fires

While thick haze chokes the skies, an online disconnect between citizens and the state reveals that Indonesia’s greatest firefighting challenge may be digital, not just environmental.

18 hours ago
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Why Indonesia's fifth Security Council bid needs public buy-in

Indonesia is ready to claim a fifth seat on the UN Security Council, but unless President Prabowo can convince ordinary citizens why it matters, the bid risks looking like little more than expensive diplomatic tourism.

1 day ago
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Conserving a connected ocean

Marine conservation is a fundamental component of national development among many WIO countries, but international cooperation and common financing instruments are essential because the ocean, as well as the species in it, knows no man-made bounds.

1 day ago
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The foreign exchange Indonesia leaves at sea: Flag carrier is needed

Indonesia fuels the global economy with its coal, palm oil, and nickel, yet loses billions every year by paying foreign fleets to carry its own wealth away.  

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Oil's new problem is logistics

A lot more crude is getting through the Strait of Hormuz. So why is Brent still trading above $100 per barrel?

1 day ago
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A Trump-Xi AI hotline is not governance. ASEAN must build its own

A bilateral AI hotline between Washington and Beijing will manage the superpower crises, but it won’t save Southeast Asia from the collateral damage of frontier tech.

1 day ago
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UNGA High-level Week: Calling for a resilient multilateral system

Beyond the theatrical spotlight of global superpowers, Indonesia faces the vital diplomatic challenge of ensuring that its voice delivers lasting substance on the world stage.

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Ignoring Myanmar normalizes tyranny upon us

As Myanmar’s people bleed under a brutal junta and regional indifference, Jakarta’s complacency serves as a chilling warning: ignoring the normalization of tyranny abroad only paves the way for creeping militarism at home.

2 days ago
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Beyond bribery: Rethinking how Indonesia understands corruption

By reducing corruption to mere bribery, Indonesia risks letting modern abuses of power escape justice, a blind spot laid bare by the controversial trial of Nadiem Makarim.

2 days ago
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Climate resilience starts with care

Estimates of funding needs and proposed investment pipelines overlook a critical piece of infrastructure: an ecosystem of climate-adapted care services that helps families prepare for, cope with and recover from climate-induced hazards.

2 days ago
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India-China thaw faces major economic tests

India is working to emerge from China’s shadow while improving diplomatic relations, but the more the world’s most populous country pushes, the more apparent its dependence on its wealthier neighbor becomes.

2 days ago
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Beyond disaster response: Building a state architecture of resilience

Natural hazards are inevitable, but disaster risk is manufactured, and Indonesia cannot engineer true resilience until it stops spending like a firefighter and starts budgeting like an architect.

2 days ago
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Prabowonomics: From diagnosis to delivery

Nations escape the middle-income trap by building factories, not funding handouts - and Prabowonomics risks mistaking consumption for a cure.

2 days ago
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Three agendas for Minister Arrmanatha

Many see and expect that the new Foreign Minister could inject a new energy into the performance of Indonesia’s foreign policy in the years to come. 

3 days ago
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Without ideas or proposal, Prabowo stands on BRICS periphery

Indonesia may have secured a place at the BRICS table. But a seat at the table is not the same thing as having something distinctive to say at it.

3 days ago
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Unblurring the boundary of civil-military relations

Clear legal limits, accountability and safeguards are needed to ensure exceptional assistance does not become an administrative norm.

3 days ago
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Groundwater recovery can help sinking cities

When groundwater reservoirs are replenished, the ground above rises, but the uplift is patchy because earthquake faults act like underground dams, channeling water. 

3 days ago
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Ensuring the human right to adequate housing in Indonesia

From the sun-starved alleys of Tambora to the sinking shores of Java, Indonesia’s urban future hinges on a vital shift: treating housing not just as four walls, but as a resilient, community-led ecosystem where dignity comes first.

3 days ago
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The 45 percent Indonesia keeps missing

The government pours billions into shaping adult conduct and schooling, but human character and critical reasoning are overwhelmingly forged between the womb and age seven, where state policy rarely looks.

3 days ago
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Indonesia is pulling away the poor’s only ladder: Education

With Indonesian youth recording the world’s lowest faith in social mobility, misallocated public funds and crumbling classrooms threaten to turn the constitutional promise of education into an inescapable poverty trap.

5 days ago
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Gibran’s fall, Prabowo’s power reconfiguration?

The court battle over Gibran isn't about a missing diploma: It’s an opening shot in the cutthroat struggle to reshape Indonesia’s oligarchic power under Prabowo.

5 days ago
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Frans Seda, finance minister during a difficult period

Frans Seda played a pivotal role in navigating Indonesia’s economic crisis from 1965 to 1966. As finance minister, he helped restore stability amid hyperinflation, while his wider career reflected a lifelong commitment to Indonesia’s political, economic and social development.

5 days ago
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Can young Indonesians still afford home?

Priced out of traditional landed homes, young Indonesians aren't abandoning their ownership dream—they’re rewriting the rules through modern co-living to protect both their savings and their time.

5 days ago
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‘Jakarta incident’ changed aviation safety protocols

When volcanic ash silently choked all four engines of a Boeing 747 over Indonesia, it took 16 frantic minutes of gliding toward the ocean to spark a miracle—and rewrite the rules of global aviation forever.  

5 days ago
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Smelters and garrisons: Militarization of extractive economy

Beneath the rhetoric of national resilience, Indonesia is deploying troops not to protect populations, but to turn its resource-rich frontier into an armed, state-capitalist enclave.

6 days ago
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Indonesia’s AI data center ambition needs a resource rule book

Indonesia is racing to become Asia’s next AI data center powerhouse, but without strict resource safeguards, the boom risks draining the nation’s power grid, water supply and local communities.

6 days ago
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BI can hold rates, but Indonesia cannot escape expensive money

As high-cost borrowing collides with ambitious state spending, Indonesia must master smarter debt management and innovative finance before fiscal pressure catches up with its national ambitions.

6 days ago

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Fri, October 9, 2026

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