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Why Indonesia’s EV future must be different: Lessons from Norway
Oslo's model shows that streamlined regulatory and incentive policies can help propel market evolution toward an EV ecosystem, while a separate study shows that vehicle electrification doesn't necessary require nickel or the resulting social and environmental harms.
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The electricity revolution is missing a key ingredient
Energy systems’ flexibility, their ability to respond in a timely manner to fluctuations in electricity supply and demand, must increase much faster than is currently expected. ...
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Playing devil’s advocate: In defense of centralization
The argument at the heart of the mass protests that erupted in late August isn't centralization versus democracy, but the credibility and trustworthiness of state institutions. ...
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Cyclones’ hidden dangers go beyond the storm
Tropical cyclones can be even more deadly, and for a wider range of reasons, than we ever thought.
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Defining integrity in carbon markets
International standards for "high-quality" credits risk excluding the projects Indonesia needs most, threatening billions in conservation finance and the ecosystems that define our nation.
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Why Indonesia’s clean energy still feeds old inequalities
What began as an inclusive experiment in rural energy has hardened into a top-down industrial regime, where benefits flow upward and accountability flows nowhere.
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COP30: Turning Indonesia’s indigenous rights pledges into legal protections
Indonesia needs to move away from headline promises and instead step up its legislative efforts to emerge as a global leader in ensuring and enforcing guarantees and protections for indigenous rights, including customary territories.
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Why enterprise struggles in a nation that rewards titles
It will take more than catchy slogans espousing innovation and entrepreneurship to change an ingrained habit that has evolved over the centuries in tandem with a system that equates authority and power with prosperity.
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47th ASEAN Summit: A paradox of diplomacy and delay
While hailed as an overall success, the regional bloc's summit last month demonstrated that its major stumbling block is speed in implementing the various declarations and statements it so loves to issue.
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COP30 and the legitimate rights of indigenous peoples
Any climate agenda must involve indigenous peoples, who play a vital role in tacking global warning through the traditional wisdoms they have applied to managing their customary forests and lands, long before "climate change" entered the global lexicon.
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Indonesia’s economy is failing to engage with the world
Prabowo’s strategy must prioritize economic openness.
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Jakarta should stop begging Washington to be nice
in response to the "America First" policy, Indonesia should build domestic production chains for food, energy and critical technologies, regardless of peacetime efficiency, because they deny adversaries wartime choke points
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The history behind the landmark Indonesia-Australia defense treaty
The relationship between the two countries has gone up and down over the years, but trust and confidence has perhaps never been higher.
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ASEAN will struggle to escape US-China squeeze
While ASEAN exporters face increasing pressure from US tariffs and heightened scrutiny of transshipments, their domestic markets are increasingly being dominated by Chinese goods.
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Building a climate-resilient, high-growth Indonesia
Achieving both goals requires a balanced development strategy that prioritizes sustainable development, equitable economic transformation, innovation and environmental sustainability.
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The emissions mirage: Understanding what we count and miss
The companies that are starting to count their emissions today are the ones that will remain competitive tomorrow.
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‘Nobody’s Girl’, sexual violence, Virginia Giuffre and ‘santriwati’
Many cases of sexual violence in pesantren are not revealed because of threats received by victims from perpetrators, a study finds.
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What can Indonesian progressives learn from Mamdani’s victory
Mamdani's historic victory should inspire the progressive forces within Indonesian civil society, who are currently at their lowest point, to consolidate.
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The Mamdani effect: How government failure sways voters
Rising prices of daily needs have created opportunities for “challenger” politicians and parties to brand themselves with “extreme” policy platforms in the next Indonesian election in 2029.
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America's future is being sacrificed for short-term ‘wins’
The US is trading long-term strategic advantages for immediate tactical gains, and the costs are accumulating in ways that won’t become apparent until it’s too late to reverse course.
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Strong finance to power quality growth
For China to support high quality growth would require it to deepen long-term pension, insurance and private equity funds that can produce patient capital to absorb high-risk projects and investments.
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Global energy and emissions trends since Paris treaty
In the decade since the landmark COP21 Paris Agreement, both a lot and a little has changed when it comes to the energy sector makeup and the trajectory of emissions.
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Riau's paradox: The 'cursed' resource riches amid neglect and graft
Bribery, embezzlement and collusion are widespread in Riau, contributing to state revenue losses, regional budget deficits, delayed development and environmental degradation.
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Democracy doesn’t need heroes
Democracy itself is anti-heroic. Progress does not come from the benevolence of a single messiah but from the collective operation of an impersonal system.
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Why climate finance is not enough
If the Global North is no longer willing to meet its funding promises, it can still demonstrate good faith through another form of solidarity: sharing the knowledge, technology and intellectual property that underpin the green transition.
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Today’s heroes are building Indonesia’s digital future
Today’s heroes require the same sort of courage that defined Indonesian independence, but this time to carve out the nation’s place in the global digital economy.
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Mediating in a broken world: How Indonesia can make a difference
Indonesia’s "free and active" foreign policy, its laissez-faire mediation style as well as its cumulative experience, from the national revolution to the post-tsunami Aceh peace process, might succeed in helping to resolve geopolitical conflicts in Southeast Asia as well as the Middle East amid the global breakdown in the rules-based order.
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Police reform: Turning resistance into a path for transformation
The real transformation of the National Police lies in nurturing a professional culture built on accountability, empathy and trust.
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Agriculture at the heart of security
While many factors have contributed to rising food insecurity, the most important is conflict.
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From Portuguese to ‘gratis’: Prabowo’s double-edged language politics
Skepticism toward state paternalism, visible in online critiques of the free nutritious meal program rollout and in discussions about Prabowo’s ASEAN diplomacy, reflects a generation less easily swayed by spectacle.
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- Combating illegal imports of manufactured products
- Presidential pardons put KPK’s credibility in question
- How democracies learn to goose-step
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- Papua conflict uproots thousands while state assistance lags
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- Indonesian paradox: When business strategy becomes a crime
- The new KUHAP: A digital code with an analogue mindset
- Indonesia’s bond market now driven by domestic policy, not global sentiment
- TNI expansion plan raises fear of overreach
- Diaspora skeptical of new lifetime visa
- Combating illegal imports of manufactured products
- Presidential pardons put KPK’s credibility in question
- How democracies learn to goose-step
- Rare rafflesia rediscovery boosts hope for more research
- Papua conflict uproots thousands while state assistance lags
