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The Indonesian diaspora and the question of nationalism
Whether among the diaspora or at home, nationalism is essentially a sense of belonging and ownership defined, in part, by shared ideals and values as well as a freedom to express individual conscience on the path to an Indonesia that is just, strong, sustainable and prosperous.
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Elevating ASEAN’s role in peace and prosperity
The ASEAN secretary-general needs to be vested with the capacity of a chief executive officer, allowing him or her to play a more strategic but tactical role in resolving regional issues. ...
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AI and the evolution of terrorism tactics
With the help of chatbots or fabricated online personas, AI can generate personalized messages and simulate human interaction to influence and radicalize vulnerable individuals. ...
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Can the SCO reinvigorate multilateral trade amid tariff tensions?
The SCO is not simply giving a voice to the developing world—it is fast becoming a pivot point in the reorganization of global trade geography.
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Indonesia at 80: Getting China right in the rest of 2025
For Indonesia, the question now is not whether to engage with the world, but how to do so on its own terms.
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Nickel downstreaming in Sulawesi, Indonesia’s fault lines
The recent earthquake in Poso should be read less as an isolated natural hazard than a stress test of the country’s current industrial model.
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The Global South must claim the climate mantle at COP30
As the West recedes in climate governance, it has left an opening for the Global South to step up its already growing efforts to take the lead, ensuring that the global agenda reflects its needs and priorities while holding the world accountable in protecting our planet.
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Tightening digital tax rules in sweeping VAT overhaul
More than a bureaucratic adjustment, this overhaul signals a strategic realignment of Indonesia’s economic policy in the digital age.
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How Muslims are powering environmental action across the world
In a time of mounting ecological challenges, all sources of wisdom are vital – including Islamic teachings that offer guidance for living in harmony with nature.
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The new face of poverty: Digital exclusion deepens gender inequality
The digital divide is a major contributor to the feminization of poverty in Indonesia, especially when digitalization leaves behind single mothers who are just scraping by.
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The nickel dilemma: A false binary between geopolitical power and a just transition
To promote the nickel-based EV battery industry Indonesia needs to cut bureaucratic layers and channel commitment into action, investing in innovation, building capacity and ensuring readiness for the future.
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Bridging Law and Technology: The Growing Importance of Privacy Compliance Automation Tools
Many organizations in Indonesia, from small enterprises to large corporations, are facing challenges in implementing the Personal Data Protection Law (PDP Law), which transition period ended on 17 October 2024. One key reason for this is the general lack of familiarity with this relatively new regulation.
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Fixing governance in Indonesia’s start-up economy
Indonesia must face an uncomfortable truth: our oversight system has failed, and our governance culture remains dangerously thin.
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Donald Trump’s peace in our time
The US-Russia Alaska summit sent a clear message to European leaders: They are on their own and as such, Europe must now emerge as a superpower in its own right.
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Resurging nationalism in Southeast Asia: A blessing or a curse?
Nationalism is experiencing a resurgence as an elitist construct, not just in Southeast Asia but across both developed and developing countries, raising a question as to whether internationalism is a better fit in this age of globalization.
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Removing the regulatory hurdles in regional endowment funds
A regional endowment fund is a new instrument for intergenerational fiscal sustainability that allows local governments to invest public funds with a long-term horizon.
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Malaysia’s ‘ASEAN Shenzhen’ needs significant legal reform to take off
The development success of the Johor-Singapore-SEZ relies not only on infrastructure and diplomacy but also on an efficient legal and regulatory framework.
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Indonesia’s nuclear moment and the vision for energy sovereignty
Done right, nuclear can strengthen energy security, attract high-value industry and place Indonesia at the forefront of the clean-energy transition
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Rewriting history: Remembering, forgetting and forgiving
Official history can no longer stand alone as the sole arbiter of truth, while public history must cultivate critical discipline to avoid being reduced to mere emotional appeals.
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Abandoned land should not mean abandoning reform
The government cannot fulfill its land registration agenda without the parallel implementation of an integrated digital land system, including the realization of the single map policy, and land administration reform to eliminate bureaucratic roadblocks and eradicate corruption in the sector.
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Sustaining healthcare in a precarious world
It is likely that the shortage of healthcare personnel will continue and deteriorate, with some exiting their profession to look for other opportunities.
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Why health workers need urgent protection and funding
Global funding cuts and escalating attacks on health care, in direct violation of international laws, are colliding at the worst possible time for the world’s regions most vulnerable to disasters and conflicts.
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The urgency to revise the outdated bankruptcy law
Indonesia is long overdue for a new bankruptcy law in this age of free trade globalization, especially one that contains provisions on cross-border insolvency.
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From geopolitics to geocivic: Building the ASEAN Community from the ground up
ASEAN has established itself as a geopolitical and geoeconomic entity. The next step is to become a geocivic community.
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When food governance becomes a maze
If Indonesia’s food governance is too bureaucratic for the elites, what hope is there for small-scale farmers and communities?
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Multilateralism must work in practice
At 80, the UN stands at a crossroads as a stalwart of multilateralism, and the way forward is to show that this works through cooperation, prioritization and action that is inclusive and respectful of the needs of developing countries, especially for localized solutions.
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How growing ASEAN leadership helps the region manage disasters
The so-called humanitarian reset is shifting the response to humanitarian crises, whether caused by natural disasters or man-made conflicts, to local leadership, with international organizations playing a supportive, complementary role.
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Trump-Putin summit: Why ASEAN cannot afford to be a spectator
The Trump-Putin spectacle last Friday should serve as a cautionary tale for ASEAN, encouraging it to stay the course in its unique brand of diplomacy, one that is based on substance, not optics, as it navigates great power theatrics and affirms its place on the global stage.
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Starvation in Gaza and our global shame
There is a growing consensus that Israel is committing the most serious of crimes in Gaza, including the use of starvation as a method of warfare.
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Pati, Indonesian Spring and 80 years of muddling through
As Indonesia turns 80, state ceremonies are grand. But behind the performances, a deeper reality lingers: Anger is rising.
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- Violent crackdown on protests turns deadly
- Pramono cancels WFH for civil servants as Jakarta stabilizes
- Indonesian economy suffers heavy losses from riots
- Order restored in Jakarta, Bali after weeklong nationwide unrest
- Indonesia seeks justice, protection after embassy staff killing in Peru
- Police arrest rights activist allegedly inciting riots
- Prabowo U-turns on China visit despite deadly protests
- Indonesian students abroad, riots at home, and the real meaning of merit
- Jakarta regains calm under heavy security
- Councillor, urban experts urge road map to resolve Jakarta traffic
