Far from being a roadmap to peace, the five-point consensus has become a diplomatic placeholder, invoked ritually in communiqués yet divorced from realities on the ground. 

The trending #KaburAjaDulu hashtag indicates that Indonesia needs to deploy targeted action in professional education, job creation and women's economic empowerment to counter the phenomenon of a shrinking middle class and take full advantage of its demographic dividend.

The first seven months of the year have delivered a whirlwind of news on Chinese technology and business, oscillating between anxiety and euphoria, but what has cut through the noise has been the emergence of a "cool factor".

With 26 overseas visits in nine months, Prabowo is betting big on face-to-face diplomacy.

The recent exhibition at the National Museum that aimed to celebrate women in Indonesian history carries a title with multiple meanings, including "to edit", but in this case, it could also mean "to edit out".

Has Indonesia, by agreeing to allow personal data transfers to the United States under the new trade framework, effectively compromised its citizens’ privacy and undermined its own data sovereignty, especially in the absence of fully operational privacy institutions and enforceable safeguards?

For more than 80 years, the United States dollar has enjoyed unrivaled supremacy in world trade and finance. But a new variable is poised to reshape the global monetary order: data integrity.

Japan has overcome much in the 80 years since World War II, but in the contemporary landscape of geopolitical tensions, climate change and demographic challenges, it needs to significantly speed up its transformation toward the next eight decades.

As the world's fourth-largest country and one of the largest Muslim-majority democracies, Indonesia’s pluralist traditions, rich cultural heritage and educational challenges all contribute to the themes at the heart of UNESCO’s mandate.

Payment ID is set to become a truly groundbreaking trailblazer in Indonesia's financial digital transformation, so long as its transparency and accountability is adequately and comprehensively supported via governance as well as the necessary technical and social infrastructure.

For Indonesia, regulating AI transcends concerns about innovation or data protection, it is fundamentally about upholding the constitution and defending human rights.

In a world increasingly shaped by data, trust has become both our greatest asset and our most fragile resource. 

While the procurement of air defense system equipment shows Indonesia’s growing realization of its vulnerability toward potential airstrikes, most of this equipment is not combat proven. 

ASEAN's principle of noninterference becomes synonymous with impotence, and crises cannot be defused or solved, regardless of the rhetoric.

Lula has defended his country’s sovereignty not only in the domain of trade, but also in regulating US-controlled tech platforms.

Indonesia needs a gradual increase in defense spending to a minimum of 1.5 percent of GDP, prioritizing, among other matters, public-private collaboration, ensuring a sustainable modernization.

Despite promises of development, mines have not brought quality healthcare, routine medical screenings or adequate environmental safeguards. What came instead were red seas and poisoned children.

Today's airpower is defined by a foundational defense system that seamlessly integrates multilayered technologies such as land and space-based detection platforms, missiles, UAVs as well as cyber operations in a centralized command system; one that requires a vision far beyond headline-grabbing aircraft acquisitions for short-term political visibility.

The unpredictability of Trump’s trade policies poses a grave threat to the global economy.

Institutions face a new challenge in the post-knowledge economy that is materializing today, where meaning as an emerging metric requires a structural reimagining of leadership, culture and engagement through emotional alignment.

Influential middle powers, countries like Indonesia, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates and others balance regional leadership with global engagement.

The armed clashes must be quickly brought to an end, without prejudice to the principled position of the two sides on the underlying issues.

Sustainable investment is key to building and maintaining the infrastructure needed to support the exponential growth in technology adoption to minimize the environmental footprints of an increasingly digital society.

Following the Myanmar crisis, which remains unresolved to date, the ongoing Thai-Cambodian border conflict presents a decisive moment for ASEAN to reclaim its standing as a force for peace and stability in Southeast Asia.

As the custodians of two of the world's top three tropical forests by area, Brazil and Indonesia have an opportunity, and arguably a responsibility, to take the global lead in climate policies by starting where it matters the most: at home.

At the forefront of the context is the relationship between the labor force and related standards to guarantee that “labor is not a commodity”, and that the human face at work needs protection in the form of human rights.

Compared to its Southeast Asian neighbors, Indonesia emerged with the worst outcome. The Philippines and Vietnam secured nearly identical tariff rates, 19 percent and 20 percent, respectively, but gave up far less.