It remains to be seen if a Kennedy moment will happen in Indonesia and define the outcome of the presidential election on Feb. 14, 2024.

Developed countries have been the main source of the carbon emissions present in our atmosphere today, produced from the fossil fuels they burn to maintain their economies and lifestyles.

Despite TikTok being restricted from the virtual market in the past two months, SME players, such as vendors in Tanah Abang market in Jakarta, hardly saw changes in their sales.

Marapi’s deadly eruption should serve as a wake-up call for the government not to leave volcano disaster mitigation up to mere luck.

Even though domestic consumption, the main driver of Indonesia's growth, will likely remain fairly robust next year, investors will, predictably, be in “wait and see” mode until the new government comes into power in October.

We should all be alert to the possibility of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection now that the first recent cases have been discovered in the country, but we have no reason to be consumed by fear.

While the Prabowo-Gibran camp frames Gibran’s candidacy as an attempt to bring young people to politics, critics have lashed out at his nomination as symptomatic of the entrenched culture of political nepotism. 

As existing tensions linger and continue to rise over disputed territories and the growing power rivalry in the South China Sea, the regional grouping needs to up its game – and clout – by presenting a united front.

For more than a decade, the ITE Law has been a major threat to our civil liberties; it is the digital incarnation of the colonial defamation law.

On climate change, looking at what can only be described as modest targets, Indonesia is a follower, not a leader. 

Like security, climate change and public health, AI requires international cooperation and global rules.

The government’s persistence is certainly key to progress toward achieving its zero dengue death target by 2030

Firli’s arrest serves as yet another grim reminder that the system we have been relying on to combat corruption may itself be corrupt.

As we prepare for next year’s presidential and legislative elections, there are real concerns that the nation is turning its back on its democratic and pluralistic achievements over the past two and a half decades.

We can no longer take for granted that we will have another successful election that is free, open and, more importantly, peaceful.

Our presidential candidates candidates must think very carefully before backing any future infrastructure projects.

A phase-out of coal power through early plant retirement or project cancellation is not going to happen without global financial support.

The air quality has barely improved since the government beefed up measures to curb Jakarta’s chronic air pollution following incessant media reports of the city’s poor state of air a few months ago. 

Given the low trust in the court, candidates or their supporters could use any appearance of impropriety as a pretext to reject the election results altogether.

Under Indonesia’s chairmanship, ASEAN has not achieved any meaningful progress in pushing Myanmar’s military to comply with the Five-Point Consensus. 

Despite not being a party to the 1951 Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, Indonesia has always been welcoming refugees and asylum seekers.

The most sensitive aspect of the PT Vale divestment is related to the interests of the provincial and regency governments in the three provinces in Sulawesi. 

Not only is the RCEP the largest trade block in the world, but unlike the IPEF, it comes with liberalization, not political gamesmanship, at its core. 

Enforcement of the regulation that restricts groundwater extraction in Jakarta has been lax, allowing people who extract groundwater for daily consumption to go unpunished.

It’s not an exaggeration to suggest that Jokowi was speaking on behalf of the world community who long for peace in Middle East.

For the first time since the fall of the authoritarian New Order in 1998, legitimate concerns have loomed over the integrity of the election.

Voters, and the public will continue to be alienated from our foreign and defense policies, which are supposed to represent or protect the interests of the nation.

Evidence from the trials of corrupt officials and other criminals show how many banks and money changers still engage in transactions with customers even though their profiles do not conform with the value and size of the transactions.

After all, we already have three candidate pairs registered with the General Elections Commission (KPU), which is expected to officially announce later this week that the three are eligible to run. 

It is thus important that the youth squad is given its moment to shine at the World Cup, especially because there is no youth class at the club level in Indonesia.