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Russian diplomacy in an emerging multipolar world

Russian diplomacy will continue to focus on deepening a trust-based dialogue with Indonesia and other ASEAN member states, grounded in respect for international law, mutual interests, the principles of consensus, and noninterference in internal affairs.

8 hours ago
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Beijing beckons as allies recalibrate ties with the US

World leaders are making their trips to China as a kind of response to US President Donald Trump's unfriendly attitudes. ...

9 hours ago
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Monetizing poverty: How algorithms harvest human desperation

Financial inclusion was supposed to be a lifeline; instead, it has become a dragnet. From predatory lending apps to algorithms that harvest "poverty as spectacle," the digital economy is transforming human desperation into a high-growth market. ...

10 hours ago

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Prabowo’s war on critics may test Canberra

Indonesia's proposed law against disinformation and foreign propaganda, which suggests cross-border applicability in the ongoing clampdown on government critics, could throw a spanner in the works of its bilateral relationship with Australia.

11 hours ago
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Safeguarding nations beyond: Indonesia’s naval transition to blue-water reach

Indonesia's newly announced dynamic resilience doctrine necessitates wider naval reach, but without rigorous planning and fiscal discipline, its blue-water ambitions will remain merely symbolic.

12 hours ago
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Beyond Trump's America: Why the world needs NEFOS 2.0

As the era of guaranteed American multilateralism fades, a new global architecture is rising from the spirit of Bandung: NEFOS 2.0—a strategic coalition defined not by ideological alignment, but by collective technological sovereignty and distributed economic power.

13 hours ago
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Analysis: Nepotism is back in vogue, with a vengeance

The appointment of Thomas Djiwandono, a nephew of President Prabowo Subianto, as deputy governor of Bank Indonesia, has raised the specter of nepotism making a comeback in Indonesian politics. 

13 hours ago
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Mapping the danger zones

Whether through corruption, a lack of risk assessment or a desire for short-term financial gains, the "danger zones" are wiped off the map until the earth reclaims them.

14 hours ago
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Sustainability: Leadership, policy and action to close the capability gap

To turn Indonesia’s natural wealth into resilient prosperity, we must move beyond the vocabulary of net-zero and close the critical gap between ambitious policy and the human capability to execute it.

1 day ago
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Why the 4Is of good corporate governance matter

Even though board members are claimed to be independent, they are often friends, associates or well-wishers of the owners and CEOs.

1 day ago
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When education becomes conditional, the impact is suicidal

Social protection and education policies must be integrated to ensure that the most vulnerable do not fall through the cracks and end up being denied their fundamental, constitutionally guaranteed right through systemic exclusion.

1 day ago
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Will democracy govern capitalism, or be consumed by it?

Taxing extreme wealth is not only necessary to prevent 21st-century Caesarism but also essential to saving democracy.

1 day ago
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Why Indonesia need to hear more on Board of Peace justification

That President Prabowo himself felt compelled to personally justify the decision, after it had been made, already tells us what this membership really is.

1 day ago
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When credibility becomes the real fiscal constraint

Indonesia is facing a credibility test. And credibility, once questioned, is costly to rebuild.

1 day ago
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Analysis: MSCI freezes Indonesia review, raises specter of rating downgrade

Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) has temporarily frozen Indonesia’s February market status review and warned of a potential downgrade from Emerging Market to Frontier Market, citing persistent structural and governance weaknesses in the equity market. Key concerns include opaque ownership structures, limited disclosure of ultimate beneficial owners, and significant price distortions in several heavily weighted stocks, particularly conglomerate- and state-owned enterprise-linked names, which have pushed the Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) higher without corresponding improvements in fundamentals.

1 day ago
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Pressing for an open society

In recent years, we have seen the civic space shrinking, undermining the quality of democracy. The press can help to stop and reverse the trend.

1 day ago
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Whoosh and weave: Connecting the spaces between

As Indonesia invests in high-speed rail, a quieter revolution in micro-mobility and former rail corridors could shape how growth, jobs and everyday life unfold along Java’s emerging mega-urban corridor.

3 days ago
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From savers to stakeholders: A new social contract for Indonesia

By turning savers into stakeholders, Indonesia is building a market owned by its people, resilient to external shocks, and worthy of the economic sovereignty that Danantara is mandated to protect.

3 days ago
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From GDP to good jobs: Managing AI’s barbell effect

As AI threatens to hollow out the middle of Indonesia's labor market, state policies must pivot from cost-cutting automation toward a human-centered pathway of skill-based hiring and high-value augmentation.

3 days ago
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Universities may be killing their innovators softly

We are witnessing a "soft kill" of university innovators, not by policy, but by a measurement system that renders entrepreneurial labor invisible. It’s time to move toward a differentiated academic career path.

3 days ago
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Analysis: Police and lawmakers defy calls for sweeping reforms

The National Police appear increasingly emboldened in their bid to consolidate power, as the House of Representatives signals growing support for the force despite persistent public demands for comprehensive reform. Even recent rulings by the Constitutional Court, intended to restrict active-duty officers from holding civilian posts, now seem likely to be circumvented by an unholy alliance of legislative and security interests.

3 days ago
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Why we must guard our hard-won progress against stunting

The government, regional administrations, communities and all other stakeholders must maintain momentum in its fight against stunting as an integral factor in achieving national goals, including Golden Indonesia 2045.

3 days ago
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Seizing the 'Lisa' moment

Indonesian tourism must move away from a reactive model that only responds to organic virality, such as the "aura farming" trend of the Pacu Jalur longboat races in Riau. 

3 days ago
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Kashmir tourism shows resilience and confidence

The renewed momentum was widely viewed as a sign of stabilization after years of disruption.

4 days ago
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Politics of hope: Cynicism is not a strategy

In a departure from the past politics of cynicism, Filipinos need one based on hope that comes with concrete policies to address genuine problems in building our nation.

4 days ago
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When disasters test Indonesia's legal and recovery systems

The Sumatra disaster in late November indicates that judicial and law enforcement reform is needed to treat environmental destruction and damage as criminal violations, as well as to create a clear and transparent mechanism for the use of related compensation funds.

4 days ago
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What new US investment rules mean for Indonesia's capital markets

The MSCI warning is not solely about IDX governance, it is amplified by the broader environment in which US fiduciaries may actively seek exit ramps from emerging market exposure that carries an additional compliance burden.

4 days ago
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Rehabilitation for Soebandrio: A reconciliation with history

Soebandrio was a stalwart advocate for Indonesian sovereignty during the revolutionary period.

4 days ago
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Deepening markets or deepening risk? Rethinking the 20% equity rule

Doubling the equity limit for insurers and pension funds to 20 percent from currently 8 percent can be either a bold boost for market stability or a dangerous gamble with institutional solvency. However, "flexibility" might be a double-edged sword that threatens to undermine asset-liability matching and trigger a capital-requirement crisis.

4 days ago
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Analysis: Prabowonomics and the political economy of scale

After “greedynomics”, a new label has entered Indonesia’s political–economic vocabulary: “Prabowonomics”. The term made its global debut at the World Economic Forum, where President Prabowo Subianto presented it as the guiding framework for Indonesia’s economic trajectory. While narratives can be curated for international audiences, economic outcomes cannot be scripted. The central question is therefore not how persuasive the narrative sounds, but whether Prabowonomics reflects genuine structural progress or merely repackages ambition and political symbolism in the absence of measurable results.

4 days ago

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Tue, February 10, 2026

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