The Prabowo Subianto administration on May 23, 2025, launched a stimulus package aimed at sustaining household consumption and maintaining economic growth momentum amid rising global uncertainties. The package consists of five short-term measures set to be implemented from June to July 2025—one fewer than initially planned after the government scrapped a proposed electricity price discount. While the consumer-focused stimulus was introduced amid ongoing fiscal tightening, it was deemed necessary following a slowdown in household consumption and overall economic growth in the first quarter of 2025.

With the right support, community health workers can help Indonesia turn the tide on stunting and set an example for the world.

Several studies in developed countries such as Singapore and England have shown that delaying school start times actually improves students’ well-being and academic performance.

Insurance firms have a wide role to play in bringing climate and economic imperatives into closer alignment, adapting the tools at their disposal to safeguard both ocean health and the blue economy as a sustainable, interdependent ecosystem.

Australia haa its very own form of gotong royong, a social value characterized by mutual cooperation and collective effort.

With all the suffering Palestinians continue to endure, it seems contradictory at the current moment, even treacherous, to even think about establishing formal ties with Israel.

Through blue economy diplomacy, the ministry should lead Indonesia’s global efforts in sustainable fisheries management and marine conservation.

The growing toll of haj pilgrims as temperatures rise has exposed another dimension in the issue of environmental injustice, where climate change is disproportionately affecting the vulnerable among the millions of Muslims who travel to Mecca each year to fulfill their religious obligation.

While this package is indeed justified to support short-term economic resilience, its design, heavily focused on demand-side relief with minimal impact on supply-side capacity or productivity, raises questions about whether this is the kind of policy we truly need.

There are deep structural cracks in Indonesia’s labor market that we can no longer afford to ignore.

Indonesia’s new sovereign wealth fund (SWF) Danantara has announced plans to invest up to US$5 billion from the $7.5 billion in dividends it collects from state-owned enterprises (SOEs) this year to fund projects that promise both high financial returns and significant economic impact. However, observers remain skeptical that the fund’s planned corporate actions will deliver the promised performance.

In a world where education holds the key to national transformation, Indonesia has made great strides in recent years. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology’s Merdeka Belajar (Emancipated Learning) initiative reflects a powerful vision: to empower educators, promote critical thinking and prepare learners for an ever-evolving global landscape. However, real change requires educators who themselves evolve by stepping out of their comfort zones to lead by example.

Someone issued licenses for mining in a prime tourism region. What were they thinking?

There can be no reckoning of social order without the deconstruction of systematically imposed constructs and the awakening of society at large. 

Trump is a weak strongman, and America’s adversaries may understand that better than most Americans.

Several nations are contemplating recognizing a Palestinian state to revamp the two-state solution. However, major obstacles remain.

Jakarta cannot wait passively for Timor-Leste and PNG to “catch up”, but must proactively shepherd these nations into ASEAN’s institutional, political and economic architecture instead.

The banking sector remains resilient despite increasingly volatile global economic dynamics, though this stability requires constant vigilance and adaptive strategies.  

The growing trend of de-dollarization, especially on the heels of the MOU to promote local currency use signed last month between the central banks of Indonesia and China as well as the global turmoil following Trump's tariff policy flip-flop, presents a strategic opportunity for Indonesia to strengthen its fiscal and monetary policies.

Eight months into Prabowo Subianto’s presidency, analysts and observers have noted Jakarta’s increasingly active stance on the international stage, with the new leader having conducted a flurry of engagements. Yet, questions remain about Indonesia’s diplomatic strategy. 

Delivering a speech at the World Government Summit back in February, President Prabowo Subianto proudly claimed his administration’s success in implementing a meritocratic government under his rule. Analysts, however, claim otherwise, as government officials appointed by the President since he took over tend to have notable ties to him without a transparent assessment of their competence.

President Prabowo's communication style, while a key part of his nationalist branding, reflects populism, which tends to divide society between "the people" and "others", who are often framed as a common enemy threatening the nation.

A political landscape increasingly dominated by right-wing sentiment has decimated Western aid spending, but the UK can still take greater leadership in today's global challenges, which require international cooperation by definition as well as the humanity that binds all peoples.

Globally, the traditional view is shifting and for Indonesia's banking sector, this presents both a challenge and an opportunity.

Economic conditions now are strikingly different from when the nontaxable income amount was determined nine years ago.

This is not the time to validate Israel’s security narrative, not when its policies on the ground constitute apartheid, ethnic cleansing and war crimes.

The arrival of DeepSeek and robotics appears to have woken up the entrepreneurial spirit that has gone into hibernation among some businesses.