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Analysis: Danantara: Investing for long-term or the President’s ambitions?

Danantara has secured a staggering US$10 billion in unsecured credit lines from 11 foreign banks and $7 billion in equity investments from sovereign wealth funds (SWFs), a remarkable feat for an institution that is less than six months old. Yet its rapid rise raises an important question: Is Danantara truly operating as a SWF to secure long-term prosperity for future generations, or is it functioning as a super holding company to execute President Prabowo Subianto’s ambitious programs?

7 months ago
Editorial

Data center meltdown

The government must be transparent with the public and local investors about the US deal’s implications, particularly around data storage. ...

7 months ago
Academia

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. ...

7 months ago

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Two ambassadors under one roof

We’ve experienced first-hand how diplomacy is built not just in meeting rooms, but over meals, stories, laughter, passionate discussion and shared hopes and ambitions.

7 months ago
Academia

New peace plan increases pressure on Israel, US

It is the first time the Arab states have called for Hamas to disarm and disband.

7 months ago
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The bitter reality behind sugarcane downstreaming

Indonesia continues to treat sugarcane solely as a source of sugar, focusing merely on output quantity rather than developing it as a diversified industrial crop.

7 months ago
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Can Europe and China forge a climate connection?

Despite the breakdown in ties between the European Union and China in recent years, the idea of collaborating on clean trade and investment is not so far-fetched.

7 months ago
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The end of Indonesian politics as we know it

Prabowo obliterated what remained of the opposition in a single day.

7 months ago
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Interpreting ASEAN in the absence of power

If ASEAN is to mean anything in the decades ahead, it must move beyond being a ceremonial forum.

7 months ago
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Analysis: Indonesia's election debate: A step backward?

Indonesia's political elite are once again pushing to alter the system for regional head elections (Pilkada), currently conducted through direct public voting. The proposed changes aim to shift the authority to elect local leaders back to regional legislative councils (DPRD) or even allow for direct presidential appointments. However, these discussions appear less like well-reasoned policy debates and more like atempts to gauge public reaction.

7 months ago
Editorial

Pardons and power plays

The President's decision could have serious implications not only for the country’s anti-corruption drive but also for the reputation of the judiciary.  

7 months ago
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Twenty years of peace in Aceh, the fruits of dialogue

Today Aceh enjoys special autonomy and is uniquely governed by an indigenous political party which safeguards Acehnese culture and religious traditions. 

7 months ago
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Is Indonesia ready for AI in K-12 education?

If we adopt AI in education without fully understanding its implications, we risk spending valuable time and resources responding to problems we might have anticipated.

7 months ago
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How Indonesia can export its creative wave to the world

It is long past time that Indonesia gets with the program and invests in our creative economy, not as a mere buzzword but as a sector that can elevate our many living, breathing vibrant cultures, artisans and creatives that embody the rich DNA of our heritage, from traditional to contemporary and digital, to take the world by storm.

7 months ago
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China-US talks matter a good deal for ASEAN

There is little doubt that the future playbook of high tech will mainly be written by interactions between the US and China, through both cooperation and competition.

7 months ago
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Analysis: Indonesia ramps up fiscal, monetary measures to leverage US trade deal

Indonesia is making bold moves on both the monetary and trade policy fronts—cutting its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 5.25 percent and finalizing a landmark trade agreement with the United States. The deal eliminates 99 percent of Indonesia’s trade barriers on US industrial and agricultural products, lowering the US tariffs on Indonesian imports from 32 percent to 19 percent.

7 months ago
Academia

A call for community-owned mangrove conservation

Mangroves, as one of the most effective blue carbon ecosystems, are critical to achieving emissions reduction targets.

7 months ago
Editorial

Act more, regret less

The attacks on minority religious groups are manifestations of a broken, biased system that fails to protect the rights of all citizens equally.

7 months ago
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A new trade agenda for climate-resilient development

While today's uncertain geopolitical landscape poses many constraints on the green ambitions of developing countries, it also offers space for climate-conscious solutions, until such time as self-interests and protectionist policies can give way to global realignment in renewed cooperation.

7 months ago
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Japan needs a true vision of peace for the next 80 years

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.

7 months ago
Academia

China's rebound has a distinct 'cool factor'

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".

7 months ago
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Bridge-building where it matters: Indonesia’s moment in UNESCO’s new era

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.

7 months ago
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How Prabowo is rewriting Indonesia’s diplomatic playbook

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

7 months ago
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Payment ID and the future of banking trust

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.

7 months ago
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Currency dominance in the digital age

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.

7 months ago
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ASEAN’s parallel diplomacy on Myanmar: Creativity sans coordination

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. 

7 months ago
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Indonesia: Seizing the demographic bonus amid a shrinking middle class

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.

7 months ago
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Ending the Gaza genocide without relying on the US

A just diplomatic process must include women in shaping a free and peaceful future for Palestine.

7 months ago
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Analysis: Amid Trump tariffs, Indonesia, EU settle differences to boost trade

The resurgence of global trade uncertainty under United States President Donald Trump’s second term has prompted Indonesia and the European Union to resolve long-standing disputes and accelerate the conclusion of negotiations on the Indonesia-EU Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IEU-CEPA), aiming to finalize the deal by September. However, significant hurdles remain, particularly Indonesia’s compliance with the EU’s anti-deforestation regulations.

7 months ago
Editorial

Protect our diplomats

Details shared by police investigators could point to homicide. 

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