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Rehabilitating and reconstructing the republic
Indonesia can take a page out of its own playbook for rehabilitating Aceh and Nias after the 2004 tsunami and apply it to the institutional tidal wave that is threatening all citizens as well as the future of the republic.
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Why cyclones have hit Southeast Asia so hard
While we cannot say for certain if climate change can be linked to the intense storms that caused devastation in countries across Southern Asia this year, they do indicate the advent of unknown conditions. ...
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Behind diplomatic crisis, Japan’s economic slide
Takaichi Cabinet to demand more stimulus, which, in turn, would further penalize medium- to long-term economic and financial market stability. ...
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First mover or fast follower? ASEAN’s readiness for global methane rules
Major natural gas exporters in ASEAN face an urgent need to align with emerging methane standards to ensure long-term market access.
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ASEAN and East Asia’s response to a fragmenting global economy (1 of 2)
Trade and investment are no longer about exchange of goods and services, but also about strategic tools being used for geopolitical and geo-economic purposes.
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How the G20 can lead the fight against global inequality
Inequality has become an emergency that must be treated with the same urgency as climate change.
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Foreign policy tightens up top, but not below
As the president centralizes foreign policy in his own hands, guided by instinct and private diplomacy, a generation of young Indonesians are determined to break it open.
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Has gold been Tethered?
For investors buying gold as a bastion of stability, it should give pause that one of bullion's biggest buyers in recent months is a lynchpin of the hyper-speculative world of crypto.
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Why China is hesitant on global green leadership
Though the world sees it as an emerging superpower, China sees itself as a developing country, and so is reluctant to take on climate responsibilities on a par with major powers like the EU or the US.
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Morowali and the politics of air sovereignty
State presence in airspace governance has come to the forefront with the controversy over Morowali, sounding a warning bell for Indonesia's air sovereignty.
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How many more mothers must Indonesia lose?
In a country with Indonesia’s level of development, a maternal death reflects deep cracks in the health system.
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Technology and spirituality: Friends or foes?
Scientific and spiritual values should work in harmony, not in opposition.
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Teachers and the shifting realities of classrooms
In the wake of technological advancement, teachers are no longer solely transmitters of knowledge, they are facilitators, guides and interpreters.
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The one condition nuclear power cannot ignore
When corruption is massive, pervasive and prevailing, the safety assumptions behind nuclear technology collapse.
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An equal burden of infertility amid unequal access to treatment
The WHO’s first guideline on infertility takes a broad approach to addressing this global issue, focusing on ways to provide more equitable, sustainable access to fertility services.
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ASEAN needs to closely watch, Central Asia is rising
Central Asia rarely dominates the narrative of Southeast Asia’s foreign policy, indeed, no leader from a major ASEAN player has visited the region in the past decade.
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The governance gap in Morowali is a bigger threat than the IMIP airstrip
The IMIP has grown into an almost semiautonomous zone, showing how the state must stay on top of such unchecked developments to fulfill its mandates in ensuring the well-being of both the nation and its people, which necessarily involves securing the environment.
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The missing ingredients for peace in Palestine
Let us not be naive: the ceasefire is just a beginning. The events in Palestine cannot be seen in a vacuum, independent from their past and current context.
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What the Rafflesia controversy reveals about scientific collaboration
The Rafflesia flower case shows Western researchers always become protagonists by default, while local collaborators become scenery, regardless of their actual contributions.
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Don’t expect Ukraine peace deal to alter Europe’s gas game plan
Whether the US-brokered peace deal to end the Russia-Ukraine war comes through, Europe is unlikely to shift back from LNG, mostly from the US, to its preinvasion overreliance on Russian pipeline gas.
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Strategic priorities for ASEAN’s newest member
Membership of ASEAN brings Timor-Leste political visibility and economic opportunity, but also new exposure to disputes in a grouping where several members are wrestling with democratic backsliding.
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COP30 divides the world between forests and fossil fuels
The net-zero goal still seems to be on a distant horizon after COP30, where a line between forest advocates and fossil fuel lobbyists was visible.
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Justice granted for online plaudits is not proper justice
Law enforcement agencies seem to operate not according to the rhythm of law, but according to the rhythm of politics and online sentiment.
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A new opening for a fossil-fuel phaseout?
Many governments with legitimate social-justice concerns are reluctant to support the phaseout, fearing it would impede efforts to reduce inequality and fund essential services.
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Palestinian statehood remains a distant prospect
The UN resolution references a credible pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood.
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Madness or common sense: The two futures of the Asia-Pacific
The ASEAN+3 mechanism, where ASEAN nations sit with Japan, South Korea and China, would become one of the most relevant political forums in the region for discussing the Taiwan issue.
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COP30 and the future of Southeast Asia’s tropical forests
Southeast Asia’s forests are not untouched wilderness, but social-ecological systems shaped over millennia of indigenous and local stewardship.
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Testing ASEAN centrality in a shifting geopolitical currents
As the geopolitical contours of the wider Asia-Pacific shift, ASEAN’s role as the central manager of regional affairs is under intense scrutiny.
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The dangerous drift of our universities: Who will feed and educate Indonesia tomorrow?
Over the past two decades, for unclear reasons, we have pushed specialized universities to become broad, general-purpose institutions.
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A new course for Nusantara’s defense: Peace through strength
Indonesia is endowed with abundant resources yet impoverished in sovereignty; vast in territory yet constrained in resolve; populous yet fragile in strength.
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- HSBC’s The Redefining Treasury Asia Pacific reveals shift toward real-time treasury
- Indonesia must be architect of next world order: Forum
- Pressure mounts on govt to declare national emergency in Sumatra
- Measly pay rises drive young Indonesians into second jobs
- Indonesian F&B exporters must adapt to make it big in Australia
- Death toll from Sumatra floods rises to 442
- Indonesian paradox: When business strategy becomes a crime
- Academic colonialism concerns haunt rare rafflesia sighting
- Greater Jakarta becomes world’s most populous megacity
- Military deployed in Indonesia, Sri Lanka to aid of flood victims
