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What should be on the global financial agenda?
A crucial issue is public-sector over-indebtedness, which affects about one-third of developing countries, while several others face high debt levels and interest costs.
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Why the 100 percent export forex retention policy is a game changer
While the new regulation represents a major shift, it is ultimately a strategic move to ensure that Indonesia’s wealth benefits its own economy rather than being held in foreign financial markets ...
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DeepSeek: Open-source’s defining AI moment
The open-source movement has shown that AI innovation is no longer controlled by a select few companies advocating for closed, proprietary AI. ...
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The primacy of our national interest under Trump 2.0: A new global order in the making?
Amid these new realities, it might be opportune to ponder Indonesia’s readiness to weather potential storms coming from the White House.
4 months ago
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A middle power with ‘great and powerful friends’: Australia’s changing role in the region
Backed by the US, Australia has been increasingly asserting its power in the Indo-Pacific region. Has this strategy served it well?
4 months ago
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From violence to land grabs: The cost of transmigration in Papua
Transmigration in West Papua was preceded by a series of threats and violent acts that paved the way for settlers while indigenous people were exterminated and their land was taken for a pittance.
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Building the next generation of public institutions
In the face of funding cuts and geopolitical fragmentation, multilateral organizations look weaker than ever.
4 months ago
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Indonesia’s democratic survival and international linkages
The government has shown an increasing willingness to employ authoritarian tactics, a trend that pro-democracy activists have warned about for years.
4 months ago
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If US attempts World Bank retreat, China-led AIIB could step in
The AIIB is a paradox: an institution connected to the rules and norms of the liberal international order, but one created by an illiberal regime.
4 months ago
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The long fight against tobacco epidemic
Increased taxes on tobacco products to reduce their affordability remains the most cost-effective tool to reduce consumption.
4 months ago
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Gen Z, climate justice and '#IndonesiaGelap'
Many of the needs of young people are systematically ignored in the government’s climate policies and actions.
4 months ago
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Banning Sukatani: How the police undermine free expression
The reported police action against punk band Sukatani and its 2023 track, "Bayar Bayar Bayar", is a clear instance of constitutional violation that illustrates the enduring power of music as social critique and the police's remaining journey to transform into a democratic institution.
4 months ago
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Meltdown at the top of the world
The UN declaring the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation cannot come at a more opportune or critical juncture for the world to not just sit up and take notice, but to stand up, corral all available resources – knowledge, technology, finances – and take action to avert the disastrous effects of accelerating glacial melt in the 3,500 km-long Hindu Kush Himalaya region.
4 months ago
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From ‘ojol’ strikes to systemic dead end: The deeper crisis of Indonesia’s gig economy
Rather than serving as a steppingstone, gig work locks workers into low-paying, precarious jobs with no clear path for advancement.
4 months ago
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ASEAN's lessons for the EU: Loose institutional design takes the cake
The EU, for lack of a better word, is truly in trouble since it is tied to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
4 months ago
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Accelerating high growth: The power of operational effectiveness and differentiation
Achieving 8 percent economic growth is possible, if companies and government work together to focus on operational excellence and meaningful differentiation, streamlining procedures and offering what customers truly need, all while highlighting the unique diversity that is Indonesia.
4 months ago
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The missing steps Indonesia must retrace
One of the pressing economic issues that Indonesia continues to face is its overreliance on commodities and its challenge to transition into full-fledged industrialization.
4 months ago
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Politically independent oversight and good governance key to Danantara’s success
Realizing Danantara's full potential depends on addressing critical governance challenges, ensuring transparency, political independence and robust oversight.
4 months ago
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Will we squander the AI opportunity?
Though the human journey has not always been smooth, constant inquiry and prolific sharing of information are essential to what we are.
4 months ago
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Prabowo’s economic strategy: Grand promises, familiar pitfalls
Has Prabowo charted a clear, pragmatic course for Indonesia’s economic future, or are we witnessing a continuation of costly missteps and missed opportunities?
4 months ago
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As US threatens tariffs and builds walls, China opens up
China is consolidating its position as the world’s manufacturing and technological innovation hub by increasing trade with the Global South.
4 months ago
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Peace with dignity: Reflections on a documentary of the Aceh peace process
A recently screened documentary on the Aceh peace process emphasizes that dignity and humanity from both sides of the negotiating table are key to resolving conflict toward building lasting peace.
4 months ago
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Voices unheard: The curse or blessing of digital democracy?
The official reaction, ranging from open dismissal to the deployment of “buzzers”, illustrates the limited impact of digital activism on actual policy or institutional reform.
4 months ago
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Financing Europe's defense challenge
How to finance the requisite increase in military investment at a time when Europe’s economies are weak?
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Ascent to prosperity: Securing Indonesia's herculean economic goals
The world economics scene projects a turbulent landscape in 2025.
4 months ago
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Expanding seaweed farms pose risk to vital marine life
Without appropriate management, seaweed farming programs could be dangerous for marine biodiversity and the benefits that humans get from the ocean.
4 months ago
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It’s better for PM Anwar to delay release of ASEAN Vision
A significant number of Indonesian and Filipino youth are skeptical of democracy, but this should not be read as a condemnation of democratic principles and values.
4 months ago
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Indonesia and BRICS: A view from Russia
As Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar aptly noted, BRICS is not anti-Western, but simply a non-Western grouping.
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The future of journalism in the age of artificial intelligence
The Indonesian Press Council has recently introduced a regulation providing guidelines for the use of AI in journalistic work.
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Integrating health services to mitigate the shift in global aid
The US withdrawal from global health aid highlights the vulnerability of global health funding to geopolitical shifts, and serves as a wake-up call for Indonesia to build a self-reliant healthcare model that is capable of delivering integrated services, such as for TB, in anticipation of future uncertainties.
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- China retaliates against EU ban with import restrictions on medical devices
- KPK finds guns, Rp 2.8 billion in the house of an aide close to Bobby Nasution
- Analysis: Indonesia’s competitiveness ranking falls amid weakening fundamentals
- Japan to export used destroyers to Philippines to deter China
- What Indonesia can learn from the Iran–Israel war
- Australian airlines cancel flights from Australia to Bali after volcanic eruption
- Bali to Biarritz: Surf spot overcrowding and protecting the essence of catching a wave
- Indonesia draws closer to filling ambassadorial post in US
- ASEAN needs ‘bolder reforms’ to attract investments: PM Wong
- Airlangga to visit US on Monday ahead of tariff deadline, official says
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- China retaliates against EU ban with import restrictions on medical devices
- KPK finds guns, Rp 2.8 billion in the house of an aide close to Bobby Nasution
- Analysis: Indonesia’s competitiveness ranking falls amid weakening fundamentals
- Japan to export used destroyers to Philippines to deter China
- What Indonesia can learn from the Iran–Israel war
- Australian airlines cancel flights from Australia to Bali after volcanic eruption
- Bali to Biarritz: Surf spot overcrowding and protecting the essence of catching a wave
- Indonesia draws closer to filling ambassadorial post in US
- ASEAN needs ‘bolder reforms’ to attract investments: PM Wong
- Airlangga to visit US on Monday ahead of tariff deadline, official says
