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Indonesia and China redefine regional ties
If Indonesia can ensure that its cooperation includes not just capital, but skills and innovation, then this phase of Sino-Indonesian partnership could prove transformative.
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Innovation: What Indonesia can learn from Taiwan, China
In a collective-exclusive society like Indonesia, disruption is hard because it means crossing status lines and shaking up patron-client networks. ...
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Protection from discrimination concerning sex and gender in a plural world
Thailand's health-and-rights-oriented approach should enable transgender persons to access medical care, such as hormone treatment and data protection. ...
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Proactive approach to trade talks in a shifting global economy
The global trade landscape is witnessing significant disruptions following Trump's tariffs, with countries navigating the fallout and rearranging trade relations in a post-American world trade order.
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Sinarmas World Academy, PKU ES celebrate 13 years of educational partnership
Sinarmas World Academy (SWA) has expressed its commitment to encouraging innovation in the world of education through an educational partnership with Peking University Elementary School (PKU ES).
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Farewell, America: As the US retreats, others step in
While no one is surprised to see an “America First” administration ditching global responsibilities, the sheer pace of the change has been remarkable.
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What Macron’s visit means for Indonesia's defense future
The French leader's upcoming visit to Jakarta presents an opportunity for Indonesia to strenghthen its existing defense ties with Paris while exploring the possibility of future cooperation focused on strategic autonomy.
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Institutional fit matters in public leadership
Leadership, especially in institutions tasked with delivering complex public functions, must be grounded in managerial skill and institutional literacy.
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Southeast Asia’s online scam industry is a global menace
Operators now have years of accumulated knowledge at their disposal and can use this database of information to identify weak spots in their potential victims.
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Humanity is at risk; Indonesia can lead the way
The UK supports Indonesia’s efforts to curb emmisions, develop affordable and reliable energy and protect its natural wealth for its people and industries, as well as the overall well-being of the planet.
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ASEAN transboundary haze: Citizens leading where governments fail
In ASEAN, the gap between recognition and realization is most visible in communities affected by pollution, deforestation and climate disasters—where corporate impunity and weak oversight are the norm.
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The hard road to effective conflict resolution in Papua
A comprehensive strategy that addresses the long-standing legacy of mutual distrust as well as deeply rooted cultural factors, including traditional warfare, is needed to effectively resolve the unending conflict in Papua.
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What’s eating Europe’s food system?
As value creation shifts away from producers, profits are increasingly concentrated among a few powerful processors and retailers.
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Urgent need to safeguard Indonesia’s agricultural future
Without intervention, ongoing land use changes are placing significant pressure on Indonesia’s food supply.
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A civilizational response to Islamophobia and Sinophobia
The upcoming ASEAN-GCC-China Summit, hosted under Malaysia's ASEAN chairmanship, seeks to address the civilizational "diseases" of Islamophobia and Sinophobia by drawing on the traditional values and wisdoms of Islam, Confucianism and their confluence in the Malay region.
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Asia, Pacific must reinforce trade resilience amid global uncertainty
The shifting global trade landscape presents an opportunity for the Asia-Pacific to emerge stronger, if countries look more inwardly to improve domestic resilience and intraregional coordination while helping to lift others that might be more vulnerable to external pressures.
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Decentralization in Indonesia revisited, 25 years on
A shift from a symmetric to asymmetric model of decentralization is needed to improve regional outcomes and impacts across sectors, especially in effective governance, economic growth and civic participation.
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Can Malaysia save ASEAN’s credibility on Myanmar?
The junta cynically declared a farcical temporary truce until May 31, yet its airstrikes have continued unabated, turning disaster zones into killing fields.
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Developing a compassionate, elderly-friendly city
Urban spaces must be intentionally designed to meet older adults' unique needs, creating safe, accessible and dignified environments rather than alienating or hazardous ones.
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The expensive green delusion
If solar and wind truly were cheaper, the world's poorer nations would have an inexpensive path to leapfrog from energy poverty to energy abundance.
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Danantara and Indonesia’s untapped cultural economy
Danantara has a rare opportunity to expand the country's economic vision into one that embraces its many cultures as a strategic asset for investment, toward a future that is truly Indonesian.
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Prabowo’s paradox: Building healthy democracy as lasting legacy
Prabowo’s close relationship with Jokowi raises a question as to whether this is a shared vision or a case of elite co-optation.
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Updating Indonesia’s antitrust law for the digital age
Indonesia’s current primary competition legislation is outdated and ill-equipped to address the challenges posed by the digital market.
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Leo XIV: A listening papacy in a world of noise
By listening rather than making statements, Pope Leo is not inactive. Instead, he has shown a different form of leadership.
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Inclusion without understanding: Potential risk in financial future
The growing gap between financial inclusion and financial literacy presents a considerable structural challenge.
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The future of American soft power
American soft power has certainly had its ups and downs over the decades, and while US democracy is likely to survive another four years of Trump, the country will find it costly to regain the trust and restore the ties he has destroyed.
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Shared future: Working together toward the China-Indonesia community
The cooperation between China and Indonesia is of great significance that goes beyond the bilateral scope for shaping regional and global governance.
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Let’s work together for rule-based trade
The world's critical situation will serve to clarify minds and priorities when we enter the final phase of EU-Indonesia FTA negotiations. We should never let a good crisis go to waste.
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AI paradox: The hidden cost of smarter machines
Indonesia’s efforts to make artificial intelligence (AI) more efficient can end up crippling its power grid.
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Australia loves Indonesia, but it’s not mutual
Australia struggles to get Indonesia’s attention, and its leverage in Jakarta is limited. Anthony Albanese could begin to change this with one bold move.
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- Malaysia says China ready to sign SEA nuclear weapons-free treaty
- Solving the development crisis with quality finance
- Java airports grounded by low demand, poor planning
- Uncertainty looms over northern Bali airport project
- RI cannot solve US deficit
- Strengthening legal certainty in the palm oil industry
- Southeast Asia and the BRICS expansion
- RI presses on to negotiate with US as tariff deadline looms
- Investigators assure transparency in case of officer’s alleged murder by superiors
- BRICS is sliding toward irrelevance; the Rio summit made that clear
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- Malaysia says China ready to sign SEA nuclear weapons-free treaty
- Solving the development crisis with quality finance
- Java airports grounded by low demand, poor planning
- Uncertainty looms over northern Bali airport project
- RI cannot solve US deficit
- Strengthening legal certainty in the palm oil industry
- Southeast Asia and the BRICS expansion
- RI presses on to negotiate with US as tariff deadline looms
- Investigators assure transparency in case of officer’s alleged murder by superiors
- BRICS is sliding toward irrelevance; the Rio summit made that clear
