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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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What Islamic finance brings to climate resilience

Islamic finance is rooted in asset backing and risk sharing, so it is inherently aligned with sustainability principles and well-positioned to finance adaptation efforts, especially in regions most vulnerable to climate change.

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The Age of ASEAN: Building trust in Southeast Asia’s digital future

As ASEAN is positioning to be the heart of digital economy, fostering trust is key in reaping the benefits of growing digitalization and further empowering the vulnerable segments of the population.

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ASEAN and China should join hands in facing trade storms

As a regional mechanism only established in recent years, the RCEP is arguably underperforming compared with its potential. 

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Amid the tension: A demand for free Balochistan

The ongoing plight of the Baloch people has prompted organizations to formally appeal to the United Nations, urging immediate intervention in the humanitarian crisis in Baluchistan.

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What Indonesian middle class politics should look like

In protests, the middle class can provide an opening for a change, but once opportunity arises, it is often not ready to claim power.

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Diverging fortunes: Garuda Indonesia vs. Singapore Airlines

While the global aviation industry is indeed recovering from the pandemic, the contrast between two national carriers in Southeast Asia is striking.

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Civil society can help Indonesian democracy survive

Traditional civil society, with the support of students, can do a lot to create and maintain pressure on the government.

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Will US-China tug of war ensue over Rakhine State?

Growing US interest in Myanmar’s Rakhine State could prompt China to ramp up its backing for the military junta in Naypidaw.

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Europe's existential choice: Defend or depend

The stance of the current US administration has awoken Europe and Europeans to an opportunity to review and revitalize our defense capabilities and do our fair share in securing our neighbors and allies, and in so doing, help improve transatlantic relations.

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Making raw material supply more competitive for light manufacturing

Reliance on imports for raw materials makes businesses highly vulnerable to exchange rate fluctuations, rising international shipping costs and global supply chain disruptions.

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The grip of military capitalism on state-owned enterprises in Indonesia

Albeit vaguely, the revised TNI Law allows active military personnel to hold civilian and SOE posts, effectively legitimizing military economic involvement de facto. 

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Online scams, human trafficking reflect job hunger, starvation

In Indonesia's manufacturing and service industries, workers compete for jobs but due to market forces, 30 percent of them earn below the minimum regional wage.

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Leading in the fog: What business, policy and academia must rethink

Indonesia has invested considerably in e-government and regulatory reform, but many such efforts remain trapped in single-loop logic—streamlining procedures without revisiting their purpose. 

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Tax incentives fall flat when thuggery rules on the ground

The government must first tackle the mafia-style organizations polluting the streets in industrial zones, or else it is just pouring trillions in tax incentives into the gutter.

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Tourist safety should be the highest priority, even in peacetime

Governments across the world are failing to provide security and safety to tourists, despite the recovery of tourism earnings since COVID-19, in some cases even surpassing pre-pandemic levels.

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Carbon pricing is advancing despite Trump

Carbon pricing and other mechanisms like the CBAM have the potential to unleash a decarbonization wave across global industries, regardless of the current US stance.

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Borrowed standards, buried sovereignty: Indonesia’s nuclear dilemma

When it comes to nuclear development, Indonesia must dig deep to ask the tough questions to expose the underlying geopolitical currents and whether what we're being offered will truly lead to energy sovereignty, or if we're being cast as the proverbial canary in the coal mine.

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Innovation and industrial transformation for health improvement in Indonesia

Unprecedented scientific and technological advances have resulted in important industrial transformations, including within the healthcare industry.

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Indonesia’s economic growth: Between optimism and reality

While there are reasons for some optimism, the country needs to do more in terms of reforms and inclusivity to not just drive the domestic economy, but also to become the region’s leader in sustainable development.

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Mutually assured development destruction

If wealthier countries refuse to provide for the global common good, the multilateral system as we know it will not survive.

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Beyond the algorithm: Rescuing Indonesia’s soundscapes from digital extinction

When a gamelan gong is streamed on Spotify, its resonance reaches the world, but its soul stays trapped in a digital plantation, harvested for clicks while its guardians starve.

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Rethinking Indonesia’s commitment to UN Women's agenda

The current administration has signaled very little as regards the greater representation of women as part of Indonesia's foreign policy agenda, more specifically the processes of diplomacy, peacebuilding and decision-making in the security sector.

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A call for military reformation and preservation of public safety

Over the years, there has been a growing trend of internal military politics influencing the selection and rotation of high-ranking officers.

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Waging peace amid perpetual conflicts

Diplomacy and dialogue are unfortunately incorrectly perceived as signs of weakness and lack of resolve.

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Indonesia's supply chain position amid tariff turmoil

The world is in need of new locations for production and distribution, and Indonesia has great potential.

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We are the ocean: High stakes for the blue planet

More than ever before, we must make sure that multilateral action is equal to the challenges of protecting the ocean.

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ASEAN and the Andaman Sea Crisis: Lessons still unlearned

Ten years on, little has changed. ASEAN still lacks a regional asylum framework or coherent protection mechanism.

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Fri, July 11, 2025

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