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Before Iran and Venezuela, there was Indonesia

Academia 2 weeks ago

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Before Iran and Venezuela, there was Indonesia

History records US’ many previous attempts to subvert, shape and subordinate Indonesia in the decades after its independence.

Beyond Trump's America: Why the world needs NEFOS 2.0

Academia 1 month ago

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Beyond Trump's America: Why the world needs NEFOS 2.0

As the era of guaranteed American multilateralism fades, a new global architecture is rising from the spirit of Bandung: NEFOS 2.0—a strategic coalition defined not by ideological alignment, but by collective technological sovereignty and distributed economic power.

Rehabilitation for Soebandrio: A reconciliation with history

Academia 1 month ago

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Rehabilitation for Soebandrio: A reconciliation with history

Soebandrio was a stalwart advocate for Indonesian sovereignty during the revolutionary period.

Trump’s Board of Peace and Sukarno’s CONEFO: Two visions, two worlds

Academia 1 month ago

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Trump’s Board of Peace and Sukarno’s CONEFO: Two visions, two worlds

As a nation born of anticolonial struggle, Indonesia cannot afford moral complacency or strategic naïveté.

India-Indonesia ‘gotong royong’: Persevering geopolitical storms together

Academia 2 months ago

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India-Indonesia ‘gotong royong’: Persevering geopolitical storms together

As non-bloc, nonaligned nations with a firm belief in multipolarity, the India-Indonesia partnership is more than a bilateral benefit; it is a balancing force for global good.

Has Indonesia forsaken the Bandung Spirit?

Academia 2 months ago

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Has Indonesia forsaken the Bandung Spirit?

The way the government responded to the recent kidnapping of Venezuela’s president by the United States and its claim to now run that country, may have put the final nail in the Bandung coffin, as far as Indonesia is concerned.

Sukarno, Soeharto and authoritarian failures in Indonesia

Academia 4 months ago

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Sukarno, Soeharto and authoritarian failures in Indonesia

Centralization, which is prone to authoritarianism, may serve as an emergency structure in moments of collapse, but it cannot drive innovation, productivity or global competitiveness.

The world hails Bandung, but Indonesia forgets

Academia 4 months ago

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The world hails Bandung, but Indonesia forgets

Forgetting is easier than confronting the truth that Bandung represents: that freedom is not only the absence of colonial rule, but the commitment to dignity, solidarity, and justice within the nation and beyond.

'Bahasa Indonesia': Identity, inspiration or illusory prestige?

Academia 4 months ago

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'Bahasa Indonesia': Identity, inspiration or illusory prestige?

Since Indonesia became globalised, academics, cultural observers and even members of the general public sense that the Indonesian language is in crisis

Mass protests and the paradox of ‘gotong royong’ democracy

Academia 6 months ago

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Mass protests and the paradox of ‘gotong royong’ democracy

Indonesia experiences cartelization due to the president's promiscuous power-sharing, elite collusion to secure state access and the weakening of meaningful opposition.

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