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The real warning behind Guterres’ AI alarm
Academia 2 days ago

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The real warning behind Guterres’ AI alarm

As AI shifts global power into fewer hands, nations like Indonesia face a stark choice: build sovereign capability and shape the technology's direction, or become mere consumers in the next great development divide.
‘The Odyssey’: Tricksters, Trojan horses and homecomings
Academia 3 weeks ago

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‘The Odyssey’: Tricksters, Trojan horses and homecomings

From Hollywood mythmaking to modern populist politics, Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey holds up a sobering mirror to figures like Donald Trump and Prabowo Subianto, exposing how disruptive "tricksters" use Trojan horse tactics to hollow out democracy from within.
Stopping the corrupt revolving door from within
Academia 1 month ago

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Stopping the corrupt revolving door from within

To truly stop corruption, Indonesia must look beyond prosecuting rogue individuals and install unbreakable internal controls where the revolving door starts spinning.
Village cooperatives have existed before. What will make the new ones last?
Academia 1 month ago

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Village cooperatives have existed before. What will make the new ones last?

The government's push for establishment of 80,000 village cooperatives will only succeed if top-down state ambition gives way to genuine, bottom-up member control.
What happened to Indonesia’s entrepreneurial class?
Academia 3 months ago

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What happened to Indonesia’s entrepreneurial class?

Indonesia’s missing entrepreneurs didn’t vanish by choice—they were systematically crowded out by a centuries-old governing instinct that still prefers centralized control over local economic freedom.
Analysis: Tightening food imports, expanding state control
Opinion 4 months ago

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Analysis: Tightening food imports, expanding state control

Indonesia is tightening its grip on food trade. Through Trade Ministerial Regulation No. 11/2026, the government has imposed stricter import controls on a range of agricultural commodities while expanding the authority of the Agriculture Ministry across the food supply chain. Framed as a push toward food self-sufficiency, the policy signals a broader shift toward a more centralized and interventionist food regime, but it also raises concerns that tighter restrictions could drive up food prices before domestic production is ready to fill the gap.
Protecting 'the help'
Editorial 4 months ago

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Protecting 'the help'

After nearly a quarter century stuck in legislative limbo, the nation has finally passed a law guaranteeing the rights of domestic workers, but structural gaps and deep-seated social biases may still stand in the way of true protection.
Political reform 2.0: Restoring the state to its foundational principles
Academia 4 months ago

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Political reform 2.0: Restoring the state to its foundational principles

Public policy ceases to be guided primarily by considerations of efficiency or long-term national interest; instead, it often becomes the outcome of negotiated distributions of power. 
Indonesia’s airspace torn between sovereignty and partnership
Academia 5 months ago

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Indonesia’s airspace torn between sovereignty and partnership

If Indonesia approves new military overflight arrangements with the United States, it will face a high-stakes balancing act between strategic partnership and national autonomy. In an era of shifting global power, control of Indonesia’s skies must remain a matter of substance, not just symbolism.
When permits are revoked but mining operation continues
Academia 5 months ago

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When permits are revoked but mining operation continues

Mining business permit revocation and asset transfers can strengthen governance, but only if they lead to demonstrable improvements in land-use practices, risk management, and environmental performance.

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