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A train collision waiting to happen: The human cost of system failure
Academia 4 months ago

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A train collision waiting to happen: The human cost of system failure

While official reports often blame human error, the tragic collision in East Bekasi reveals a deeper, systemic rot within Indonesia’s railway infrastructure. True safety requires moving beyond segregated carriages and toward a modernized, automated network that protects all passengers by design.
After 50 years ASEAN's peace treaty needs new teeth
Academia 6 months ago

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After 50 years ASEAN's peace treaty needs new teeth

While the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation remains a global gold standard for diplomacy, ASEAN must bridge the gap between its aspirational principles and the political will required to actually use them.
Policing morality at the expense of women’s rights
Academia 8 months ago

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Policing morality at the expense of women’s rights

The implementation of KUHP and KUHAP risks reframing complex issues of health, protection and recovery as matters of moral compliance, rather than rights, evidence and public health.
KUHP and the limits of legal decolonization in corporate liability
Academia 8 months ago

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KUHP and the limits of legal decolonization in corporate liability

By personalizing liability for organizational failure, the new KUHP assigns risk to corporate managers even when they do not control the full set of variables that produce harm. 
Can ethical business mandates boost Indonesia's digital economy?
Academia 1 year ago

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Can ethical business mandates boost Indonesia's digital economy?

As data and technology expand access to goods and services, lawmakers and regulators must ensure it will deliver long-term well-being and not just short-term profits.
Indonesia’s trade deal with the US needs ASEAN and more
Academia 1 year ago

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Indonesia’s trade deal with the US needs ASEAN and more

Bilateral deals may offer tactical wins, but durable stability will come from joint rules, shared mechanisms and sustained regional coordination.
The high cost of a cheap life: Indonesia’s normalized ferry disasters
Academia 1 year ago

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The high cost of a cheap life: Indonesia’s normalized ferry disasters

The Bali Strait tragedy highlights the fact that many ferries operate well beyond their technical lifespan. 
Governance challenges in implementing Prabowo’s vision
Academia 1 year ago

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Governance challenges in implementing Prabowo’s vision

The current planning process lacks sufficient cross-sectoral coordination, leaving development programs fragmented, not only across ministries but also within different units of the same ministry.
ASEAN Human Rights Declaration: Now and the road ahead
Academia 1 year ago

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ASEAN Human Rights Declaration: Now and the road ahead

The ASEAN Human Rights Declaration, a nonbinding instrument that was adopted in 2012, must be transformed into an actionable framework to meet today’s needs, and one pathway toward this is to empower the AICHR so it can protect human rights across the region.
No such thing as a free lunch? Indonesia’s plans may prove critics wrong
Academia 1 year ago

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No such thing as a free lunch? Indonesia’s plans may prove critics wrong

Prabowo's signature free meals program presents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to provide a package deal that combines the highly popular program with the highly unpopular, but necessary, energy subsidy reforms through a political economy approach.

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