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Editorial 5 months ago

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Hailing Trump’s bad peace plan

Many Palestinians growing weary and tired of the persecution have welcomed Trump’s peace plan, without reading the fine print, perhaps too hungry to read it.

Editorial 5 months ago

Jakarta digs deep

The "normal" level of congestion in Greater Jakarta is already worse than in most other major cities, causing at least Rp 100 trillion (US$6 billion) in direct and indirect economic losses per year.

Editorial 6 months ago

No shortcuts for traffic jams

Jakarta's ambition to stand equal with the world’s major cities is being undermined by the absence of a comprehensive traffic plan and persistent policy inconsistencies.

Editorial 8 months ago

Kertajati’s hard lesson

The top-down approach of building a massive airport in the middle of nowhere while hoping economic activity will follow without real strategic effort is doomed to fail.

Academia 9 months ago

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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.

Politics 9 months ago

Manpower minister dismisses officials implicated in KPK raid

Manpower minister dismisses officials implicated in a foreign worker services graft case being investigated by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

Editorial 1 year ago

Pardon not for all

The government argues that the amnesty plan may help ease the overcrowding problem characterizing most prisons across the archipelago.

Editorial 1 year ago

Trump’s ethnic cleansing plan

As a leader who wants to bring his country to the center of global political affairs, Prabowo should be more forthright in defending the rights of Palestinians.

Politics 1 year ago

President Prabowo plans military-style retreat for new regional heads

Coordinating Law, Human Rights, Immigration and Correctional Services Minister Yusril Ihza Mahendra said that the planned retreat would be a forum for President Prabowo to brief the local heads on his agenda and how to implement it at the local level.

Academia 1 year ago

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Intelligentsia alienation under Prabowo’s presidency (part 2)

Ordinary people are more acquainted with news spread by the “influencers” than by professional journalists.

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