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View all search resultsGiven the overall deterioration of the international order and climate commitments we all witnessed last year, diplomatic actors across the globe, including Indonesia, must prevent further backsliding in both areas in 2026.
Solidarity from people in other Southeast Asian nations may help support a people’s movement in a country and put more pressure on the government to make reforms on policies, experts and activists have said.
The West Java provincial administration’s donation drive asking residents to donate Rp 1,000 (6 US cents) per day to a so-called social solidarity movement has come in for scrutiny over fears that it will be prone to misuse and overlap with the state’s responsibility to provide public services.
Social cohesion forms a critical foundation for the capacity of communities to coexist and legitimizes governance through accountability. Yet across Southeast Asia, the fabric of social cohesion is demonstrably fraying and we must not look away.
Development plans like the Long-term National Development Plan (RJPN) 2025-2045 often frame young people as economic and state instruments, valued for future productivity and conformity to state-approved personas.
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