Constructing Inequality: Unequal Development in North Jakarta
Driving in Teluk Naga, North Jakarta feels like shiratal al-mustaqim. A long, straight line full of bumpy roads, tidal water filling the hole, and...
Elite’s Delusion: In Between Expectations and Reality in Indonesia
Perhaps the most challenging issue that we face right now as a nation is when the elite are delusional. Their bet to improve the...
Indifference to the Past: Indonesian Parliament on Extractive Power
In Indonesia, power is defined to how much degree can you extract a state's resources or known as balik modal (profit from investment). The...
Indonesian New Capital: Fantastical Dream, Low Budget
The first time I heard the project of Ibukota Nusantara (IKN) as a new capital of Indonesia, I was shocked that one researcher who...
Haiti: A Nation without State
When we talked about Haiti, it has a solid grounded history of the nation. Yet in the guise of political instability, there has been...