Kurniawan Arif Maspul

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Kurniawan Arif Maspul is a researcher and interdisciplinary writer focusing on Islamic diplomacy and Southeast Asian political thought.

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Greenland is not for sale, but the global order might be

Sometimes foreign policy speaks not through treaties or tanks, but through theatre. When Donald Trump revived the idea of acquiring Greenland in early 2026—this...

When the Powerful Break the Rules, No One is Safe

The images from Caracas in January were jarring, not because Latin America is unfamiliar with upheaval, but because of who crossed the line and...

How Critical Minerals Became the New Oil

The green transition was meant to be the great moral project of this generation. Instead, it is quietly hardening into a new arena of...

When Conscience Rewrote Australia: The Bondi Moment

Moments of national trauma often reveal a country’s deepest divisions. More seldom, they expose its moral essence. The Bondi terror attack did the latter....

Australia’s Under-16 Social Media Ban: Well-being in a Digital World

Australia’s new law delaying social‑media account access for under‑16s reflects growing concerns about youth mental health and digital well-being. The Albanese Government has framed...

Why Australia should say ‘why not’ to Riyadh carefully

A bargain this large cracks open more than balance sheets; it opens an avenue for a different kind of diplomacy. In mid-November 2025, announcements...

Treaty of Common Security amid Papua unrest, Russian basing claims

On November 12, 2025, aboard the HMAS Canberra in Jakarta Bay, crisis choreography collided with diplomatic architecture. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and President Prabowo...

From ASEAN Access to National Progress: Educating Timor-Leste’s Future

They call it a new chapter. For Timor-Leste — a nation born from fire, driven by a stubborn tenderness for its own future —...

Is Mamdani’s Moment the Progressive Answer New York Needs?

New York has always been a testing ground for bold ideas, and on Nov. 4, the city’s voters made a very global leap of...

Indonesia’s NDC: A Promise in Need of Enforcement

There’s something profound about what Indonesia’s new Second NDC (2031–2035) asks of the world: a brave promise wrapped in pragmatism, a claim to moral...

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Hegemony with Chinese Characteristics

As the war wages on in three different regions...

What the US-Israel War on Iran Means for the Long Term

The recent US-Israel attacks on Iran has triggered an...

GHS & Global Chemical Safety: What Businesses Need to Know

Every year, billions of chemical shipments cross international borders....

The New Intelligence Challenge: How China Exploits Israel’s Internal Divisions to Outmaneuver Mossad

The Israeli intelligence apparatus, particularly the Mossad and Shin...
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