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After Hormuz, All Eyes on the Strait of Malacca
Authors: Sanjay Turi and Alveera Choudhry*
At a time when global trade is bleeding post the Hormuz blockades, the USA’s recent defense pact with Indonesia...
Indonesia Talks Energy Transition, But Why Does Coal Still Rule?
Few countries talk about the energy transition as fluently as Indonesia does. Fewer still have done less about it. At the G20 summit in...
The New Non-Alignment
When Leverage Replaced Loyalty
There is a diplomatic category error that shapes almost all Western analysis of the Global South, and it goes something like...
South Korea and Indonesia Deepen Strategic Partnership Amid Global Energy Uncertainty
Lee Jae Myung and Prabowo Subianto convened in Seoul to address growing concerns over global energy security, positioning their countries as key partners in...
Indonesia Forest Loss Jumps 66% Under Prabowo Policies
Forest loss in Indonesia surged by 66% in 2025, reaching its highest level in eight years, according to a report by environmental think tank...
Escaping the Melian Trap: Indonesia’s stance in a Turbulent World
Anyone familiar with the Melian Conference or Melian Dialogue—one chapter of The History of the Peloponnesian War by the famed Thucydides from 431 BC—will...
Indonesia Warns It Could Exit Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ Over Palestine
Indonesia has signaled it may withdraw from U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed “Board of Peace” initiative if the platform fails to deliver meaningful benefits...
Beyond the Superpowers: The Rise of a Sovereign AI Axis in Asia
As Amartya Sen once argued, development is ultimately about expanding freedom. In the twenty-first century, that freedom is increasingly mediated by algorithms, data flows,...
Indonesia Secures 19% U.S. Tariff Deal
Indonesia and the United States have finalized a trade agreement that reduces U.S. tariffs on Indonesian goods to 19% from 32%, marking a significant...
Indonesia at The Board of Peace: Realistic Choice or Subtle Coercion?
According to John Mearsheimer’s realist theory, great powers will shape, ignore, or even create new institutions when existing ones fail to serve their strategic...