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Why President Director Resignations Won’t Solve BUMN Governance Failures
Corporate liability and public accountability remain the missing pieces in Indonesia’s state-owned enterprise reform. The resignation of Joao Angelo de Sousa Mota from the...
KHAN Missiles and the Potential Balance of Power in ASEAN
In the last decade, Southeast Asia has experienced an acceleration in the modernization of defense equipment, especially Indonesia, which is now the first operator...
Indonesia’s Telco Crossroad: Challenges and Opportunities in the Global South
Indonesia’s telecommunications sector is at a historic crossroads. After a decade of consolidation, three groups — TelkomGroup (with Telkomsel), Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (IOH) and XL Axiata/Smartfren (XL Smart)...
Prabowo’s Welfare Push Raises Questions for Indonesia’s Infrastructure Sector
Tariffs imposed by the Trump Administration on Southeast Asian nations—effective August 7, 2025—are likely to have a significant impact on the economies of the...
Indonesia’s Integrity Imperative and ASEAN’s Future
The viral claim that ASEAN warned Indonesia of possible disintegration by 2030 due to endemic corruption was swiftly debunked. No such statement appeared in...
Indonesia’s Democratic Future Starts in Its Schools
With a poor child in Papua completing roughly six years of school and a Jakarta child completing eleven, Indonesia is not simply unequal —...
Indonesia’s New Course in the Middle East Under Prabowo
Following his election as President of the Republic of Indonesia for the 2024-2029 term, a new chapter begins for Prabowo Subianto President as he...
High Costs for Big Dreams: Financing Challenges in Addressing the Climate Crisis for Indonesia
Indonesia has declared ambitious commitments in tackling the climate crisis. To achieve the goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to carbon neutrality by...
Prabowo’s Russia Play Proves Indonesia’s Multipolar Prowess
When President Prabowo Subianto chose St. Petersburg over the G7 last June, he signalled more than a diplomatic detour—he underscored Indonesia’s determination to carve out an...
Who Deserves to Reproduce? The Dangerous Logic Behind Conditional Welfare
The statement by West Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi (popularly known as Kang Dedi Mulyadi or KDM) concerning the plan to make vasectomy, or male...