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Rebuilding Trust: Indonesia’s Road to a Fairer Future
When a single revelation can turn quiet frustration into nationwide fury, it signals that something deeper is broken. In late August 2025, Indonesia faced...
QRIS Goes Global: Between Pride and Geopolitical Peril
When the Indonesian government announced its plan to expand QRIS (Quick Response Code Indonesian Standard, a unified national QR code payment system) in cooperation...
Inside Indonesia’s Wave of Anger
Background
Indonesia has seen some of its worst violence in decades, posing the toughest test yet for President Prabowo Subianto just 10 months into his...
As Indonesia’s Protests Spread, Police Crackdown on Students Sparks Outcry
NEWS BRIEF: Indonesian police fired tear gas and rubber bullets near university campuses in Bandung to disperse protests initially sparked by public anger over...
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 —...