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In June 2025, the breathtaking coral ecosystems of Raja Ampat — Indonesia’s ecological crown jewel — were thrust into the global spotlight. Nickel mining, driven by surging global electric vehicle (EV ...

Kurniawan Arif Maspul is a researcher and interdisciplinary writer focusing on Islamic diplomacy and Southeast Asian political thought. He holds an M.Ed in Advanced Teaching, an MBA, and an MA in ...

Amid rising global instability, London and Tokyo are forging a deeper partnership to defend the remnants of the rules-based ...

Beneath Indonesia’s low unemployment rate lies a quiet crisis of job quality, with millions trapped in informal, low-wage ...

As economic security reshapes trade, APEC's silence risks the organisation's irrelevance unless it can retool its own ...

The Pertamina scandal exposes gaps in Indonesia’s fight against corruption and casts doubts on the Prabowo administration’s ...

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The ‘One Nation One Election’ proposal promises greater efficiency but may muffle the spirited pluralistic debates that ...

Indonesia's entrepreneurial talent is being misdirected into rent-seeking and thuggery rather than productive innovation, ...

Economic uncertainty was high on the agenda at a host of ASEAN-centred meetings last week, with the region decrying the ...

Geopolitical tensions and authoritarian governance challenge Beijing’s efforts to engage the new generation of the Chinese ...