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Breaking the female glass ceiling
Can information technology help Indonesian women bust through barriers? A growing organization adamantly says “Yes We Can.”
Hacking and the darker side of social media
The United States’ 2016 presidential election was hacked. So what makes Indonesia think that it’s ready for April?
The connections are what count
India, China and the World: A Connected History Reviewed by Nayan Chanda
Year 70: The United States and Indonesia
The last several decades of bilateral cooperation have been tremendous for Indonesia’s development. With a few changes, imagine what...
Wanted: Smart grads with dirty hands
Vocational education has been touted as a way to push Indonesia up the skills chain and provide jobs. But it’s not working out that...
Indonesia: Genetic diversity 101
The country has the opportunity to cash in on its unique biodiversity – not to mention save itself and perhaps the entire planet
It’s a Trump-knock world for us
The current United States administration is like nothing that has been seen in recent history. Let’s try to figure it out.
A new and uncomfortable global reality for 2019
While the United States will escalate its strategic offensive against China with tariffs, sanctions, regulatory buffers around emerging...
The Gulf’s scramble for Africa
Arab Gulf states are intervening more assertively in sub-Saharan Africa to capitalize on economic opportunities and protect their...
In search of a presidential electoral system
Free and fair elections have brought many good things for Indonesia – if you overlook the tangle of legislative and presidential elections....
Australia: Hedging its bets in Asia
Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have a change in attitude toward Australia, and there has been a return to its...
Halal and the economy
This year should see Indonesia enact a dramatic new law on halal products, making it the world’s largest halal market. But what are...
Cyberthreats: Facing the faceless
Better safe than sorry? Understanding the risk management and governance guidelines to maintain data and network security is more...
Unrepresented, unheard. Is Indonesia an inclusive democracy?
The country’s diverse religious and ethnic minorities can answer that question: no.
Climate justice: A feminist fossil fuel-free future
Equality of women is a key global pursuit. Here’s how the state of the environment can help or hurt that campaign.
Indonesia’s quiet success explained
Resurgent Indonesia: From Crisis to Confidence By Vasuki Shastry (Straits Times Press, 2018, 194 pp) Reviewed by Salil Tripathi
China’s ‘Belt and Road’ initiative: The Indonesian stop
China is securing its long-term interests in Asia. Indonesia plays an important role in this scheme, but how will it – and the United...
Hijrah – between radical and moderate Islam
A new religious movement is taking Indonesia by storm – via the Internet. But what are the motives of the clerics who lead it?