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Casting a wider net
Strengthening the integrated fishing vessels fleet in Natuna and the South China Sea
‘Naturalizing’ Indonesian formal education
The new education minister is bringing much needed change to the way we educate our children
China’s progress towards an assassin’s mace
Electromagnetic weapon systems a ‘game changer’ for Beijing’s ambitions
Risky business: Fruits and vegetables in Tanzania
The country is facing major nutrition challenges. Can what grows on the trees and in the soil be the answer?
The dragon’s cuddle
China’s security power projection into Central Asia provides a blueprint for how it might engage with Belt and Road Initiative countries...
Indonesia: Democratic hopes, institutional woes
The recent presidential election sadly turned violent, but Indonesia has a myriad of other problems, showing that its democratic reforms...
Counting the voices
The recent presidential election sadly turned violent, but Indonesia has a myriad of other problems, showing that its democratic reforms...
Do Indonesians trust their police?
Proper policing requires sufficient resources and public support. Is Indonesia up to the challenge?
‘That’s why we like proper governance’
From his early days as rector of Paramadina University to his stint as minister of education under President Joko Widodo until 2016,...
A history maker for all his flaws
Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century by Chandran Nair (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2018, 288 pp)
The real legacy of a terrorist
The legacy that ISIS founder and leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, eliminated by US special forces in a raid last October at his hideout...
Steering toward strategic sustainability
How do you do business but remain ethical and responsible? It starts in the boardroom.
The future of Asean
David L Carden is a pioneer. He was the first-ever American ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean). Appointed...
Public participation, deliberative democracy – online
What’s the best way to affirm people’s rights? At the local level while using technology.
New Kapolri? Challenge accepted
The Indonesian National Police need to modernize and change. Can they do it with a new leader?
Economic democracy and spirit of ‘gotong royong’
Globalization, market forces and individual greed leave marginalized communities on the brink. The solution for Indonesia? Mutual...
Lost in translation: Imported rectors
The administration’s recent initiative to recruit foreigners as heads of universities unrealistically places too large a burden on...
Strengthening sea-based nuclear deterrence
North Korea moving toward assured second strike capability