As important as ASEAN is, it is becoming a straightjacket for Indonesia’s foreign policy conduct. It’s time for the country’s diplomacy to look beyond Southeast Asia to…
Given his military background and education partly abroad, and his role as defense minister in the last five years, Prabowo should be far more familiar and ready to take on the…
Even with the absence of a mediating role, Indonesia should be seen championing an independent Palestinian state and full membership of the United Nations.
"In spite of the declining quality of our elections, there are positive signs that tell us that, by and large, the majority of the people in this country still have faith in…
At 72, Prabowo has seen his best years and is visibly ailing. Gibran, on the other hand, is still too young and inexperienced. Analysts and voters expect Jokowi to have a strong…
Big iftar gatherings, which many private corporate sectors also throw, sometimes on an even bigger scale, are just one example of how Ramadan today has lost many of its spiritual…
The writer says Asean must do something drastic soon in its dealing with Myanmar, or risk having the issue drag the entire group down.
Unlike the G20, the U-20 World Cup will draw the attention of the global public and not only the political and foreign policy elites who had followed the G20.
Central to the “Jokowinomics” policy is keeping energy prices in check by pumping more and more government funds into subsidies.
The writer says when Indonesia takes over the rotating Asean chair next year, multipolarity should be top of its agenda.