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  • 29 Nov 2022
    • China
    • Indonesia

    Getting the narrative right: China’s media reach in Indonesia

    Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat
    Beijing is weaving its story into hearts and minds in the region via influence campaigns that could impact democracy.
  • 17 Nov 2022
    • Asean
    • Indonesia
    • Australia
    • Global Economy
    • Energy
    • Trade
    • Sustainability
    • Technology

    Economic diplomacy: Charging up old ties with Jakarta

    Greg Earl
    Australia has stepped up a trade diversification push despite the first moves towards reconciliation with China.
  • 17 Nov 2022
    • Indonesia

    The city that throbs with fury

    Duncan Graham
    Six weeks on from a shocking stadium disaster, mourning signs in Malang tell an angry message for Indonesian politics.
  • 15 Nov 2022
    • Asean
    • China
    • Indonesia
    • Trade

    Putting food at the heart of China-Indonesia relations

    Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat
    Beijing sees Indonesia as a major contributor to its food security and this has found receptive ears in Jakarta.
  • 3 Nov 2022
    • Indonesia
    • Australia
    • International law

    Ashmore Reef resurfaces as a maritime headache

    Donald R Rothwell
    A loose arrangement between Australia and Indonesia over the uninhabited islands is set to become a little less loose.
  • 2 Nov 2022
    • India
    • Indonesia
    • Australia
    • Global Issues

    Australia must help turn back a regional democratic retreat 

    Kevin Casas-Zamora
    With only half the Indo-Pacific a democracy, a collective approach is needed to bolster critical institutions.
  • 31 Oct 2022
    • Indonesia

    From Jakarta to Nusantara: making sense of Indonesia’s capital shift

    Rahul Mishra , Peter Brian M. Wang
    Beyond escaping floods and crowds, the location of the new capital will have economic and geopolitical ramifications.
  • 10 Oct 2022
    • Indonesia
    • Australia
    • Sustainability

    Sustainable catch: better Indonesia-Australia cooperation on fishing

    Aristyo Rizka Darmawan
    A new agreement is a chance to address the core problems of illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing.
  • 5 Oct 2022
    • Indonesia
    • Timor-Leste

    A free trade zone for Timor-Leste and Indonesia

    Fidelis Magalhães
    Regional stability, economic resilience and mutual prosperity – what’s not to like about a cross-border FTZ?
  • 21 Sep 2022
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Australia and Climate Change
    • Climate change

    Making sense of Indonesia’s fuel riots

    Eduard Lazarus
    Cutting subsidies is a step in the right direction, but a more robust social safety net is ultimately a better fix.
  • 21 Sep 2022
    • Indonesia
    • Japan
    • Sex and Gender

    Economic diplomacy: Womenomics shifts from Tokyo to Jakarta

    Greg Earl
    Can a female finance minister in Indonesia avoid the demographic dilemma that has handicapped Japan’s evolution?
  • 14 Sep 2022
    • Indonesia
    • Australia
    • Terrorism

    Bali 2002: When global terrorism first came close to home

    Ian Kemish
    An extraordinary consular response followed the deadly attack – lessons of crisis that would become all too familiar.
  • 13 Sep 2022
    • Asean
    • Indonesia
    • Pacific Islands
    • Fiji
    • Solomon Islands
    • Vanuatu

    Why Indonesia’s engagement with Pacific countries matters

    Aristyo Rizka Darmawan
    Sovereignty, trust and mutual benefit are all at stake when so many regions come together under the Indo-Pacific banner.
  • 31 Aug 2022
    • Indonesia

    Indonesia’s criminal code a step backwards, not forwards

    Eduard Lazarus
    Ratifying this deeply unpopular legislation would see the Jokowi administration attempting to placate political Islam.
  • 22 Aug 2022
    • India
    • Indonesia
    • Myanmar
    • Sri Lanka
    • Climate change

    Blue economy may be the key to South Asia's upswing

    Samriddhi Roy
    Why governance, blue bonds and women are critical to a thriving ocean-based economy.
  • 17 Aug 2022
    • Indonesia

    Fashionistas take to the streets of Indonesia

    Muhammad Ersan Pamungkas
    Jakarta’s lack of civic green spaces sets the scene for Citayam Fashion Week – a couture protest of sorts.
  • 4 Aug 2022
    • Asean
    • Indonesia
    • Malaysia

    Does ASEAN really need an official “second language”?

    Muhammad Ersan Pamungkas
    Privileging one voice over another in Southeast Asia would be a mistake.
  • 27 Jul 2022
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Indonesia

    The Indonesia Investment Authority: Jokowi’s trouble-shooter?

    Kyunghoon Kim
    Jakarta’s sovereign wealth fund offers investors an attractive way into the country’s booming infrastructure sector.
  • 26 Jul 2022
    • Indonesia
    • Australia and Asia

    Becoming a republic will improve Australia’s image in Asia

    Johannes Nugroho
    Does the Queen of Australia still exist? It’s a surprise to many, even in diplomatic circles.
  • 25 Jul 2022
    • Indonesia
    • G20

    Jokowi adopts a statesman style

    Johannes Nugroho
    As G20 host, Indonesia’s president is on a drive to burnish his international credentials and win kudos at home.
  • 28 Jun 2022
    • Indonesia
    • Migration

    Years of living statelessly: refugees in Indonesia

    Stania Puspawardhani
    In a country that is still not party to the refugee convention, life can oscillate between hope and despair.
  • 27 Jun 2022
    • Indonesia
    • Australia
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability

    Indonesia-Australia climate change cooperation begins with the ocean

    Aristyo Rizka Darmawan
    Mangroves, reefs and fish stocks – the building blocks of stronger approach by both countries to address global warming.
  • 14 Jun 2022
    • G20
    • Sustainability
    • Indonesia
    • Climate change
    • Technology

    Hyundai takes the driver’s seat in Indonesia’s EV market

    Akhmad Hanan , Budi Prayogo Sunariyanto
    With net zero emissions targets looming, Southeast Asia’s biggest car market is setting the pace on electric vehicles.
  • 7 Jun 2022
    • Indonesia
    • Australia

    Wong’s Bahasa pitch to Indonesia

    Daniel Flitton
    Australia will benefit by drawing more of its multicultural character into senior diplomacy.
  • 2 Jun 2022
    • Australia in the World
    • Trade
    • G20
    • Australia
    • Indonesia

    Economic diplomacy: New Labor ministers are facing up to old issues

    Greg Earl
    Reshaping policies on the Pacific, Indonesia and domestic manufacturing is already revealing a changing of the guard.
  • 12 May 2022
    • Trade
    • Indonesia

    A flash in the pan? Indonesia’s palm oil export ban

    Johannes Nugroho
    Apparent domestic shortages appear more a case of a government stand-off with industry over pricing.
  • 28 Apr 2022
    • Indonesia

    What is at stake with new provinces in West Papua?

    Eduard Lazarus
    Jakarta’s plan to break West Papua into five provinces from the existing two leaves an even larger military footprint.
  • 11 Apr 2022
    • India
    • Indonesia

    Can Shah Rukh Khan help India “Act East”?

    Teesta Prakash
    Bollywood has star power, even in Indonesia, as the Lowy Poll revealed. It’s time to capitalise on the connection.
  • 6 Apr 2022
    • Indonesia

    Democracy or dynasty? Megawati delivers Jokowi a clip

    Johannes Nugroho
    Talk of extending the Indonesian president’s tenure has earned a revealing rebuke from his political patron.
  • 25 Mar 2022
    • South China Sea
    • Asean
    • China
    • Indonesia
    • Vietnam
    • Philippines
    • Malaysia

    Stiffening the ASEAN spine in the South China Sea

    Arrizal Jaknanihan
    Any “minilateral” grouping among Southeast Asian nations must be mindful of its internal contradictions.
  • 7 Mar 2022
    • Asean
    • Indonesia
    • Russia
    • Thailand
    • Vietnam
    • Singapore
    • Laos
    • Ukraine

    Reading Southeast Asia on Ukraine 

    Susannah Patton
    Russia’s invasion has unified the West with new clarity, yet exposed ambiguity and uncertainty in Southeast Asia.
  • 21 Feb 2022
    • Indonesia

    Courting change for Indonesia’s invisible brides

    Cate Sumner
    The country’s marriage statistics obscure a significant rise in unregistered unions involving children and adolescents.
  • 15 Feb 2022
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Indonesia

    Indonesia makes a big defence statement

    Sam Roggeveen
    Canberra should look beyond the Quad and to its own backyard for an all-weather strategic friend.
  • 26 Jan 2022
    • South China Sea
    • Indonesia

    Indonesia standing between great powers

    Johannes Nugroho
    Non-alignment has long defined Jakarta’s approach in the world. Neither China’s threats or US pledges will change that.
  • 24 Jan 2022
    • South China Sea
    • China
    • Indonesia

    Could minilateralism work in the South China Sea?

    Huynh Tam Sang
    Jakarta’s ambitions for a maritime alliance with its ASEAN neighbours is the right response to intimidation from China.
  • 18 Jan 2022
    • Trade
    • Sustainability
    • Australia
    • Indonesia

    Australia has a solution to Indonesia’s soaring food prices

    Kyle Springer
    As Indonesia takes the G20 presidency solving the country’s food security crisis should be top of the agenda.
  • 23 Nov 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • China
    • Indonesia
    • International law
    • Technology

    Regulating unmanned underwater vehicles in Indonesian waters

    Taufik Rachmat Nugraha
    Deep sea drones are revolutionising marine science. But the military potential makes transparency essential.
  • 19 Nov 2021
    • Indonesia's Economy
    • Indonesia

    The true challenge to Indonesia’s large informal economy

    Johannes Nugroho
    The President’s promise to empower women’s enterprises will mean little unless the scourge of corruption is also curbed.
  • 10 Nov 2021
    • Sustainability
    • Australia
    • Indonesia

    Australia-Indonesia: burn the boats

    Aristyo Rizka Darmawan
    Protecting ocean resources can sometimes require extreme measures from which there is no way back.
  • 8 Nov 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • United States
    • Australia
    • Indonesia
    • United Kingdom

    Indonesia-Australia: Deeper divide lies beneath AUKUS submarine rift

    Benjamin Herscovitch , Gatra Priyandita
    Indonesia is committed to “standing in the middle” between the United States and China and using ASEAN as a buffer.
  • 20 Oct 2021
    • Australia
    • Indonesia
    • Climate change
    • Environment

    Australia, Indonesia and climate change

    Richard Mathews
    As the immediate pandemic crisis begins to recede, both countries should refocus the relationship on climate change.
  • 12 Oct 2021
    • Australia
    • Indonesia
    • Coronavirus

    Australia should donate surplus vaccine to Indonesia

    Josh Burns
    Helping a neighbour in need is far from mere charity but will protect Australia, too.
  • 30 Sep 2021
    • Indonesia
    • Coronavirus

    Indonesia: painted politics

    Stania Puspawardhani
    A street art controversy shows government sensitivity over its Covid-19 response. It’s unlikely to be the last.
  • 29 Sep 2021
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • Indonesia

    AUKUS + Indonesia

    Johannes Nugroho
    Side-stepping any alignment with super powers allows Indonesia to reap the benefits of the new trilateral agreement.
  • 14 Sep 2021
    • Indonesia
    • Coronavirus

    Diagnosing Indonesia’s health challenges

    Ariane Utomo , Firman Witoelar
    The sickness in the country’s health system was apparent long before the pandemic. Covid only makes reforms more urgent.
  • 10 Sep 2021
    • United States
    • Trade
    • Indonesia
    • Climate change
    • Environment

    The right climate for Indonesia-United States cooperation

    Eko NM Saputro
    If Washington is to judge its trade partners on environmental measures, Jakarta actually has a good story to tell.
  • 27 Aug 2021
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesian Elections

    Will Jokowi pull off a three-peat?

    Johannes Nugroho
    The Indonesian president is intent on leaving a legacy – another term in office might help him get there.
  • 15 Jul 2021
    • Indonesia
    • Coronavirus

    Indonesia cannot afford to put its economy before people

    Eduard Lazarus , Teguh Maulana
    A religious festival has become a super-spreading event. The government knew the risk but didn’t do enough to stop it.
  • 29 Jun 2021
    • Indonesia

    Hobbling Indonesia’s anti-corruption body

    Usman Hamid
    The introduction of a so-called “civics” tests for investigators appear to be a thinly disguised attack on human rights.
  • 28 Jun 2021
    • Public Opinion
    • Australia
    • Australian Public Opinion
    • Indonesia

    Building stronger Australia-Indonesia ties

    Ben Bland
    The latest Lowy Poll shows the gaps in public understanding that bedevils the goal of closer bilateral relations.
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