Tag: Indonesia

Prospective Chinese ambassador to Indonesia Lu Kang will have sights on engaging ASEAN (Yu Zeyuan, ThinkChina)

Former foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang is slated to be the next Chinese ambassador to Indonesia. Amid US-China tensions, a post in Indonesia presents...

The United States-Indonesia Relationship (US Department of State)

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Jakarta December 13 – 14, where he will meet with Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Foreign...

Approaches to Strengthening Fisheries Financing and Institutional Mechanisms: A Cross-Country Comparison of Cambodia, India, and Indonesia (ADBI)

Using marine resources in a healthy and sustainable manner is at the center of building a blue economy that will make “Sustainable Development Goal...

Indonesia’s shifting redlines on regional security (Emirza Adi Syailendra, Leonard C Sebastian, East Asia Forum)

International relations of the Asia Pacific since the end of the Cold War and the era of US unipolar domination has focussed primarily on...

Spike in incursions highlights joint Australian and Indonesian interests in combating illegal fishing (Hillary Mansour, The Strategist)

A significant rise in Indonesian illegal fishing in Australia’s northern waters highlights a significant maritime security threat, and our border enforcement agencies can’t afford...

Australia needs an entente cordiale with Indonesia over nuclear propulsion and non-proliferation (David Engel, The Strategist)

However relaxed and comfortable Indonesian Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto might be about Australia’s plans to acquire nuclear-powered submarines (SSNs), the visit to Jakarta of French Foreign...

China’s nonferrous metals sector unlikely to be impacted by Indonesia’s export restriction: analyst (Tao Mingyang and Chi Jingyi, Global Times)

China's nonferrous metals supply is unlikely to be affected by Indonesia's latest exports restriction, analysts said. Indonesia has announced export curbs on multiple nonferrous...

Regulating unmanned underwater vehicles in Indonesian waters (Taufik Rachmat Nugraha, The Interpreter)

According to the Indonesia Ocean Justice Initiative, between 2018 and January 2021, a large number of Chinese vessels “deactivated” their AIS transponders – the...

Can Indonesia sustain its COVID-19 recovery targets? (Gerardus Yosari, East Asia Forum)

Questions remain over how Indonesia can sustain its COVID-19 economic recovery targets due to the possible difficulties its policymakers face in curbing inflation. The...

Indonesia’s new tax law targets its growing middle class (Arifin Rosid, East Asia Forum)

Indonesia has the lowest percentage of individual income tax revenue to GDP compared to neighbouring countries — 1.3 per cent, compared to 1.9 per cent in...

Lessons from the Indonesia–Norway REDD+ break-up (Ida Aju Pradnja Resosudarmo, East Asia Forum)

Indonesia announced the termination of the long-standing Indonesia–Norway Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) partnership. While promising, it was anticipated from the...

Hot air: Scepticism over Indonesia’s COP26 deforestation pledges (Aisyah Llewellyn, Al Jazeera)

As the COP26 climate change conference continues into its second and final week in Glasgow, a pledge signed by more than 100 countries to...

Indonesian democracy needs a moderate Nahdlatul Ulama (Alexander R. Arifianto, East Asia Forum)

Indonesia’s largest Islamic organisation, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), recently announced that its long-postponed national congress (Muktamar) will finally be held from 23 to 25 December 2021 in...

Why Indonesia should embrace AUKUS (Arrizal Jaknanihan, East Asia Forum)

The announcement of AUKUS — a trilateral security pact between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States — sparked concern over escalating rivalry...

The fault lines in Australian and Indonesian views of their strategic future (Editorial Board, ANU – East Asia Forum)

The irate French reaction to the AUKUS defence deal provided plenty of fodder for the international media. Much has been made of Australia’s duplicitous...

Bolstering Indonesia–Australia economic dialogue (Eko NM Saputro, East Asia Forum)

The 2018 Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP) between Indonesia and Australia expressed a shared commitment to improving bilateral relations. Indonesia and Australia have attempted to...