Tag: Indonesia

Indonesia/Climate Security – ASPI explains: Climate security in Indonesia (The Strategist)

The Strategist writes: In this ASPI explainer, Robert Glasser, head of ASPI’s Climate and Security Policy Centre, and Anastasia Kapetas, The Strategist’s national security editor, outline...

(Indonesia) Making Indonesia’s carbon neutrality a reality (East Asia Forum)

Abidah Setyowati, Delft University of Technology, writes for East Asia Forum: In May 2021, Indonesia’s biggest utility company, Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN), pledged to phase...

(Indonesia) Since mid-May, Indonesia has faced a massive surge in Covid-19 infections with the number of reported positive daily cases increasing fivefold

EDUARD LAZARUS and TEGUH MAULANA write for The Interpreter: Since mid-May, Indonesia has faced a massive surge in Covid-19 infections with the number of reported positive...

(Indonesia) On 18 May 2021, Indonesia opposed a new UN General Assembly resolution to formally embrace the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)

I Gede Wahyu Wicaksana writes for East Asia Forum: On 18 May 2021, Indonesia opposed a new UN General Assembly resolution to formally embrace the...

(Indonesia) Jakarta: the human costs of urban vulnerability

Emma Colven writes for East Asia Forum: Flooding earlier this year in Jakarta, Southeast Asia’s largest city, provided a tragic reminder of the human...

Indonesia – Is Garuda Indonesia on the brink of bankruptcy? (James Guild, East Asia Forum)

COVID-19 has battered Indonesian flag carrier Garuda’s revenue and sent earnings plunging, causing trading of the airline’s shares to be halted recently after a...

Indonesia – Indonesian peacekeeping and civil–military relations: a double-edged sword (Natalie Sambhi, The Strategist)

During Indonesia’s two-year stint on the United Nation’s Security Council (2019–2020), the country made significant gains not just in promoting peacekeeping operations but in augmenting...

Indonesia – Indonesia’s opportunistic approach to arms procurement (Ristian Atriandi Supriyanto, East Asia Forum)

The first-ever bilateral defence agreement between Indonesia and Japan was signed on 30 March 2021, which paves the way for Japanese arms exports to...

Indonesia – Urgent lessons from Indonesia’s submarine disaster (Sigit S Nugroho and Keoni Indrabayu Marzuki, East Asia Forum)

On 24 April 2021, Indonesian authorities declared that the Nanggala-402, a Navy submarine that went missing while conducting a naval exercise on 21 April, had...

USA/Indonesia – US–Indonesia relations need a reboot (Alexander R Arifianto, Yohanes Sulaiman, East Asia Forum)

Since gaining independence in 1945, Indonesia has subscribed to the principle of a ‘free and active’ (bebas aktif) foreign policy, which emphasises neutrality and non-alignment....

Indonesia – 12 innovators improving the lives – and livelihoods – of Indonesia’s informal sector workers (Gulipairi Maimaiti, WEF)

Indonesia's waste management issue has reached an alarming scale and therefore calls for immediate action. The country requires collaboration from all sides, to...

Australia/Indonesia – Building stronger Australia-Indonesia ties (Ben Bland, The Interpreter)

When then Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono addressed the Australian parliament in 2010, he argued that the bilateral relationship faced four major challenges: improving mutual public...

Indonesia – Maximising Indonesia’s demographic dividend (Anne Booth, East Asia Forum)

In January, Statistics Indonesia (Badan Pusat Statistik) published the first results from the 2020 population census. While these initial figures are still preliminary, they raise...

Indonesia – Indonesia’s false choice between investment and innovation (Andree Surianta, East Asia Forum)

Despite initial worries about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on foreign direct investment (FDI) flows into Indonesia, the country did well to woo...

Indonesia – Indonesia refinery fires demand an independent investigation (Maxensius Tri Sambodo, East Asia Forum)

Indonesia refinery fires demand an independent investigation (eastasiaforum.org)

Indonesia – Consolidating Indonesia’s deteriorating democracy (Fadhilah Fitri Primandari, East Asia Forum)

Consolidating Indonesia’s deteriorating democracy | East Asia Forum