Tag: Indonesia

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

Indonesia – The authoritarian threat of Indonesia’s latest internet bill (Eduard Lazarus, The Interpreter)

The authoritarian threat of Indonesia’s latest internet bill | The Interpreter (lowyinstitute.org)

Indonesia – Indonesia’s military still preoccupied with internal security (Adhi Priamarizki, East Asia Forum)

Indonesia’s military still preoccupied with internal security | East Asia Forum

Australia/Indonesia – Troubled waters? Australia- Indonesia maritime boundary in the news (The Interpreter)

Maritime boundaries between Australia, Indonesia and Timor Leste (Geoscience Australia) Bec Strating Troubled waters? Australia-Indonesia maritime boundary in the news | The Interpreter (lowyinstitute.org)

Indonesia – Will Indonesia’s Omnibus reforms bolster recovery from COVID-19? (East Asia Forum)

Roland Rajah, Lowy Institute Will Indonesia’s Omnibus reforms bolster recovery from COVID-19? (eastasiaforum.org)

Indonesia – Why are more Indonesian women getting involved in bomb attacks? (Al Jazeera)

Aisyah Llewellyn and Arif Budi Setyawan Women have played an increasingly prominent role in hardline attacks in Indonesia in a development that reflects ISIL’s influence, analysts say. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/25/why-are-more-women-leading-bomb-attacks-in-indonesia

Indonesia/Israel/Palestine – How Gaza occupies Indonesia’s identity wars (The Interpreter)

JOHANNES NUGROHO Israel-Palestinian issues have long featured in Jakarta’s worldview but with a domestic edge, too. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/how-gaza-occupies-indonesias-identity-wars

Indonesia/ASEAN/Myanmar – The Indonesia factor in ASEAN’s response to Myanmar (East Asia Forum)

Gibran Mahesa Drajat, Sophia University ASEAN’s capacity to spearhead a collective response to a regional crisis was tested at the ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting (ALM) in...

Indonesia – Indonesia’s vaccine campaign hits speed bumps (East Asia Forum)

Nyoman Sutarsa, ANU The Indonesian government set an ambitious goal to complete mass COVID-19 immunisation by the end of March 2022, covering the 181.5 million...

Indonesia – Patronage is politicising Indonesia’s bureaucracy (East Asia Forum)

Adfin Rochmad Baidhowah, IPDN Bureaucratic appointments are coming under the spotlight in Indonesia due to a pattern of politicians abusing their power. The latest survey from Indonesia’s...