By Yan Ramadhan, Junior Analyst It has been just over three months since the first two coronavirus cases were confirmed in Indonesia in early
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Indonesia grapples with lockdown dilemma
By Todd Elliott, Senior Analyst The central government appears to be giving some ground to the growing chorus of voices calling for a lockdown
Indonesia latest nation to uproot its capital city
President Joko Widodo announced on August 26 that the government will build a new capital city in East Kalimantan to ease pressure on congested
Indonesia’s Low-Cost Carrier Experiment May Be At An End
By Keith Loveard, Senior Analyst The Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) appears to have washed its hands of an inquiry into suspected cartel practices
Indonesia after Suharto: 20 years on
By Keith Loveard, Senior Analyst As Indonesia reflects on the 20 years since the resignation of President Suharto on May 21, 1998, the simplest
Govt. stresses Bali is safe but experts worry
More than a month has passed since the Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center (PVMBG) raised the status of the Mt. Agung volcano in
US operations against ISIS in SE. Asia
The Pentagon is reportedly considering a plan that would allow the US military to conduct air strikes on Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
One step too far for Gen. Nurmantyo?
The recent surprise decision by Armed Forces (TNI) chief Gen. Gatot Nurmantyo to unilaterally suspend defense cooperation with the Australian military over alleged offensive
Purnama’s blasphemy trial: A tragedy of Shakespearian proportions
“Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall,” said Shakespeare in Measure for Measure. Definitions of sin and virtue are subjective, but Shakespeare,
Impossible Dream? Widodo’s 35,000-MW Power Target
President Joko Widodo got an unexpected present on June 3 with the announcement by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) that it would,