Insights

End shadows of intolerance post elections

The simultaneous elections have ended, but they have left a frenzy and disputes. A group that claims to be the most moderate in the country is no longer able to display the tenderness and progressive spirit of Islam; it is trapped in political barrie ...

Postelection analysis: Indonesia has spoken

On April 17, a record 80 percent of the Indonesian electorate cast their votes at polling stations. However, to borrow the famous words of former United States president Bill Clinton: “The people have spoken, but it will take a while to determi ...

Belt and Road Initiative : What’s in it for Indonesia?

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) marks its fifth year in 2018, a crucial phase that will determine where President Xi Jinping’s ambitious project is heading. The consensus, inside and outside China, is that the project is cruising a ...

Dutch disease and the end of export-led Industrialization strategy

Industrialization is central to the economic history of modern Indonesia. It began in 1950, immediately after Indonesia gained effective sovereignty over its territory from the Dutch. Nevertheless, the effort to industrialize the economy at that time ...

Indonesia enjoys big biodiesel surplus but loses export markets

Indonesia is a country with a big surplus of palm oil-based biodiesel and yet it is losing its major export markets one by one. Indonesia currently has an installed capacity of around 11.36 million tons of biodiesel per annum, and yet the market ...

Relying on smallholders for future palm oil growth

Three unrelated events happened in October and November; each points to the future of palm oil production from different perspectives, and each draws attention to the fate of smallholders.The first event was in Musi Banyuasin, South Sumatra, where Pr ...

Insights

End shadows of intolerance post elections

Postelection analysis: Indonesia has spoken

Belt and Road Initiative : What’s in it for Indonesia?

Dutch disease and the end of export-led Industrialization strategy

Indonesia enjoys big biodiesel surplus but loses export markets

Relying on smallholders for future palm oil growth

Govt’s COVID-19 policy questioned as confirmed cases skyrocket

Indonesia grapples with idea of lockdown to contain COVID-19

Lack of coordination, transparency plagues govt’s COVID-19 measures

Legal vs bail-in options for Jiwasraya

Jokowi steamrolls omnibus bill on jobs. Who can stop him?

Human rights groups urge privacy protection in COVID-19 contact tracing efforts

Prabowo’s Russia visit fails to move Sukhoi deal

New COVID-19 epicenter East Java has one of the lowest testing rates in Indonesia

President threatens underperforming ministers with Cabinet reshuffle

RI’s COVID-19 “red zones” decrease to 57