Insights

Implementing sustainable policies in practice

Nature resource-based industries, including the palm oil sector, are frequently cited as the major cause of deforestation. As the largest oil palm grower in Indonesia and a member of the Roundtable of Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), Golden Agri-Resource ...

The world in 2018 and RI's foreign policy outlook

One week into 2018 and Indonesia’s diplomacy is in full swing. First, on the third day of 2018, I was in Davao, Philippines, launching the Indonesia-Philippines Cooperation on Islamic Education. The effort is the manifestation of an Indone ...

Will conventional businesses die out?

Digital technology has disrupted the conventional economy. In Indonesia, this digital disruption has occurred mostly in the transportation services and retail sectors. The operation of internet-based ride-hailing services like Go-Jek, Grab ...

A tough political year has passed, a tougher time ahead

Without a doubt, 2017 was a really tough year, politically speaking. It sent us mixed images of how far we have progressed in continuing democratic political reforms. There are a number of highlights that one can gather from political events, the imp ...

What do upcoming elections mean for the economy?

With Indonesia heading for local elections in 17 provinces in June 2018, followed by legislative and presidential elections in April 2019, there have been questions as to how the economy will fare in the election cycle and where the risks are. In our ...

Challenges for Indonesia in the Asia-Pacific region

Since the end of the Cold War in 1991, East Asia has gone through dramatic changes. First, it lived through a short era of one superpower reigning supreme, the United States. The demise of America’s chief nemesis, the Soviet Union, had paved th ...

Insights

Implementing sustainable policies in practice

The world in 2018 and RI's foreign policy outlook

Will conventional businesses die out?

A tough political year has passed, a tougher time ahead

What do upcoming elections mean for the economy?

Challenges for Indonesia in the Asia-Pacific region

Police get tough on militant Islamic group, but deaths raise questions

Son pushes for Grab-Gojek merger, KPPU keeps watchful eye

Edhy’s arrest puts Jokowi-Prabowo coalition at risk

Corruption-ridden lobster exports bring down Minister Edhy

Enfant terrible Rizieq tests government’s tolerance

Amnesty dubs new Omnibus Law 'catastrophic', petition urges no confidence motion

Omnibus bill on job creation passed into law despite opposition

Jokowi calls on TNI to change spending policy

House set to pass jobs bill

Ministry revises foreigner ban amid travel corridor discussion with Singapore