Tag: Indonesia

Open newsletter – february 22, 2022

AFGHANISTAN The Taliban is creating a “grand army” for Afghanistan that will include officers and troops who served the old regime, says the official tasked...

Open newsletter – february 21, 2022

from: Al Jazeera, Asia Times, Corriere della Sera, East Asia Forum, Euractiv, Global Times, Reuters, RFE RL, RUSI, TASS, The Interpreter, The Strategist  AFGHANISTAN The United...

Daily news – February 4, 2022

AFRICA Strategies for financing Africa’s health sector. Vera Songwe, Brookings:  Never before in the last half century has Africa’s health care landscape seen so many...

Could minilateralism work in the South China Sea? (Huynh Tam Sang, The Interpreter)

Tensions with China over the South China Sea have prompted Indonesia to invite maritime security officials from five ASEAN member states – Brunei, the Philippines, Malaysia,...

The digital transformation of agriculture in Indonesia (Lesly Goh, Brookings)

Food security is an important goal for Indonesia, and since the introduction of the Food Law of 2012, the country has made good progress in...

Jokowi begins the fight against lame duck status in Indonesia’s G20 year (East Asia Forum)

Ahead of the Rome G20 Summit in October 2021, the G20 looked like it was in danger of losing the plot. What a relief, then, to...

Indonesia’s year of living hopefully (Haryo Aswicahyono, CSIS Jakarta and Hal Hill, ANU – East Asia Forum)

It takes a serious crisis to reveal a country’s fundamental strengths and vulnerabilities. As in all countries, the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 and 2021...

Discrimination holds back religious minority children (Andreas Harsono, Human Rights Watch)

In December 2021, I had the chance to talk with a bright 14-year-old girl named Maria Tunbonat, a fifth-grader in a state school in Tarakan,...

Uncertainty continues to plague Indonesia’s economy (Siwage Dharma Negara, East Asia Forum)

2021 has been another challenging year for Indonesia as it struggles to balance the economy and public health amid the COVID-19 pandemic. While the...

Indonesia bans coal exports in January on domestic power worries (Bernadette Christina, Reuters)

Indonesia has banned coal exports in January due to concerns that low supplies at domestic power plants could lead to widespread blackouts, a senior...

Rohingya refugees brought ashore after dramatic Indonesia rescue (Aisyah Llewellyn, Al Jazeera)

A standoff involving a boat carrying Rohingya refugees and the Indonesian navy has ended with a dramatic rescue that took 18 hours to complete...

Prospective Chinese ambassador to Indonesia Lu Kang will have sights on engaging ASEAN (Yu Zeyuan, ThinkChina)

Former foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang is slated to be the next Chinese ambassador to Indonesia. Amid US-China tensions, a post in Indonesia presents...

The United States-Indonesia Relationship (US Department of State)

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Jakarta December 13 – 14, where he will meet with Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Foreign...

Approaches to Strengthening Fisheries Financing and Institutional Mechanisms: A Cross-Country Comparison of Cambodia, India, and Indonesia (ADBI)

Using marine resources in a healthy and sustainable manner is at the center of building a blue economy that will make “Sustainable Development Goal...

Indonesia’s shifting redlines on regional security (Emirza Adi Syailendra, Leonard C Sebastian, East Asia Forum)

International relations of the Asia Pacific since the end of the Cold War and the era of US unipolar domination has focussed primarily on...

Spike in incursions highlights joint Australian and Indonesian interests in combating illegal fishing (Hillary Mansour, The Strategist)

A significant rise in Indonesian illegal fishing in Australia’s northern waters highlights a significant maritime security threat, and our border enforcement agencies can’t afford...