My new piece for The Diplomat presents alternative angles to decipher the Indonesian political landscape.
"The country’s democratic durability has been underpinned by pragmatic collaboration between elites. This has come at a cost."
https://t.co/eGp3CYERJL
Sehubungan dengan penjadwalan ulang, media briefing “Reshuffle Kabinet, Sekuritisasi Pembangunan dan Konflik Papua” akan diselenggarakan secara langsung pada:
📅 Senin, 4 Mei 2026
🕥 10.00–11.00 WIB
📍 Auditorium CSIS, Lantai 3, Gedung Pakarti Centre
Jalan Tanah Abang III No. 27, Jakarta Pusat
📩 https://t.co/jNSycWlgoC
Kami berharap kehadiran rekan-rekan media.
Sampai jumpa! 👋🏼
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Prabowo spent over a year courting Trump, visits, phone calls, trade concessions, and joining a controversial Board of Peace with no formal leverage. Indonesia initially committed 8,000 troops, faced a $1 billion membership fee, and signed a lopsided trade deal that required amending 91 existing laws. In return? No tariff relief, no BoP influence, and no elevation of Indonesia's global stature.
By choosing appeasement over independence, Indonesia quietly shelved its bebas-aktif foreign policy tradition and missed a rare opening to shape a new middle power coalition lead among middle powers at a critical moment in global order.
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⚠️Investigate the Perpetrator of the Acid Attack Against Andrie Yunus!🚨
An acid attack against KontraS Deputy Coordinator Andrie Yunus is an attack on human rights defenders and on everyone speak out the truth. Silence and impunity cannot be tolerated. We condemn such action and demand investigation to bring the perpetrators to justice!
I’m hearing extremely concerning news that Andrie Yunus, the Deputy Coordinator of the Commission for the Disappeared & Victims of Violence (@KontraS) suffered an acid attack carried out by unidentified individuals, resulting in serious injuries across his body. I call on the Indonesian authorities to carry out thorough investigations into this horrific attack. Impunity for violence against HRDs is unacceptable. @IndonesiaGeneva@Kemlu_RI
Back in gloomy Vancouver for AAS. Anyone else coming?
Here’s some info about our session:
Repression and Representation: Indonesia’s Pluralism Challenges https://t.co/kF3ojNRbtS #AAS2026
By striking down IEEPA tariffs, and with the US Administration reinstating a 10% global rate,existing bilateral reciprocal agreements now lock in higher tariffs (e.g. 19% on certain goods). Under GATT,such agreements are meant to lower trade barriers, but instead they raise them.
Canada is investing over $130 million to recruit top researchers from abroad, with up to 1 million/year in research funding.🚀
📢Also: 600 doctoral scholarships and 400 postdoctoral research awards!
Join us at UToronto: https://t.co/8r6mXWKTiS
@UofT@VectorInst@TorontoSRI
How will this affect Indonesia?
🇮🇩🇻🇪 bilateral trade reached $64.2 million in 2024 (with a $23.5 million surplus for 🇮🇩)
Last year, both sides agreed to deepen economic cooperation, and this year they were expected to hold their first-ever bilateral political consultation forum
Perhaps worth remembering that polls about US intervention in Venezuela conducted before today are no longer informative. Expect public opinion to polarise very quickly (dampening any effect on Americans’ views of Trump):
Around a month after Cyclone Senyar hit Indonesia, almost half a million people are still unable to return to their homes, while hundreds of hospitals, schools, bridges and roads remain unusable.
https://t.co/vhBDDPiYqg
'Andor' writer Dan Gilroy on the real-life influences for Mon Mothma’s speech
“As I was literally starting to write it, I was watching senators and congressmen and congresswomen abandoning their democratic principles and bending their knee to power. So when I’m writing that speech, I’m angry — I’m very angry. Because I can very much relate to what’s going on in Mon’s world"
“I revelled in it. I got lost in it. I imagined it. I respected it. I wanted to make every comma and period proper and right. This was hallowed ground to me. There’s nothing more important to me than someone who’s willing to sacrifice themselves for a political ideal, or a fight against the evil tendencies of our human nature. I bow to that"
(via @empiremagazine)
Untuk menghasilkan $1 juta dolar (Rp16.5 miliar) nilai tambah di sektor sawit, diperlukan sekitar 600 hektar tanah.
Untuk menghasilkan nilai yang sama di sektor manufaktur, hanya diperlukan sekitar 1.6 hektar tanah.
Dan kita lebih milih nebang pohon dibanding bangun pabrik.
Pasal 83 (1) Kepala daerah dan /atau wakil kepala daerah diberhentikan sementara tanpa melalui usulan DPRD karena didakwa melakukan tindak pidana kejahatan yang diancam dengan *pidana penjara paling singkat 5 (lima) tahun*, tindak pidana korupsi, tindak pidana terorisme, makar, tindak pidana terhadap keamanan negara, dan/atau perbuatan lain yang dapat memecah belah Negara Kesatuan Republik Indonesia.
Przeworski on the Nature & Value of Democracy
Przeworski is the author who has made the most lucid defense of a minimalist conception of democracy while arguing that such a democracy is valuable.
These two texts present his views.
Download Who Decides: https://t.co/xvRt1uhpJD
SMA Kolese Gonzaga menolak jika pelajar tak perlu terlibat dalam penyampaian pendapat di ruang publik.
Eduard Calistus Ratu Dopo menyentil muridnya agar bersikap terhadap kondisi masyarakat.
Di Timor Leste, Pater Edu juga membebaskan muridnya berdemonstrasi.
#TempoPlus terbit setiap hari dalam bentuk digital. Baca di https://t.co/8DnnfpK5I6.
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Ada Pemburu Rente di Proyek Makan Bergizi Gratis
Sejumlah yayasan diduga bermain dalam proyek makan bergizi gratis. Hasil investigasi Tempo mengungkap keberadaan yayasan-yayasan yang didirikan oleh para pendukung presiden terlibat dan mendapatkan keuntungan dari proyek ini.
Simak selengkapnya di program Jelasin Dong! Setiap Sabtu, pukul 14.00 WIB di Youtube Tempodotco dan Spotify Jelasin Dong!
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