One of the most interesting developments at the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg was Indonesia's last-minute request not to be included as a new member. The official justification was Indonesia's ASEAN Chairmanship this year, but that doesn't sound very convincing. ๐งต๐
"Tasks [the government] once accomplished swiftly now drag on for years. Problems we once resolved efficiently now prove interminable. Without incorporating time into our strategic calculations, we will always be too late," Nadia Schadlow writes: https://t.co/CgqfNC0IUl