The opportunity for expatriates to occupy director-level seats at state-owned enterprises is widening. The rationale ranges ...

Pressure to pass the Domestic Workers Protection Bill intensified. A coalition of civil society groups lobbied relatives of ...

Karen Brooks understands the intricacies of Indonesia’s political economy. She is close to Megawati Soekarnoputri and Prabowo ...

Examining Karen Brooks and Lucian Despoiu and their influence on President Prabowo’s policies. Who, in fact, are the “foreign ...

A farmers’ group in Way Kambas National Park fights forest fires and illegal poaching, often confronting people from their ...

Prabowo refers to his critics as “foreign stooges,” but foreigners are whispering in his ear. Lucian Despoiu provides ...

Love for humanity, as Hannah Arendt advised, keeps the world alive. It is the control center of the universe.

Examining Karen Brooks and Lucian Despoiu and their influence on President Prabowo’s policies. Who, in fact, are the “foreign stooges”?

INANCE Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa still recalls his conversation with Lucian Despoiu, founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Majoritas, at the Finance Ministry office in Jakarta in ...

Tom Pepinsky compares Prabowo Subianto to Donald Trump. Prabowo prefers to say he has served rather than actually serving.

The government is preparing to leverage SOEs as a tool for stabilizing food prices. The approach could give rise to a long list of new problems.

WENTY-TWO years after it was proposed, the Domestic Workers Protection Bill is still stuck in the House of Representatives. Now, shortly after National Domestic Workers Day on February 15, 2026, it is ...