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Editorial: When the Benefit of the Doubt Runs Out

Indonesians may wake up in 2026 with many reasons to worry, and with a question that can no longer be postponed:...
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5 min read

Editorial: Development by Destruction, Elite Environmental Capture, and Indonesia’s Disaster

When a president owns nearly 100,000 hectares of pulpwood plantation in the centre of a region devastated by floods and landslides...
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4 min read

Being Altruistic is the Key to Tranquility in Life

In this world, where people often don’t even think to say “thanks,” letting go of things is the way to have...
Aryo Bontang Aryo Bontang
2 min read

Editorial: Indonesia’s Foreign Policy Shrinking at the Top, Expanding at the Bottom

Thousands of young people stood in a long line outside Kasablanka Hall in South Jakarta on Saturday morning. They had travelled...
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4 min read

Editorial: In the Country’s Foreign Policy, Prabowo is Indonesia

If Louis XIV of France once personified his country with the legendary claim “L’État, c’est moi”, or “I am the state”,...
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4 min read

Editorial: Prabowo Doesn’t Need to Be Another Soeharto

Soeharto becoming a national hero seems unreal. His acts were so devastating to the nation that calling his name in a...
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4 min read

Editorial: When the World Hails Bandung, Indonesia Forgets

The room was packed, with scholars from across the region and Philippine students patiently listening and enthusiastically asking questions on the...
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4 min read

Editorial: ‘Revolusi’ Versus Indonesia’s Attempt to Rewrite History

As I gazed at David Van Reybrouck talking about the struggle of Indonesian freedom fighters at a session discussing his superb...
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4 min read

Resisting Voices of Ubud Writers and Readers Festival 2025

Expressing her anger upon discovering that President Prabowo Subianto’s government had attempted to manipulate history through its efforts to rewrite the...
Abdul Khalik Abdul Khalik
4 min read

Draconian AI vs Humane AI at Ubud Writers Festival 2025

The Ubud Writer & Reader Festival (UWRF) positions itself at the forefront of global and regional discussion on artificial intelligence when...
Abdul Khalik Abdul Khalik
3 min read