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Editorial: What Prabowo Must Learn from Japan and Korea on Power and Governance

As President Prabowo Subianto departs for Japan and South Korea this weekend, he should be reminded why these two East Asian...
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Editorial: Indonesia’s Hormuz Wake-Up Call

As Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim sat down with President Prabowo Subianto this week, the contrast could not be clearer: Malaysia...
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Editorial: Prabowo’s Unserious Peace Broker Offer Amid US-Israel Attacks on Iran

If US President Donald Trump were to ask Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto to send troops to help him fight Iran, it...
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Editorial: A Contract Teacher, Billion-Rupiah Elites and the Crisis of Justice

Muhammad Hisabul Huda is just trying to survive the harsh reality of life and feed his family. As a contract or...
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Editorial: Why Indonesia Must Reject Prabowo’s Trade Pact With Trump

Prabowo Subianto has signed an economic agreement with US President Donald Trump that constitutes one of the gravest strategic blunders in Indonesia’s contemporary history....
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Editorial: A Casino State That Kills Its Own Child

If a child somewhere in Nusa Tenggara takes his own life for not being able to buy a pencil and notebook...
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Editorial: The Illusion behind Prabowo’s Entry into Trump’s Board of Peace

In the days following Indonesia’s decision to join Donald Trump’s so-called Board of Peace (BOP), President Prabowo Subianto moved quickly to...
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Editorial: Power, Trust, and Indonesia’s Stock Exchange Crash

The crash of Indonesian stock prices last week is less about market technicalities than about a profound collapse of political trust....
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Editorial: Between Davos and Back Home, Two Different Indonesias

President Prabowo Subianto’s speech at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, was an emotionally charged performance of good intent,...
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Editorial: For Prabowo’s Sake, Indonesia Turns to Post-Normative Diplomacy

Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono did not say it explicitly, but the ghost of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s arrest by the US...
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