By The Way

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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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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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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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...
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