By The Way

Editorial: Police Arrests as Instruments of Terror

“Please, release my daughter. She did nothing wrong.” The desperate cry of Laras Faizati’s mother to President Prabowo Subianto and the...
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Editorial: Change of Narratives and the Return of the State

It was a bright Monday morning at the traffic circle in front of Gadjah Mada University, but the mood was anything...
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Is the Merit System Fair? Rethinking Work, Gender, and Opportunity

In many workplaces today, we hear a lot about something called the merit system. Whether it’s in government offices, big corporations,...
Listra Lubis Listra Lubis
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Independence Under a Shadow

Indonesia marks its 80th year of independence under a cloud of irony. The red-and-white flag will once again be hoisted, the...
Sayyid Muhamad Sayyid Muhamad
4 min read

Editorial: the Police, the Untouchable Leviathan, Must Be Reformed Now!

President Prabowo Subianto must immediately replace Indonesia’s police chief and initiate sweeping reforms to salvage his government’s legitimacy. With every fresh...
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Indonesia’s Jolly Roger: Gunning for Justice

During Indonesia’s Independence Day celebrations, an unprecedented phenomenon swept across the sprawling archipelagic nation. Instead of raising the Sang Saka Merah...
Tata Auniyrahman Tata Auniyrahman
2 min read

Hotter Climate, Thinner Wallet: Indonesia’s Struggle to Go Green Without Going Broke

Have you noticed the weather feels off lately? Sweat-soaked days with unpredictable rain, rice harvests arriving late, fish getting harder to...
Emmanuel Adi Emmanuel Adi
2 min read

Editorial: Prabowo’s Serakahnomics in Action

In the theatre of Indonesian politics, outrage has long been a recurring act. But the arrest of Deputy Minister of Manpower...
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Editorial: Pati, Indonesia Spring, and 80 Years of Mediocrity

Is this the moment when Indonesians have finally had enough? Will the anger in Pati, Central Java, ripple across the country,...
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Editorial: When Numbers Serve Power

Feeding President Prabowo Subianto’s ego with the wrong message is the last thing Indonesia needs. But that seems exactly what is...
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