By The Way

Editorial: The Words Prabowo Needs to Say at the United Nations

When President Prabowo Subianto takes the podium at the United Nations General Assembly on September 23, following Brazil’s President Lula da...
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Editorial: If Sri Mulyani is Mourinho, Purbaya is Klopp

To translate fiscal policy into football terms, former finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati played defense while her predecessor Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa prefers...
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Editorial: In Using Force, the State Learns More Is More

The seeming success of the government’s repressive tactics, by granting the police and military freedom to use force and implement war-like...
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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
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