foreign policy

Questioning Indonesia’s Diplomatic Direction under Foreign Minister Sugiono

The appointment of Sugiono as Indonesia’s Foreign Minister under Prabowo Subianto’s administration has raised various concerns. With a military background and...
Adrian Janitra Putra Adrian Janitra Putra
3 min read

Editorial: The Outsiders and Prabowo’s Human Rights Whitewashing Diplomacy

In her farewell speech in front of many Indonesian diplomats last Friday, former Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi could not hold back...
Editorial Omong-Omong Editorial Omong-Omong
4 min read

Editorial: Test of Prabowo’s Regional Leadership in Myanmar Fragmentation

Under President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest economy, risks being perceived as a paper tiger—strong in rhetoric but weak...
Editorial Omong-Omong Editorial Omong-Omong
4 min read

Editorial: Prabowo’s Thucydidean Dictatorianism

Indonesia’s presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto, an ex-general accused of abducting a number of activists during the end of Soeharto’s brutal totalitarian...
Editorial Omong-Omong Editorial Omong-Omong
3 min read

Editorial: Foreign Policy for Sale?

While money can’t buy everything, it surely could buy Indonesia. Well, at least it could buy a few elites in Indonesia...
Editorial Omong-Omong Editorial Omong-Omong
7 min read

Editorial: Jokowi’s Most Defining Moments

Call it a stroke of genius, a coincidence or a mere luck, but Indonesia’s heavily criticized initial hesitance to condemn Russia’s...
Editorial Omong-Omong Editorial Omong-Omong
2 min read

Editorial: Indonesia’s Diplomacy Loses Its Way

Indonesian diplomacy has been in its lowest points ever since Joko “Jokowi” Widodo took office in 2014 as he degraded the...
Editorial Omong-Omong Editorial Omong-Omong
3 min read