The legal changes are a sign of Jakarta’s increasing concern about the potential for conflict in the region, especially over ...

Recent revisions to the country’s 2004 National Armed Forces Law have broken down the firewall between the military and ...

President Prabowo Subianto, a former general in the Suharto regime, is taking a step towards dictatorial rule, amid a massive ...

A potent mix of policy shifts at home and abroad have raised concerns about Indonesia’s economy, sending investors fleeing ...

In analyzing the phenomenon of international competition, American estimates, including a report from the "Council on Foreign Relations" issued in December ...

In many ways, this ought to be Indonesia’s moment. Against a backdrop of escalating geo-economic competition between the US ...

Lawmakers in Indonesia last week approved the amendment of a 2004 military law aimed at expanding the armed forces' role beyond defense and into civilian affairs. The new law allows active-duty ...

Military cooperation between France and Indonesia has grown in recent years. French air force planes made a stopover in July ...

Legislators revised a law to allocate more civilian posts for military officers, a move that harked back to the era of the ...

Despite Jakarta's ambitious net-zero goals, analysts say the country has limited political will to fulfil its climate ... delays in fund disbursement and the absence of a clear road map for ...

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Photo: UN Women/Ashutosh Negi Women’s equal participation and leadership in political and public life are essential to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. However, data show that ...