Kurniawan Arif Maspul, Author at ZNetwork
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3232Rohingya Crisis Deepens, Timor-Leste Breaks ASEAN’s Silence
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/rohingya-crisis-deepens-timor-leste-breaks-aseans-silence/
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/rohingya-crisis-deepens-timor-leste-breaks-aseans-silence/#respondWed, 18 Feb 2026 17:45:00 +0000https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1294874The boats that carried the Rohingya across the Naf River in 2017 did more than ferry desperate families into Bangladesh. They carried an indictment of Southeast Asia’s conscience. More than 742,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar’s Rakhine State in the space of a year, according to UNHCR estimates, joining earlier waves of displacement to form one of [...]]]>https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/rohingya-crisis-deepens-timor-leste-breaks-aseans-silence/feed/0Highlighting MK‑84 Strikes, Humanity Calls For Justice
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/highlighting-mk-84-strikes-humanity-calls-for-justice/
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/highlighting-mk-84-strikes-humanity-calls-for-justice/#respondTue, 17 Feb 2026 17:15:00 +0000https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1294839Some wars brutalise, and others erase. Gaza has been erased for the past 3 years. In the crowded, coastal strip of just 140 square kilometres, the detonation of a 2,000-pound MK-84 bomb does more than level concrete, leaving no trace of nearly 3,000 Palestinians. It creates a fireball reaching roughly 3,500 degrees Celsius — about [...]]]>https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/highlighting-mk-84-strikes-humanity-calls-for-justice/feed/0Indonesia Must Not Let Gaza’s Reconstruction Bypass Palestinian Rights
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/indonesia-must-not-let-gazas-reconstruction-bypass-palestinian-rights/
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/indonesia-must-not-let-gazas-reconstruction-bypass-palestinian-rights/#respondWed, 28 Jan 2026 20:20:34 +0000https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1294088History has a long memory in Jakarta. In 1955, as newly decolonised nations gathered in Bandung, Indonesia placed Palestine at the moral heart of its foreign policy, not as a slogan but as a principle: freedom is indivisible. Seven decades later, that inheritance has returned with force, as Indonesia steps into one of the most [...]]]>https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/indonesia-must-not-let-gazas-reconstruction-bypass-palestinian-rights/feed/0Davos: Trump and Sisi Push, but Ethiopia Holds Its Nile Line
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/davos-trump-and-sisi-push-but-ethiopia-holds-its-nile-line/
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/davos-trump-and-sisi-push-but-ethiopia-holds-its-nile-line/#respondSat, 24 Jan 2026 14:25:59 +0000https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1293883The Nile has always been more than a river. It is memory, identity and survival braided together across north-east Africa. Today, as the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam rises on the Blue Nile, that ancient river has become a mirror reflecting the unfinished business of decolonisation, development and diplomacy. The debate unfolding between Ethiopia, Sudan and [...]]]>https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/davos-trump-and-sisi-push-but-ethiopia-holds-its-nile-line/feed/0After Bondi, Australia Faces a Foreign Policy Choice
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/after-bondi-australia-faces-a-foreign-policy-choice/
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/after-bondi-australia-faces-a-foreign-policy-choice/#commentsWed, 21 Jan 2026 18:56:00 +0000https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1293724Australia has entered one of those rare diplomatic moments when grief at home collides with moral judgment abroad, and when a single invitation carries meanings far beyond the bounds of protocol. The decision to host Israeli President Isaac Herzog in the aftermath of the Bondi Beach Hanukkah massacre has become more than an act of [...]]]>https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/after-bondi-australia-faces-a-foreign-policy-choice/feed/1The Streets of Iran Are Burning, and So Is the Myth of Stability
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-streets-of-iran-are-burning-and-so-is-the-myth-of-stability/
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-streets-of-iran-are-burning-and-so-is-the-myth-of-stability/#respondTue, 20 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0000https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1293697Estimates of the human cost of the unrest vary dramatically; U.S.-based monitors such as HRANA report at least 2,571 people killed, while some outlets and activist networks have cited far higher figures, including claims of around 12,000 deaths. Iran’s streets have seen this story before, yet each time it unfolds, the emotional toll deepens and [...]]]>https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-streets-of-iran-are-burning-and-so-is-the-myth-of-stability/feed/0The $70 Billion Question: Who Will Rebuild Gaza & On Whose Terms?
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-70-billion-question-who-will-rebuild-gaza-on-whose-terms/
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-70-billion-question-who-will-rebuild-gaza-on-whose-terms/#respondMon, 19 Jan 2026 17:53:38 +0000https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1293647If Gaza’s reconstruction is mishandled, it will not only fail millions of Palestinians — it will accelerate the unravelling of the global order. There are moments when a conflict refuses to remain a single story on a single map. Gaza has become one of those moments: not only a catalogue of human loss but a [...]]]>https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-70-billion-question-who-will-rebuild-gaza-on-whose-terms/feed/0
The boats that carried the Rohingya across the Naf River in 2017 did more than ferry desperate families into Bangladesh. They carried an indictment of Southeast Asia’s conscience. More than 742,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar’s Rakhine State in the space of a year, according to UNHCR estimates, joining earlier waves of displacement to form one of [...]]]>
Some wars brutalise, and others erase. Gaza has been erased for the past 3 years. In the crowded, coastal strip of just 140 square kilometres, the detonation of a 2,000-pound MK-84 bomb does more than level concrete, leaving no trace of nearly 3,000 Palestinians. It creates a fireball reaching roughly 3,500 degrees Celsius — about [...]]]>
History has a long memory in Jakarta. In 1955, as newly decolonised nations gathered in Bandung, Indonesia placed Palestine at the moral heart of its foreign policy, not as a slogan but as a principle: freedom is indivisible. Seven decades later, that inheritance has returned with force, as Indonesia steps into one of the most [...]]]>
The Nile has always been more than a river. It is memory, identity and survival braided together across north-east Africa. Today, as the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam rises on the Blue Nile, that ancient river has become a mirror reflecting the unfinished business of decolonisation, development and diplomacy. The debate unfolding between Ethiopia, Sudan and [...]]]>
Australia has entered one of those rare diplomatic moments when grief at home collides with moral judgment abroad, and when a single invitation carries meanings far beyond the bounds of protocol. The decision to host Israeli President Isaac Herzog in the aftermath of the Bondi Beach Hanukkah massacre has become more than an act of [...]]]>
Estimates of the human cost of the unrest vary dramatically; U.S.-based monitors such as HRANA report at least 2,571 people killed, while some outlets and activist networks have cited far higher figures, including claims of around 12,000 deaths. Iran’s streets have seen this story before, yet each time it unfolds, the emotional toll deepens and [...]]]>
If Gaza’s reconstruction is mishandled, it will not only fail millions of Palestinians — it will accelerate the unravelling of the global order. There are moments when a conflict refuses to remain a single story on a single map. Gaza has become one of those moments: not only a catalogue of human loss but a [...]]]>