Reporting, analysis, vision & strategy bearing on or emanating from Indonesia.
More than sixty years ago, Indonesiaās first president, Sukarno, warned that political independence meant little without economic sovereignty. In his famous Trisakti…
Indonesia has condemned Israelās latest strikes on Lebanon, rightly calling them violations of international law and attacks on civilians. Hundreds have died.…
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto says Jakarta is ready to send up to 8,000 troops to Gaza. Another 18,000 are trained and on…
On Feb. 1, 2026, Indonesia condemned Israelās latest airstrike on Gaza after at least 32 civilians were killed. The Ministry of Foreign…
History has a long memory in Jakarta. In 1955, as newly decolonised nations gathered in Bandung, Indonesia placed Palestine at the moral…
Indonesiaās decision to join the Board of Peace (BoP) for Gaza is not a diplomatic adjustment. It is a moral collapse. It…
By destroying facilities of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in occupied East Jerusalem, Israel has done more than demolish…
If Gazaās reconstruction is mishandled, it will not only fail millions of Palestinians ā it will accelerate the unravelling of the global…
On 16 October the Associated Press reported that a āclashā between the Indonesian military (TNI) and the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) had…
Green Left spoke to Ramzy and Romadon, from Salatiga in Central Java, about what sparked them to become activists and the political developments…
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