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How Jakarta's Waste Policy Turned Bantar Gebang Into a Climate Time Bomb Environment and Sustainability East Asia and the Pacific
  • May 2026, 18
  • Nur Azizah Nafa Apriliandani
How Jakarta's Waste Policy Turned Bantar Gebang Into a Climate Time Bomb

This article examines how the systemic failure of urban waste...

Trump's Narcissistic Foreign Policy: A Lesson for Indonesia International Relations East Asia and the Pacific
  • May 2026, 15
  • Ahmad Nurcholis
Trump's Narcissistic Foreign Policy: A Lesson for Indonesia

This article examines how the rise of narcissistic foreign policy—exemplified...

Jakarta Is Sinking While Nusantara Rises Environment and Sustainability East Asia and the Pacific
  • May 2026, 08
  • Sahar Manzoor
Jakarta Is Sinking While Nusantara Rises

Indonesia is spending Rp 75.8 trillion (around US$4.7 billion) building...

Fractured Soul in Jerebuu: A Social Critique from the Nation’s Edge Politics and Society East Asia and the Pacific
  • Apr 2026, 24
  • Fithri Dzakiyyah Hafizah
Fractured Soul in Jerebuu: A Social Critique from the Nation’s Edge

This article examines the tragic death of a child in...

The Strategic Autonomy of Invisible Indonesia International Relations East Asia and the Pacific
  • Apr 2026, 17
  • Ararat Kostanian
The Strategic Autonomy of Invisible Indonesia

This article critically examines Indonesia’s evolving role from a quiet...

Where Is the Collective Solidarity? ASEAN on Hold at the Strait of Hormuz: Prabowo-Anwar’s Bilateral Geopolitics and the Erosion of Regional Unity International Relations East Asia and the Pacific
  • Apr 2026, 10
  • Nani Septianie
Where Is the Collective Solidarity? ASEAN on Hold at the Strait of Hormuz: Prabowo-Anwar’s Bilateral Geopolitics and the Erosion of Regional Unity

This article examines how disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz...

The Price of Being in the Room: Indonesia and the Power Politics of Gaza’s Day After International Relations East Asia and the Pacific
  • Apr 2026, 03
  • Aniello Iannone
The Price of Being in the Room: Indonesia and the Power Politics of Gaza’s Day After

This article examines Indonesia’s participation in the Board of Peace...

What CK Hutchison told us in Panama Case? International Relations East Asia and the Pacific
  • Mar 2026, 30
  • Wallace Loo
What CK Hutchison told us in Panama Case?

This article examines what the attempted sale of CK Hutchison's...

Poverty Alleviation in Kebumen Regency, Central Java: Collaboration, Empowerment, and Infrastructure Politics and Society East Asia and the Pacific
  • Mar 2026, 23
  • Kaamiliaa Dewi
Poverty Alleviation in Kebumen Regency, Central Java: Collaboration, Empowerment, and Infrastructure

This article examines poverty alleviation efforts in Kebumen Regency, Central...

From Bosnia to the Board of Peace: Moral Signaling and Islamic Legitimacy in Indonesian Foreign Policy International Relations East Asia and the Pacific
  • Mar 2026, 16
  • Tufan Kutay Boran
From Bosnia to the Board of Peace: Moral Signaling and Islamic Legitimacy in Indonesian Foreign Policy

This article analyzes Indonesia's participation in the US-led Board of...

Free Meals, Missing Books: The Cost of Misaligned Policy in Indonesia Politics and Society East Asia and the Pacific
  • Mar 2026, 13
  • Wahyu Wulandari
Free Meals, Missing Books: The Cost of Misaligned Policy in Indonesia

This article critically examines Indonesia’s Makan Bergizi Gratis (MBG) programme,...

The Laughter of Resistance: Context Collapse, Political Literacy, and the Psychology of Efficacy in Pandji Pragiwaksono’s Mens Rea Politics and Society East Asia and the Pacific
  • Mar 2026, 09
  • Moch Dimas Maulana
The Laughter of Resistance: Context Collapse, Political Literacy, and the Psychology of Efficacy in Pandji Pragiwaksono’s Mens Rea

This article examines the socio-political impact of Pandji Pragiwaksono’s stand-up...

Forging ASEAN 2025: A Critical Analysis of the Kuala Lumpur Declaration International Relations East Asia and the Pacific
  • Mar 2026, 02
  • Paul Anthony SImon Balagtas
Forging ASEAN 2025: A Critical Analysis of the Kuala Lumpur Declaration

This article critically examines the ASEAN 2025 vision and the...

La Galigo and Blue Pacific: Maritime Solidarity from the Archipelago to the Pacific History East Asia and the Pacific
  • Feb 2026, 27
  • Bobyano Dolyamano Blessing Purba
La Galigo and Blue Pacific: Maritime Solidarity from the Archipelago to the Pacific

This article reinterprets the contemporary “Blue Pacific” concept through La...

Are Men Consistently Neglecting Gender Issues in Current Indonesian Politics? Politics and Society East Asia and the Pacific
  • Feb 2026, 23
  • Fanny Syariful Alam
Are Men Consistently Neglecting Gender Issues in Current Indonesian Politics?

This article examines the persistent "political masculinity" in Indonesia, 41...

The Emergence and Transformation of Islamic Political Parties in Indonesia: Organizational Dynamics, Electoral Challenges, and Theoretical Perspectives Politics and Society East Asia and the Pacific
  • Feb 2026, 20
  • Muhammad Aqshadigrama
The Emergence and Transformation of Islamic Political Parties in Indonesia: Organizational Dynamics, Electoral Challenges, and Theoretical Perspectives

This article examines why Islamic political parties in Indonesia remain...

Indonesia’s 2026 UN Human Rights Council Presidency: a bebas-aktif status bet with domestic reputational costs International Relations East Asia and the Pacific
  • Feb 2026, 16
  • Aniello Iannone
Indonesia’s 2026 UN Human Rights Council Presidency: a bebas-aktif status bet with domestic reputational costs

This article analyzes Indonesia’s 2026 presidency of the UN Human...

Beyond GDP: Why Sumatra’s Disasters Demand a New Measure of Progress Thinkers East Asia and the Pacific
  • Feb 2026, 02
  • M Nadzirummubin
Beyond GDP: Why Sumatra’s Disasters Demand a New Measure of Progress

This article argues that recurring disasters in Sumatra expose the...

Nourish Children, Nourish Citizenship Will the Free-Meals Program Teach Democracy? Politics and Society East Asia and the Pacific
  • Jan 2026, 30
  • Aldi Nur Fadil Auliya
Nourish Children, Nourish Citizenship Will the Free-Meals Program Teach Democracy?

This article examines the global rise of school meal programs,...

Apple Developer Academy in South Sulawesi: Global South Digital Transformation Opportunities in the Midst of Global Technology Inequality International Relations East Asia and the Pacific
  • Jan 2026, 26
  • Matthew Anggi Halomoan Napitupulu
Apple Developer Academy in South Sulawesi: Global South Digital Transformation Opportunities in the Midst of Global Technology Inequality

This article examines the Apple Developer Academy in South Sulawesi...

The New World Order on the Basis of Dynamic Equilibrium and Indonesia's Role as a Middle Power International Relations East Asia and the Pacific
  • Jan 2026, 23
  • Abdullah Akbar Rafsanjani
The New World Order on the Basis of Dynamic Equilibrium and Indonesia's Role as a Middle Power

This article highlights the shifting global structure from a unipolar...

Mapping the Digital Economics and Global Trends with the Indonesian Perspective Politics and Society East Asia and the Pacific
  • Jan 2026, 16
  • Kaamiliaa Dewi
Mapping the Digital Economics and Global Trends with the Indonesian Perspective

This article highlight the development of IT that has been...

Post-Flood Food Price Spikes and Economic Vulnerability: A Case Study of Padang, West Sumatra Environment and Sustainability East Asia and the Pacific
  • Jan 2026, 07
  • Bala Muhammad Muhammad
Post-Flood Food Price Spikes and Economic Vulnerability: A Case Study of Padang, West Sumatra

This article offers a comparative reflection on how Islam has...

Islam and the Colonial Imaginations of Indigeneity: A Comparative Reflection History East Asia and the Pacific
  • Jan 2026, 05
  • Auf A. Said
Islam and the Colonial Imaginations of Indigeneity: A Comparative Reflection

This article offers a comparative reflection on how Islam has...

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