RSIS Commentaries

• Can Indonesia’s Big Cabinet Deliver on Prabowo’s Promises?

  25 October, 2024

• The Indonesian Budget and Prabowo’s Free-Food Plan

  06 March, 2024

• Battling Inflation: Jakarta Resists Standard Medicine

  18 July, 2022

• Indonesia’s New Capital: Can Jokowi Find the Money?

  21 March, 2022

• Surprise Court Ruling: Jokowi’s Omnibus Law Hits Snag

  21 January, 2022

• Indonesia's Budget 2022: Too Ambitious?

  27 August, 2021

• Growing Out of COVID-19: Can New Tools Work?

  01 April, 2021

• Indonesia’s Joblessness: Worsened By the Pandemic

  11 February, 2021

• Jokowi’s Cabinet Reshuffle: Will It Beat COVID-19?

  24 December, 2020

• Jokowi’s Omnibus Law: Cure for Indonesia’s Headache?

  16 October, 2020

Op-Eds

• “Vaccination Drive Poses Big Test of Indonesia’s State Capacity”, The Straits Times, 15 January 2021
• “To Build Back Better, Indonesia Must Get on Top of Coronavirus”, The Straits Times, 12 December 2020
• “Awards for Indonesian Judges Raise Conflict of Interest Questions”, The Diplomat, 7 December 2020
• “‘Man of Contradictions’ Spotlights Jokowi’s Struggle to Remake Indonesia”, The Jakarta Post, 21 September 2020
• “Bully Or Benefactor? New Book Explores China’s Relationship With ASEAN States”, South China Morning Post, 5 September 2020
• “Reasons to Cheer for Indonesia’s 75th Independence Day”, The Straits Times, 15 August 2020
• “Why Regulatory Obesity Is a Menace to Indonesia’s Economic Health”, The Straits Times, 29 May 2020