Prabowo’s Overtures to China and Ramifications on the South China Sea Dispute
Ian Storey
In one sentence, Jakarta appears to have undermined its long-standing position in the South China Sea.

Ian Storey
In one sentence, Jakarta appears to have undermined its long-standing position in the South China Sea.
Xue Song
The success of a Chinese role-playing game featuring a famous cultural icon from China has made headway in Indonesia, highlighting how these symbols can resonate internationally.
Manggi Habir|Siwage Dharma Negara
Indonesia’s 2025 budget is a negotiated outcome accommodating both Joko Widodo’s legacy and some of Prabowo Subianto’s priority programmes. While the formation of this “transition” budget was driven by the Jokowi administration, the new administration may still revise the budget in accordance with Prabowo’s policy priorities.
Yanuar Nugroho|Made Supriatma
The new Indonesian government has had some hiccups in its first fortnight in power. If the president had made better use of the transition between administrations, these hiccups could have been avoided.
Julia Lau|Maria Monica Wihardja
A nationwide poll conducted during the 2024 Indonesian presidential election campaign period shows that swing voters shifted their voting preferences as the election campaigning proceeded, due to their changing perceptions of candidates’ personalities and policy platforms.
Najwa Abdullah
Indonesia has pushed ahead with initiatives to promote religious moderation. Such programmes, however, need to address deeper issues.
Kennedy Muslim|Burhanuddin Muhtadi
Indonesia’s new president might have squandered an opportunity to start with a lean, efficient Cabinet instead of appeasing supporters and partners to form the largest Cabinet since Sukarno.
Sofie Syarief
A free press in a democracy embodies the concept of freedom of speech and checks those in power while ensuring that citizens are well-informed. Both freedoms were at threat under Indonesia’s former president. Things do not look brighter now.
Haula Noor|A'an Suryana
Religious intolerance against minority faiths is a thorn in the body politic of Indonesia that each president has not been able to fully extract. It does not help when local officials confuse or overstep the bounds of their authority.
Julia Lau
Incoming Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto can be expected to be more active than his predecessor in managing Indonesia’s foreign and defence policy. The question is whether the region will see a more assertive Indonesia under Prabowo.