Squeezed From Both Sides: Prabowo’s Fiscal Reckoning and Governance Implications
Yanuar Nugroho
Indonesia’s president is caught between a rock and a hard place fiscally and politically.

Yanuar Nugroho
Indonesia’s president is caught between a rock and a hard place fiscally and politically.
Deasy Pane|Dharendra Wardhana
Prabowo’s agenda is being driven by flagship programmes focused on nutrition, state-owned enterprises, and cooperatives. These programmes can complement long-term development, but Indonesia should maintain industrial, technological, and green transition priorities.
Yanuar Nugroho
On the policy front, what kind of year lies ahead for the Prabowo administration?
I Gusti Bagus Dharma Agastia
Indonesia has a growing network of subsea communications cables. It needs to ramp up its capacity to bolster the resilience of such critical networks.
Deasy Pane|Siwage Dharma Negara
Indonesia has its work cut out for it given tough headwinds in global trade, but the present government’s attempts to tack its sails may give the country a chance to move in the right direction.
Siwage Dharma Negara|Leo Suryadinata
Like some of his predecessors, President Prabowo has co-opted Indonesia’s tycoons to contribute to a new bond fund. To what end?
Mirza Fanzikri
Indonesia’s push to turn illegal mines into community ventures risks simply recycling old abuses and stalling genuine prosperity for local communities as long as oversight remains weak.
Siwage Dharma Negara|Maria Monica Wihardja
Sri Mulyani’s successor Purbaya has already signalled a greater willingness to support Prabowo’s populist programmes — in ways that could potentially over-expand credit, raise debt burdens, and erode investor confidence.
Kennedy Muslim|Burhanuddin Muhtadi
Almost a year into office, Indonesia’s central government must balance its ambitions against rising public discontent. There is still time to right the ship.
Deasy Pane
Indonesia’s textile and garment sector is struggling. The government needs to move its focus from protection to improving competitiveness.