C. yclone Senyar hit South and Southeast Asian countries in late November. In Indonesia, the island of Sumatra took the worst hit, especially its northern parts ... But this wasn’t just a natural disaster brought on by intense rain ... .
I. ndonesia has created strategic holdings for nearly every major artery of its national economy. Pertamina anchors energy, Mind ID consolidates minerals and Defend ID coordinates defense manufacturing ... This institutional void has consequences ... .
W ... He is part of the crisis. PresidentPrabowo Subianto’s deep entanglement with forest concessions undermines any legitimacy he seeks in addressing the very disasters his policies and interests helped enable ... He has never once denied it. .
T. he environmental and human toll of mineral extraction is becoming clearer, and more alarming, by the day. Roughly 60 percent of Ghana’s waterways are now heavily polluted due to gold mining along riverbanks ... .
F. ood security is a cornerstone of Indonesia’s stability and national welfare ... With a population of more than 280 million, Indonesia has shown commendable progress, evident in its largest government rice reserves in decades ... .
I. slamic home finance in Malaysia was introduced in the 1980s with high expectations. It promised to create a system free from riba (usury), gharar (harmful uncertainty) and ẓulm (injustice) for 20.6 million Malaysian Muslims... .
B. laming nature for the deadly floods and landslides in Sumatra is not going to take us very far beyond stating the obvious and long held wisdom that, if we cannot beat nature, we have to try to live with it ... .
T ... Sitting atop some of the country’s richest nickel reserves, the complex now hosts more than 50 companies involved in value-added processing, from stainless steel manufacturing to electric-vehicle (EV) battery production.
Institute-industry interfaces act as catalysts for dynamic, flexible, and industry-aligned curricula and transform students from passive learners to future-ready professionals ....