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Analysis: Free meal gamble: Can governance save Prabowo's flagship program?

The Jakarta Post 14 Nov 2025
P. resident Prabowo Subianto's flagship free nutritious meal program has hit a critical juncture ... In response, Prabowo has formed a high-level coordinating team to rescue the initiative before it collapses under its own weight ... .
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The history behind the landmark Indonesia-Australia defense treaty

The Jakarta Post 14 Nov 2025
A. ustralian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was expansive in his sentiments about the “watershed” bilateral security treaty announced with Indonesia this week ... From the outset, Australia has enjoyed warm relations with its giant neighbor ... .
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Indonesia’s economy is failing to engage with the world

The Jakarta Post 14 Nov 2025
A. s President Prabowo Subianto’s one-year anniversary in office comes and goes, reflecting on the ambition of his government is natural. The President vehemently committed himself to an 8 percent growth target going into the election.
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ASEAN will struggle to escape US-China squeeze

The Jakarta Post 14 Nov 2025
S. outheast Asian nations are in a bind ... Alleviating the twin pressures will require a mix of defense and offense. On the surface, relations between the US and Southeast Asian countries are improving.
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Israel's campuses are under political attack. Academia must push back

Haaretz 13 Nov 2025
After Deputy Minister Almog Cohen and activists stormed a Ben-Gurion University classroom, one thing is clear. Israeli academia cannot function under threats or political bullying ....
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Psych Professor Steven Pinker Criticizes Cancel Culture in Academia, Promotes Ideological Openness at IOP Forum

The Harvard Crimson 13 Nov 2025
The prevalence of “canceling” people over ideological differences in academia is particularly ironic for a discipline whose goal is to “ascertain the truth,” according to Pinker, but he argued that it is also driven by universal psychological traits.
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Building communities of belonging in academia (University of the Witwatersrand)

Public Technologies 13 Nov 2025
) Building communities of belonging in academia. 13 November 2025 - Wits University. New Head of Postgraduate Studies and Researcher Development aims to cultivate connections and shared growth to ward off postgrad isolation ... People need proximity.
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Analysis: GoTo still struggles to escape the clouds of controversy

The Jakarta Post 13 Nov 2025
T. ech giant PT GoTo Gojek Tokopedia has remained under intense public scrutiny throughout 2025 ... Then, the law enforcement conducted a search of of GoTo's office that led them to discover yet another controversy involving GoTo ... .
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The Mamdani effect: How government failure sways voters

The Jakarta Post 13 Nov 2025
L. ocal elections in the United States brought a renewal to the domestic political atmosphere. In particular, attention focused on Zohran Mamdani, elected as New York mayor ... The first model is the proximity theory ... .
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America's future is being sacrificed for short-term ‘wins’

The Jakarta Post 13 Nov 2025
T. he United States is winning. Or at least that is how it looks if you are tracking market indices and the parade of countries lining up to cut deals with President Donald Trump. The US economy is outpacing its allies. Stocks keep hitting record highs ... .
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Riau's paradox: The 'cursed' resource riches amid neglect and graft

The Jakarta Post 13 Nov 2025
O. nce celebrated as one of Indonesia’s richest provinces, Riau now stands as a paradox, a land of crude oil and oil palm where prosperity rarely reaches the people ... In the early 1970s, Riau produced six-sevenths of Indonesia's crude oil ... .
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