Indonesia’s largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), is facing one of the most disruptive leadership crises in its modern history. The contested “dismissal” of Chairman Yahya Cholil Staquf by the Syuriyah Council has ignited a national debate—not only about...
The sudden spotlight cast by Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin on the private airport operated by the Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP), the largest nickel processing center in the country, may look, on the surface, like a routine intervention about...
President Prabowo Subianto’s decision to rehabilitate three former ASDP directors—after their corruption convictions had already become final—is not merely a legal anomaly. It is a political warning shot. Indonesia is sliding toward a system where judicial verdicts...
The 212 Alumni Group (PA 212), a hardline Islamist coalition that traces its political birth to the massive anti-Ahok demonstration of Dec. 2, 2016, will once again stage a “Reuni Akbar 212” at the National Monument (Monas) on Dec. 2, 2025. The movement is attempting...
Three meetings in five days between President Prabowo Subianto and Deputy House Speaker Sufmi Dasco Ahmad are not “coordination.” They are consolidation. And consolidation does not happen when things are going well — it happens when pressure is building. The same week...
The leadership clash inside Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) is being sold to the public as a routine organizational dispute — a matter of ethics, ideology, and administrative discipline. That narrative is convenient. It hides the real story. What is happening today inside PBNU...
Two national surveys released within days of each other paint a picture of an Indonesia overflowing with optimism. According to Adidaya Institute, public trust in President Prabowo Subianto’s ability to bring change now sits above 90 percent—an extraordinary number in...
The House of Representatives (DPR) has once again come under fire for passing the criminal procedure code (KUHAP) bill despite strong opposition from the public. Civil society groups and student executive boards are reportedly planning to challenge the enactment of...
Indonesia’s political landscape is being redrawn not through party competition or legislative debates, but through a strategic restructuring of its coercive institutions. Under President Prabowo Subianto, the balance of power between the Indonesian National Armed...
Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa, Finance Minister’s latest remark — claiming that journalists have gone too quiet, not fierce enough, and that this supposed passivity has contributed to the country’s economic stagnation — reveals more about the condition of the media ecosystem...
