OPINION

IO - Vaccination is a necessary move to generate herd immunity among the people so that we can obstruct COVID-19 infection, reduce the number of people suffering from COVID-19, and ensure that the public...

IO - Indonesia is an archipelagic state comprising a long stretch of islands, plus sea and air spaces of similar size. Although geopolitically Indonesia is seen as having a strategic position, its limited defense...

IO - If we discuss a vision of space, we cannot avoid talking about two essential institutions, the Aviation Council and the National Aviation and Space Agency (Lembaga Aviation dan Aeronautics Nasional – “LAPAN”)...

IO - As the United States continues to progress towards vaccinating enough people to reach herd immunity in the coming months, masking and social distancing requirements being relaxed, and Americans starting to come back...

IO - Air, not as a substance, but the portion of the atmosphere controlled by a country over its territory, has long been seen as something vulnerable and even a weak point in the...

IO - We celebrate National Education Day 2021 amid uncertain conditions, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Learning from India, which is suffering from an even worse COVID-19 wave than the first one; from...

IO - President Joko Widodo has warned his ministers to work harder to achieve Indonesia’s economic growth as set forth in the 2021 State Budget, namely, around 4.5%-5.5%. However, come May 2021, several indicators...

IO - COVID-19 vaccination is meant to fortify the immunity of individuals and groups against infections or heavy illnesses which may offer opportunities to the disease. Vaccination will generate antibodies and immunological memory that...

IO - As is the norm each year, when celebrating Kartini Day on April 21, all Indonesian people commemorate struggle of Ibu Kartini (today remembered as the icon of women’s emancipation in Indonesia) to...

IO - In late 2020, a national media organization held a survey on political consolidation; it reported its findings on 4 January 2021. The report’s opening sentence was: “The year 2021 is the right...

IO - I have not been writing anything for quite some time, either in this news journal or any others. Aside from my concern regarding my own understanding of what has been developing with...