OPINION

IO - Earlier this year I wrote a column about the decline of liberalism.  How serious a decline? According to the Economist Intelligence Unit, which publishes an annual index on democracy, last year was...

IO - Eric Posner, an American law professor at the University of Chicago Law School, is part of a growing pool of scholars studying the steady decline of democracy, not only in the United...

IO - I was born and raised in a small and tranquil village not far away from the Bukit Tiga Puluh National Park, in Jambi, Indonesia. My morning bathing rituals in the longest river...

IO - The Indonesian Statistics (Badan Pusat Statistik – “BPS”) recently released an interesting data that many welcomes: the Government’s success in reducing the percentage of poor residents to a single digit. As an...

IO - Negative impressions about foreign companies in Indonesia never waver – they even tend to worsen every day. One of the companies whose positive side is nearly never reported is Freeport Indonesia –...

IO - Last week, after more than a year of wrangling and heated negotiations, Freeport McMoRan Inc. inked a heads of agreement with the Government of Indonesia’s state-owned mining holding company, Inalum, on the...

IO – There is an odd disconnect in the mainstream media about Indonesia’s elections.   International surveys and opinion polls show Indonesia’s reputation is badly tarnished by corruption in its political bodies and business community.  Yet when...

IO - I have warned and written many times that Rupiah will to continue to weaken throughout 2018. There may be times when Rupiah seems to strengthen, but this will be a temporary condition,...

IO - The recently-concluded EU Summit had just three key items on its agenda: migration, a “trade war” and transition issues around “Brexit”. As for this final matter, it was originally hoped that an...

IO - On 24 June 2018, Rakyat Merdeka Online (RMOL) reported that Witness Iwan Ridwan Prawiranata stated that Syamsul Nursalim’s Bank Dagang Negara Indonesia – “BDNI”, has misused the Bank Indonesia (Central Bank) Liquidity...

IO - Warta Sejarah (“Historic Report”) was a magazine published by Greater Indonesia Party (Partai Indonesia Raya – “Parindra”). This edition that I uploaded is edition No. 6/I, June 1936. According to the information...