New Future

The wave of protests that swept through Indonesian cities and towns last week bore more than a few resemblances to those that brought down the Suharto regime in 1998.

Tropical vulnerability The last six millennia have seen much higher ‘carrying capacities', soil fertility, population densities, and urbanisation in the tropics than in the temperate zone.

For many Indonesians, the violent riots currently wracking Jakarta and other cities across the archipelago are eerily reminiscent of the riots of 1998 that accompanied the fall of former dictator…

Peace, Freedom, Neutrality Realising non-alignment for our times should begin with current realities rather than abstract, ahistorical principles.

Conclusion The labor practices described in the preceding sections raise concerns about systemic labor rights risks within garment workshops reportedly linked to Shein's supply chain.

Published in Japan in 2020, Kohei Saito's book “Capital in the Anthropocene” has enjoyed unexpected success, selling around five hundred thousand copies.

The EU and its member states are shifting migration control outside the EU's borders.

Unequal emissions In our grossly unequal world, international disparities account for two-thirds of overall income inequalities.

Chief among these international organizations is the United Nations, with a Charter that bans “the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state.

This is not a rehash of the old “Scramble for Africa”. It's something more complex : a contest not for conquest, but for relevance.

Indonesian template ? After hearing the 2024 US election results, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto respectfully stood up in his Jakarta office to call to congratulate the winner.

As 2025 began, with inflation climbing beyond 11 percent and mass demonstrations bringing major cities to a standstill, Sheikh Hasina's Awami League government crumbled without fanfare.

On July 15 and 16, 2025, Colombia and South Africa, as co-chairs of the Hague Group, convened an emergency ministerial summit in Bogotá to coordinate stronger action against the genocide in…

Vladimir Putin had hosted 2024's summit in Kazan, Russia in late-October.