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Indonesia’s disastrous own-goal
This week saw FIFA forced to don its...
Israel's national youth football team (Image: Asi Kipper/ Israel Football Association)
Asia Watch: Playing by the rules
Note: Subsequent to this article being posted, Indonesia...
Megawati: Yet to anoint her party's presidential candidate
Asia Watch: Waiting games
Indonesian presidential elections occur at five-year intervals, leaving...
Joko Widodo with Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv: Indonesia's national interests extend well beyond Asia (Screenshot)
Asia Watch: Indonesia and the Ukraine crisis
In late June, Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi),...
Captured NII militants with their flag (Image: Twitter)
Asia Watch: Endless mission
Indonesia’s elite Densus 88 counter-terrorism taskforce continues to...
Indonesian President Widodo: Pushing hard against Islamist influence (Image: Shutterstock)
Asia Watch: Unfinished business
Despite being constitutionally barred from seeking a third...
Yahya Cholil Staquf: Previous visitor to Israel (Image: Nahdlatul Ulama)
Asia Watch: Sign posts
Indonesia watchers in Israel and the wider Jewish...
Despite Indonesia’s hopes for ASEAN action on Myanmar, other members have been reluctant to commit (Source: ASEAN)
Indonesian foreign policy encounters some harsh realities
The recent Taliban takeover of Afghanistan has received...
The late Ali Kalora, former MIT commander (Screenshot)
Asia Watch: Gaining ground
Indonesia’s effort to counter and extinguish violent Islamic...
Densus 88: Indonesia's elite counterterror force (Source: Creative Commons)
Asia Watch: A waiting game
While the world absorbs the sudden return of...
Israel has good reasons to keep trying to develop ties with Indonesia (Credit: Shutterstock)
Israel’s hopes for Indonesia 
The story of Israel-Indonesia relations is an ongoing...
Key militants killed in southern Philippines (Source: Joint Task Force Sulu)
Asia Watch: Another kingpin down
Security forces in Southeast Asia retain an impressive...