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...
Malaysian anti-Israel activists targeted Coke fridges (Source: Twitter)
Asia Watch: Going Viral
Little imagination is required to anticipate the reaction...
Jema’ah Ansharut Daulah (Credit: YouTube screenshot)
Asia Watch: Rogue cells
The threat of Islamist terrorism is still very...
Bali bombing spiritual leader Abu Bakar Bashir: Now a free man (Credit: EPA/Ardiles Rante)
Indonesian Jihadism and Abu Bakar Bashir
  Abu Bakar Bashir is a free man....
Rizieq Shihab and pandemonium at Jakarta airport
Asia Watch: Unwelcome return
  They began to flock towards Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta...
Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi speaking at a virtual extraordinary Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meeting on September 30. (Courtesy of Indonesian Foreign Ministry)
Indonesia, the Palestinians and the new Middle East
  Jakarta Post, October 5, 2020   In...