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The unfulfilled potential of Aceh
Revisiting 20 years of peace and (underused) privileges
Feb 25
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The Reformist Desk
10
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Editorial: Why would you take away people’s health insurance overnight?
It’s people’s lives on the line
Feb 23
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The Reformist Desk
13
2
When ‘sawit’ becomes a tree
Why KBBI’s reclassification of oil palm has political consequences
Feb 14
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Kurniawan Arif Maspul
13
1
7
Join The Reformist Insiders Writing Competition
Public sector professionals, this is the time to tell your story—for a prize!
Feb 13
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The Reformist Desk
6
2
Editorial: Why the stock market crash is a self-inflicted governance failure
The MSCI warning did not cause the meltdown. It exposes a problem ignored for too long.
Feb 12
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The Reformist Desk
17
3
How we spent decades ignoring deforestation data
Ignorance is bliss and, in this case, power
Feb 6
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Rakan Noor
and
George Mikhael
5
2
The myth of decentralization
Autonomy without the money
Feb 5
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The Reformist Desk
20
2
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January 2026
Editorial: A thousand technocrats too few, one nephew too many
President Prabowo, do not strip BI of its independence
Jan 31
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The Reformist Desk
23
2
Democracy without civic virtue
Direct election is at risk—have we forgotten the spirit of the ‘Republic’?
Jan 30
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Rosita Miladmahesi
11
4
The rise and fall of KPK
From political breakthrough to institutional decay
Jan 27
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The Reformist Desk
13
2
Editorial: Indirect regional elections, the great leap backward
Our thoughts on Indonesia’s democracy (of the elite, by the elite, for the elite—and why it shouldn’t be)
Jan 23
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The Reformist Desk
15
7
Prabowo wants 100 GW of solar energy. What can we learn from India?
Our new podcast episode ft. UC Berkeley’s Nikit Abhyankar is now on YouTube
Jan 22
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The Reformist Desk
6
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