What Indonesia’s finance chief really brought back from Beijing
When Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa landed in Beijing last week, the official agenda appeared straightforward: secure support…
Perilous logic behind Indonesia’s commodity export funnel
JAKARTA – When President Prabowo Subianto rose before Indonesia’s plenary parliamentary session on May 20, 2026, few foresaw…
Indonesia pushes back after Chinese business group complains tougher rules hurt investors
Chinese businesses in Indonesia have issued an unusually blunt warning to President Prabowo Subianto that a wave of…
Indonesia’s ill-timed return to the financial brink
Economists worried about the state of central bank independence are almost linearly focused on the Federal Reserve in…