NATO leaders pledged to raise defence spending to 5% of GDP by 2035, with 3.5 % dedicated to core military capabilities, at last week’s summit in The Hague. This dramatic increase, framed as a clear ...
Indonesia is a secular country in the sense that its political policies are not necessarily derived from religious teachings and that it does not have a single state religion. Religion, however, does ...
The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia policy. This ...
Adm. Samuel Paparo took command of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command on Friday. (DOD) Adm. Samuel Paparo became the 27th commander of the Asia-focused U.S. Indo-Pacific Command during a ceremony at Pearl ...
India’s Minister for External Affairs S. Jaishankar meets Emanuel Bonne, Diplomatic Advisor to the President of France Emmanuel Macron, in New Delhi, India, January 12, 2024. Credit: X/Dr S Jaishankar ...
When Joko Widodo, popularly as Jokowi, was sworn in as Indonesia’s seventh President in 2014, optimism surrounding the state of democracy in the country seemed at its peak. At a time when dynasties ...
Following the 2008 Beijing Olympics and Global Financial Crisis, China's foreign policy shifted to become more assertive, effecting a systematic deterioration in the US–China relationship. In 2017, ...
The semiconductor industry and its supply chain increasingly rival oil and gas in terms of their importance to international relations, the attention they receive from senior leaders in government and ...
The U.S. Coast Guard is playing an increasingly important role in the U.S. military’s efforts to protect freedom of navigation and commerce in the Western Pacific amid rising tensions with China. In ...
A women’s doubles badminton victory was the first gold for Indonesia in Tokyo and the eighth in the country’s Olympic history. By Hannah Beech Indonesia has won Olympic gold in only one sport: ...
Between 2009–2019, Indonesia created an average of 2.4 million new jobs each year. In 2019, there were more than 120 million working youth and adults in Indonesia. The employment rate reached a ...