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Against the backdrop of the standoff between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea, the second Special Australia-ASEAN Summit offered leaders from Australia and Southeast Asia the opportunity to speak candidly about the ...

On 14 February, over 200 million Indonesians will vote in the world's largest direct presidential elections. Three candidates—former Jakarta governor Anies Basewdan, Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto, and former Central Java governor Ganjar Pranowo—are vying for ...

Indonesian President Joko Widodo will meet with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Sydney this week on his third (and possibly last) state visit to Australia, a country he once referred to as being Indonesia's 'closest ...

In recent months, announcements of successful tests by various Southeast Asian telecommunication companies in RedCap ('reduced capacity') 5G have been a reminder of the region's gradual rollout of fifth-generation networks. RedCap 5G is expected to ...

Across the world, governments and businesses depend on the transformative powers of digital technology to drive economic growth. Naturally, digitalisation leaves organisations, government agencies and consumers more vulnerable to cyber threats, including from states using ...

To be strategically successful, the Quad needs buy-in from the rest of the Indo-Pacific region, notably from Southeast Asia. It needs to persuade the region that it 'stands for something and not just against something', ...

This study is an inquiry into the use of strategic partnerships as an instrument of diplomacy in Indonesia. Strategic partnerships have become a key fixture of Indonesia's omnidirectional foreign policy in the post-Suharto era. However, the rationale behind the formation of strategic partnerships for Indonesia's strategic interests, as well as the process behind its formation, remain understudied. This paper seeks to fill this gap in the literature by examining how Indonesia utilizes its strategic partnership to engage China. Using Wilkins' analytical framework for the study of strategic partnerships, this study finds that Indonesian policymakers have used strategic partnerships as instruments to create multiple channels of communication for the purposes of economic pragmatism and the overarching goal of socializing the target state into accepting Indonesia's vision of the international order. The case study on China indicates that strategic partnerships have only been partially successful in helping Indonesia deliver its goals. While increased formal interactions have facilitated economic and social interaction, the utility of strategic partnerships has instruments of influencing Chinese behaviour in the international system remain minimal.

As we celebrate World Intellectual Property Day today on 26 April, let's remember all the innovation that has been stolen. While innovators have had their intellectual property stolen for centuries, in modern times they face ...