Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) chair Muhammad Isnur believes President Prabowo Subianto has violated the constitution by signing the reciprocal

Divya Kariza, Jakarta – The government is urging the European Union to comply with a World Trade Organization ruling on the bloc's discriminatory policies against Indonesian palm oil, a

Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – Forum of Retired Indonesian Military (TNI) Members (FPP) has called on President Prabowo Subianto to withdraw the plan to deploy 8,000 Indonesian troops t

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – Foreign Minister Sugiono stated that the Kingdom of Jordan is ready to support Indonesia in sending military personnel to the Gaza Strip, Palestine, thr

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Both Russia and Ukraine have reacted quite differently to Indonesia's abstention in a UN resolution on a truce, with Moscow saying that it understands why

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – An academic from Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia, has criticized the recently signed Indonesia-United States trade pact, arguing that it lacks fair re

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – An analyst has warned that Indonesia should watch out for retaliatory measures from China, which could even morph into an international trade lawsuit, foll

Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – Indonesian exporters are worried that a new United States import tariff entering into force on Tuesday will reduce demand for their products in the US, even thou

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – Denny Indrayana, a Constitutional Law Professor at Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), has urged the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) to reject the reci

Radhiyya Indra, Jakarta – Indonesia has stressed the importance of providing stability through the United States-led Board of Peace (BoP) to pave the way for lasting peace in Gaza, amid

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Susannah Patton – The conventional account of why Timor-Leste's membership of ASEAN is good for regional security goes something like this: Timor-Leste is a young, post-conflict, least-

Ary Hermawan and Iim Halimatusa'diyah – Indonesian Islamic groups' endorsement of President Prabowo's decision to join Trump's Board of Peace risks perceptions that they are departing f

Aristyo Darmawan – On Thursday, 19 February 2026, during Prabowo's visit to the United States, Indonesia signed a tariff deal with the US as part of the Implementation of the Agreement

Jakarta – WALHI asserts that the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade between Indonesia and the United States (US), signed by Prabowo Subianto and Donald J.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – A senior government official said Monday that Indonesia's tariff deal with the US will not deal a severe blow to the state revenue, although collections ha

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – Former Indonesian deputy foreign minister Dino Patti Djalal expressed regret that President Prabowo Subianto did not explicitly mention the two-state soluti

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Foreign Minister Sugiono claims that the authorities in the Gaza Strip understand Indonesia's reasons for participating in the International Stabilization

Mutia Yuantisya, Jakarta – Bhima Yudistira Adhinegara, Director of the Center of Economic and Law Studies (Celios), raised concerns over the Agreement of Reciprocal Trade (ART) between

Anastasya Lavenia Yudi, Jakarta – The Center on Reform on Economics (CORE) Indonesia assesses the reciprocal tariff agreement between the United States and Indonesia as a new pattern of

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – The Chair of Fatwa Division at Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), Asrorun Ni'am Sholeh, stated that American goods entering Indonesia do not require halal certif

Washington – Indonesia will continue to require domestic processing of critical minerals despite reaching a reciprocal trade agreement with the United States, Energy and Mineral Resourc

Agencies, Washington, DC – Indonesia will take a deputy commander role in a nascent International Stabilization Force in Gaza and Morocco will contribute troops, the unit's American chi

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto attended the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, February 19, 2026.

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto praised the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Palestine.

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto revealed his aspirations for the newly established Board of Peace during its inaugural high-level meeting, initiated

Jakarta – Indonesia and the United States finalized a trade deal to cut US levies to 19 percent from 32 percent on goods shipped from Southeast Asia's biggest economy, with Jakarta secu

Eka Permadhi, Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Institute (YLBHI) has condemned the attendance of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto at the inaugural Board of Peace (BoP) meeting in

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia has signed a poison pill clause in the US trade agreement, which includes provisions that analysts warn are Washington's attempt to counter China

Grant Wyeth – With the Parseria Foun ba Era Foun declaration, Australia and Timor-Leste hope to build a partnership grounded in equality, shared regional interests, and respectful coope

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) asserts that Indonesia should withdraw from the Board of Peace established by the United States.

Adinda Jasmine, Jakarta – Indonesia's planned participation in the International Stabilization Force (ISF) to be deployed in Gaza has received approval from Palestinian authorities.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – US President Donald Trump spoke highly of his Indonesian counterpart Prabowo Subianto when they met at the Gaza Peace Board's inaugural meeting on Thursday

Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – Days ahead of the expected signing of a bilateral tariff agreement with the United States, analysts have called on the government to tread with caution regarding

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition for Security Sector Reform has urged Indonesia to withdraw from the Board of Peace (BoP), a peace council initiated by former U.S.

Rizky Ihsan – On 22 January 2026, Jakarta made a surprising move to join the 'Board of Peace' (BoP) initiative led by United States President Donald Trump.

London – Myanmar has ordered the head of Timor Leste's diplomatic mission to leave the country within seven days, state media quoted the foreign ministry as saying on Monday, in an esca

Duncan Graham – Australia's new security treaty with Indonesia is heavy on symbolism but light on substance.

Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI), which will be deployed to Gaza, Palestine, to pa

Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat, Wishnu Try Utomo – Despite claiming firm solidarity with Palestine, Indonesia has again awarded a major energy concession to a company deeply embedded in Isra

Sita Planasari, Jakarta – Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan reiterated on Wednesday that Palestine rejects any form of foreign guardianship over Gaza.

Yvette Tanamal, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto is expected to travel to the United States next week, with the inaugural Board of Peace meeting and the tariff deal set to take cent

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Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia said Thursday that being in the same Gaza peace board as Israel does not mean normalization of ties.

Julian Borger – Indonesia has said it is preparing to send up to 8,000 troops to Gaza to be part of a peacekeeping force under Donald Trump's Middle East plan.

Julia Payne, Brussels – The European Union has proposed extending its sanctions against Russia to include ports in Georgia and Indonesia that handle Russian oil, the first time the bloc

Bandar Seri Begawan – Brunei Darussalam and Indonesia have formalised their first bilateral framework to combat drug abuse and trafficking, with the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Prim

Sita Planasari, Jakarta – Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sugiono, strongly condemns Israel's decision to impose unlawful Israeli sovereignty in the occupied West Bank, Palestin

Sita Planasari, Jakarta – Indonesia expresses deep concern over the termination of a nuclear weapons limitation agreement between the United States and Russia.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – An Iranian envoy is urging Indonesia not to fear doing business with Tehran despite US sanctions.