Development of a Smart City in the new capital, Kalimantan, has been touted to balance both environmental and industrial considerations. This is debatable as land losses since development started has yet to be replaced.
The community plays an important role in the reintegration of terrorists and their families. Recognizing this, ruangobrol.id piloted a “hyper local” project involving individuals of diverse backgrounds.
COVID-19 has not only presented many unprecedented challenges to daily lives; it has changed the violent extremism landscape in Malaysia.
The pace of Islamisation in Malaysia has undoubtedly increase in the past decade. Spiritual Hijrah by the masses towards greater piety is of course commendable – until it is used by celebrities, entrepreneurs, and politicians for their personal gain.
Despite the Indonesian government’s good intentions to ensure the well-being of fallen submariners’ families, these initiatives demonstrate a need for well-established social security schemes for TNI personnel.
Islamic populism is currently a go-to strategy for Malay-based political parties vying for support form the same pool of electorates. This has been detrimental to the rights and liberties of non-Muslims in Malaysia with the possibility of extremism.
With agritech, crops are grown in a controlled environment negating the need for labour-intensive work. Higher dependency on such technology for our basic needs increases its attractiveness as targets of attack. Credit: Unsplash/Steve Douglas Introduction The importance of maintaining food security was re-emphasized with the onset of COVID-19. The pandemic has also emphasized the need …
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Bombmaking parts being displayed after a counterterrorism raid of a house in Jakarta. Credit: KOMPAS.COM/Jimmy Ramadhan Azhari Introduction The intent to employ chemical agents in Indonesia has yet to dissipate. Like the Singapore’s Statutes, here, biological agents are any microorganisms and its components excluding toxins while chemical agents are toxic chemicals and its precursors. This …
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Muhyiddin Yassin received the royal mandate to become the eighth Prime Minister of Malaysia. Credit: AFP Introduction In the recent political crisis in Malaysia, Muhyiddin Yassin would have been presented with two options to stabilize the situation. These two options, representing the current public sentiments in Malaysia, were to either call for a snap election …
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Can news media in Indonesia confer “immortality” to Indonesians convicted of terrorism? Credit: Dreamstime/Jovani Carlo Gorospe Introduction It has been argued that news media and terrorism have a symbiotic relationship but what impact does this relationship have on terrorism perpetrators?[1] More specifically, can it help these perpetrators attain a sense of immortality as described in …
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Indonesian children participants in a parade carrying props resembling rifles. Credit: TWITTER/@RASJOGJA Introduction Despite the “war on terror” since 2001, there is now a commonly accepted rhetoric that “terrorism is not going away.”[1] To confound this new security norm, states not only have to respond to threats within their borders but also must respond to …
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Police disposing remnants of a supposed chlorine bomb in Jakarta in 2015. Credit: Antara Photo/Prasetyo Utomo Introduction In August 2017, Indonesian authorities uncovered a plot to use chemical and radioactive explosive devices by a pro-IS cell in Bandung, Indonesia. This is the second known attempt by terrorists in three years using unconventional weapons. In 2015, …
Revoking citizenships potentially a short-term gain, long-term loss. Credit: Perum Peruri Introduction The impetus to revise Indonesia’s Anti-Terrorism Bill of 2013 has once again gained traction. Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly stated that the suicide bombing in Solo, Indonesia on 5 July 2016 – on the eve of the end of the fasting …
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