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The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) promotes democracy, human rights, economic freedom, and curbing climate change. In Asia, we have offices in Bangkok, Jakarta, Manila, New Delhi, Seoul, and Taipei. We also work in Malaysia. The FNF Indonesia team works with Ministry of Human Rights of Indonesia, LestraGP, CIPS, InDeKS, BINA Foundation and SAFENet. Should you have questions or suggestions about our work, please contact us. You can also meet our team here.
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On the Malacca Strait: Pointing A Toy Gun at The World’s Busiest Chokepoint
From afar, a toy gun will look like a real gun, and when Indonesia’s Finance Minister casually jokes about putting a toll tax on one of the world’s most critical maritime chokepoints, the Malacca Strait, the world does not wait to see whether the barrel is plastic or not.
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We Too Have Voice: The Practice of Deliberative Democracy in Indonesia's Rural Communities
Within many local social contexts in Indonesia, elements resembling deliberative practice, akin to deliberative democracy of Habermasian tradition, may already exist as lived social experience long before they are formally conceptualized within academic discourse
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Democratic Resilience in the Age of AI
How to shape a resilient democracy in the age of AI? Political and institutional reforms, technological adaptation and regional cooperation, argues the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats (CALD).
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Resilience in Question: Indonesia’s Response to the Iran War
The war in Iran is putting pressure on Indonesian President Prabowo, who has gone to great lengths to accommodate Trump in recent months. His new foreign policy runs counter to Indonesia’s long-standing principle of non-alignment and is causing discontent within the country
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Will ASEAN reform SOE Governance to align with OECD?
ASEAN economies are integrated in trade and investment, yet uneven in governance standards. As Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines are deepening ties with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), governance standards become an issue.
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ASEAN GOES BRICS
Indonesia has joined BRICS as a full member. Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam have partner status. What drives ASEAN’s biggest countries towards BRICS?
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