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Growing Rivalry Between Indonesia's Police And Military

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For a decade under former President Joko Widodo, Indonesia’s police force enjoyed unprecedented privileges and power, with numerous high-ranking police officers appointed to key posts across ministries, state-owned enterprises, and regulatory bodies

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B-52 Radar Upgrade Faces New Delays, GAO Says

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The B-52 Stratofortress is now not expected to field an upgraded radar until as late as 2030, a delay of roughly three years, as officials struggle to modernize the Eisenhower-era bomber, according to a watchdog report

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Growing Rivalry Between Indonesia's Police And Military

For a decade under former President Joko Widodo, Indonesia’s police force enjoyed unprecedented privileges and power, with numerous high-ranking police officers appointed to key posts across ministries, state-owned enterprises, and regulatory bodies

When the World Tilts, So Do Its Waterways

You can tell the world is heating up—not just by the record-shattering temperatures in Phoenix or the floodwaters swallowing neighborhoods in Jakarta—but by the receding water levels in the Panama Canal

Fake Fertilisers Threaten Food Security, Experts Warn

People involved in agriculture want the Nigerian government to take stronger action to protect the future of farming by punishing those who make, sell, or distribute fake or poor-quality fertilisers

US-EU Relations Continue To Fray Over Ukraine Question

Disagreements over the "Ukrainian case" have brought the US and European Union (EU) to the lowest point at which their relations have ever been since the creation of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the proclamation of the principles of trans-Atlantic solidarity in the mid-20th century

Pure Orwell: Europe Condemns Iran For Attacks On Its Own Territory

When Israeli warplanes struck Iran this week — violating Iranian sovereignty in a brazen act of aggression, killing scores of civilians alongside top military commanders and nuclear scientists and inviting Iran’s equally indiscriminate retaliatory strikes — Europe’s leaders didn’t condemn the attack

New Way To Combat Road Fatalities

The road authorities should consider allowing the heavy load vehicles to only use the west coast expressway during peak travel season as one of the moves to reduce fatalities from accidents

Greater Warsaw-KL Interdependence

Polish President Andrzej Duda’s first-ever state visit to Malaysia coincided with Poland’s six-month Presidency of the EU Council and Malaysia’s ASEAN chairmanship, creating a new synergy of strategic economic and power convergence

B-52 Radar Upgrade Faces New Delays, GAO Says

The B-52 Stratofortress is now not expected to field an upgraded radar until as late as 2030, a delay of roughly three years, as officials struggle to modernize the Eisenhower-era bomber, according to a watchdog report

The Never-Ending Saga At MIER

The Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER), once the crown jewel of policy-oriented research in Malaysia, is now little more than an empty shell