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This publication takes a quick tour to recent developments in Indonesia. Following the announcement of extra benefits for parliamentarians, protesters hit the streets due to socio-economic frustration. The protests turned from bad to worse when a 21-year old Gojek driver was run over by a riot police car. The consequences of these events have been widely shared on social media, of which I attempted to capture a sample of.

This article examines Donald Trump’s seemingly contradictory foreign and domestic policy positions through a rational-choice framework, arguing that what appears as inconsistency often reflects deliberate ambiguity designed to maximize political leverage.

Across Sub-Saharan Africa, AI is already rewiring the incentive landscape of elections.

This article analyses how the Russia-Ukraine War has reshaped EU integration across energy, defense, and institutional domains. It argues that while demonstrating unprecedented coordination, the response also reveals persistent limits to supranational integration where national sovereignty dominates.

Nine national AI regulations compared to each other as well as individual metrics. This article does not aim to identify which country has the strongest regulation, rather to serve as a basis for comparison of the legal instruments.

This publication explores the background, buildup, timeline, aftermath, and risk outlook of the July 2025 border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia

This publication examines Colombia’s decision to formally embrace Chinese investments under the umbrella of the Belt and Road Initiative

The gap between hype and reality for AI deployments in cybersecurity is widening.

This article examines the rise and threats posed by so-called 'ghost guns'.

This essay discusses three major factors which I believe have contributed to democratic backsliding in the United States.