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STEM vs Soshum? Our evidence shows that countries with a higher proportion of engineering college majors grow faster; whereas countries with a higher proportion of law concentrators grow more slowly.

Jetten is of Indo descent as both his dad and mom have mixed Dutch-Indo heritage. Who would’ve thought that less than a century later, the Netherlands would have an incoming PM from its former colony (indirectly)! 😂

The U.S. military strike on Venezuela is deeply regrettable, as it contradicts the very principles of sovereignty and multilateralism that America has long championed. As a self-proclaimed guardian of global democracy, this unilateral action raises serious questions about their

I was briefed this morning on the U.S. military capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, as well as their planned imprisonment in federal custody here in New York City. Unilaterally attacking a sovereign nation is an act of war and a violation of federal and

This is truly insightful! M. Chatib Basri kompas.id/artikel/apbn-2…

Prabowo's decision to join Board of Peace is disappointing, but it is not actually surprising. Prabowo has actively engaged with global far-right alliance (Trump, Netanyahu, etc) since the beginning of his presidency. He shared a similar resentment towards liberal order.

Indonesia’s CPI is 2.92%/yr. Indonesia’s money supply (M2) is growing at 10.01%/yr. That’s WITHIN Hanke's Golden Growth Rate of ~8.43-10.43%/yr, a rate consistent with Indonesia’s 1.5-3.5%/yr inflation target. THE INFLATION STORY = A MONEY SUPPLY STORY.

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Ray Dalio just released 500 years of data showing exactly how empires collapse. His conclusion? America is in Stage 6 of 9. The dangerous stage. Here's what his math actually says about where we're headed: Dalio studied every major empire collapse since 1500. Dutch. British.

“Kalau patriot, pulang.” Dalam konteks riset global, cara berpikir seperti ini sangat tidak menguntungkan negara sendiri. Sangat sedikit orang Indonesia yang berhasil mendapatkan posisi akademik permanen di UK. Dari sekitar hanya 30–40 permanent academics Indonesia di UK (hampir

Saya meyakini pimpinan LPDP memahami konsep brain circulation dan investasi jangka panjang - some of them are bankers anyways. Namun kebijakan mereka kerap berada dalam tekanan politik dan birokrasi. Pertama, ada persepsi bahwa LPDP lebih mudah diakses oleh kalangan elite

banyak sekali miskonsepsi akan alumni LPDP, seakan akan lulusan S2 atau bahkan S3 UK/US/ manapun itu manusia sakti yang bisa berkontribusi “langsung” kepada bangsa. Dalam dunia akademik, overwhelming majority of lulusan PhD itu hanyalah seorang bayi yang masih menyusu; belum

When you use the phrase “mengabdi untuk negara,” you are romanticising scholarship. Mengabdi is a morally charged word. It makes a scholarship sound like an act of "kindness" from the country: something that, in return, demands moral obligation i.e., submission (mengabdi). But

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"It was a miscalculation." Last Thursday, I spent nearly two hours in conversation with John Mearsheimer, unpacking: - The new imperialism, ⁠- Board of Peace and its nature for unilateralism, - Strategic disasters in Iran and Ukraine, ⁠- The possibility of nuclear

Berikut artikel saya di Kompas 11/3/26, “Dari Hormuz ke APBN, Harga Perang bagi Indonesia”. kompas.id/artikel/dari-h…

I’m hearing extremely concerning news that Andrie Yunus, the Deputy Coordinator of the Commission for the Disappeared & Victims of Violence (KontraS) suffered an acid attack carried out by unidentified individuals, resulting in serious injuries across his body. I call on the

INVESTIGATION: Indonesian firms targeted in a palm oil fraud probe supplied European firms, an investigation by AFP and SourceMaterial (SourceMaterial) has found. The European firms include Italian energy giant Eni and Finnish sustainable aviation fuel leader Neste