‘Planetary destruction on fast-forward’: witnessing the disappearance of Indonesia’s ‘eternity glaciers’

Researchers racing to document Oceania’s last tropical glaciers found the remaining ‘eternal snow’ in Indonesia’s West Papua region has lost almost all its ice…

 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/27/witnessing-the-disappearance-of-indonesia-eternity-glaciers 

 

Diplomatic cables show Iran war is damaging US on multiple fronts across the world - POLITICO

The documents show the fallout for the US in Bahrain, Indonesia and Azerbaijan as it struggles to catch up with pro-Iran messaging...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/17/embassy-cables-detail-how-iran-war-is-hurting-the-us-abroad-00877205

Flooding death toll tops 350 as rescuers struggle to reach worst-hit areas

More than 300 people killed on Indonesia's Sumatra island with 162 reported dead across Thailand…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/29/indonesia-and-thailand-flooding-death-toll-tops-350-as-rescuers-struggle-to-reach-worst-hit-areas

 

UK plastic waste exports to developing countries rose 84% in a year, data shows

Campaigners say increase in exports mostly to Malaysia and Indonesia is 'unethical and irresponsible waste imperialism'…

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/08/uk-plastic-waste-exports-to-developing-countries-rose-84-in-a-year-data-shows

The promise of conditional cash transfers

... I think the second thing to remember is that in the end, these cash transfer programs are really about society helping families. It's about really finding the people who need the help the most and providing them with the funds necessary to have enough food to eat and to be able to invest in their kids.
https://www.aeaweb.org/research/cumulative-impacts-conditional-cash-transfer-indonesia

How giving families money affects child development in the long run

... in the end, these cash transfer programs are really about society helping families. It's about really finding the people who need the help the most and providing them with the funds necessary to have enough food to eat and to be able to invest in their kids.

https://www.aeaweb.org/research/cumulative-impacts-conditional-cash-transfer-indonesia

How Saudi Arabia's religious project transformed Indonesia

The world’s largest Muslim-majority country was long considered a tolerant place. But thanks to Saudi money and influence, it has taken a sharply conservative turn.....
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/apr/16/how-saudi-arabia-religious-project-transformed-indonesia-islam

Trump’s latest violation of the emoluments clause - The Washington Post: Opinion

Good luck getting to the bottom of this one. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/05/15/trumps-latest-violation-of-the-emoluments-clause/

Trump helps sanctioned Chinese phone maker after China delivers a big loan to a Trump project - Vox

Is the president of the United States revising American trade policy — and possibly jeopardizing national security — because his family received a large cash bribe from the Chinese government?

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/5/15/17355202/trump-zte-indonesia-lido-city

Trump Organization breaks agreement to not engage in foreign investments ... again

At this position far, far down the slide toward the land of serfs and autarchs, it’s almost amusing to remember that there was a time, called 11 months ago, when the idea of something known as “the emoluments clause” was taken semi-seriously. Not seriously enough that a president enriching himself by charging the Secret Service for hotel rooms, apartment rental, meals, and golf carts ever disturbed an improbable strand of “hair.” Certainly not seriously enough that Donald Trump had to produce his taxes to show that he wasn’t scooping up hundreds of millions from overseas oligarchs. But seriously enough that the The Trump Organization issued an agreement to not engage in new foreign projects. It even dropped some of its less attractive projects in India and Argentina.

But those were, of course, more innocent times.....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/12/4/1720994/-Trump-Organization-breaks-agreement-to-not-engage-in-foreign-investments-again

How Companies Like PepsiCo and McDonald’s Are Pushing Indonesia's Endangered Elephants to Extinction | Alternet

A new investigation links some of the biggest brands in the world to the conflict palm oil supply chain....
http://www.alternet.org/environment/how-pepsico-mcdonalds-nestle-unilever-kelloggs-mars-and-procter-gamble-are-pushing

Trump’s Indonesian Allies In Bed With ISIS-Backed Militia Seeking to Oust Elected President

ASSOCIATES OF DONALD TRUMP in Indonesia have joined army officers and a vigilante street movement linked to ISIS in a campaign that ultimately aims to oust the country’s president. According to Indonesian military and intelligence officials and senior figures involved in what they call “the coup,” the move against President Joko Widodo (known more commonly as Jokowi), a popular elected civilian, is being impelled from behind the scenes by active and retired generals....
https://theintercept.com/2017/04/18/trumps-indonesian-allies-in-bed-with-isis-backed-militia-seeking-to-oust-elected-president/