Articles

• Galby R. Samhudi
• 2025

The widely contested revisions to the military law are still within reasonable limits.

• Galby R. Samhudi
• 2024

Pilkada: Indonesians will head to voting stations for one last time this year.

• Galby R. Samhudi
• 2023

This is the second of a two-part article on the ongoing amendment of the controversial UU ITE in Indonesia, focusing on the discrepancy.

• Galby R. Samhudi
• 2023

The first of this two-part article on the amendment process of the controversial UU ITE focuses on the problematic beginning of the act as well.

• Galby R. Samhudi
• 2023

stratsea.com is please to announce the publication of Regionalisasi Ketahanan Nasional Indonesia di ASEAN.

• Galby R. Samhudi
• 2022

The three recently formalized agreements between Indonesia and Singapore – namely the Extradition Treaty (ET), the Flight Information Region (FIR) and the Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) – would leave Indonesia on the shorter end of the stick.

• Galby R. Samhudi
• 2022

As Indonesia was amidst passing its Personal Data Protection Act, the country was suddenly plunged into an unprecedented digital crisis as a hacker–going by the nom de guerre “Björka”–stole, sold and divulged the personal data of Indonesians including the elites. This incident not only exposes the vulnerability of Indonesia’s cybersecurity system, but also the government’s lacklustre response to the problem.

• Galby R. Samhudi
• 2022

The drafting of the Personal Data Protection Act (Undang-Undang Pelindungan Data Pribadi) is almost complete. After delays since its initiation in early 2020, the Indonesian House of Representatives (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat/DPR) and the government are in the final stages of discussions. The final result, however, might not satisfy those who initially sought this Act. This is due to the final draft having to accommodate the interests of the government and the DPR. Such accommodations may compromise the effectiveness of the Act.