Articles

Jonathan Manullang

Jonathan Manullang is a policy consultant pursuing graduate studies in International Development at the University of Edinburgh, the United Kingdom.

Articles by Jonathan Manullang

Environment

Essay: Sensible Resource Nationalism?

Indonesia’s pivot to downstreaming and direct asset control to secure long-term resource sovereignty risks undermining investor trust.

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Security

Remembering Sampit, Rethinking ASEAN

Sampit proves that diversity is not naturally stable. ASEAN must prioritise fair institutions to prevent predictable cycles of ethnic violence.

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Politics

Political Championship: Indonesia’s New Power Play

Indonesian policy success now depends less on technical feasibility and more on the personal “championship” of the president.

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Scholars

Scholars: “It Was Just an Accident”

Sumatra’s ecological disasters are the lethal byproduct of extractive industries and the systemic denial of indigenous land rights.

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Society

Essay: The Paradox in Sore: Istri dari Masa Depan

You change a person not through fear but love and acceptance. Jonathan writes about Jonathan and his iconic wife from the hit Indonesian film.

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Politics

Warning Signs from Banjarbaru

Banjarbaru’s political contest exposed trends that signal wider democratic concerns.

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Society

Welfare for Indonesia’s Elderly

Indonesia risks missing its demographic bonus by overlooking the welfare and potential of its growing elderly population.

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