Since the beginning we were told than UN Security Council consists of only 5 countries, US, Russia, China, UK, and France. And all these while, we have had tough times to convince ourselves that it is fair, however nothing much we can do. Things are likely to change now. _______ Indonesia has potential to become the next [...]

(Thanks Angka Mustafa for sharing this!) Indonesia has been named host of the 17th International Conference of Young Scientists making it the first Asian country to organize the world class scientific competition event. The election of Indonesia as the host of the event is inseparable from the country’s success in achieving the overall champion title in the [...]

Challenges, or perhaps demands, that Indonesia should play a more active role in the global scene have been increasingly heard lately. To such demands, it is most probably that many Indonesians have high expectation to see their country to be in the significant place of world arena. Even the ordinary person on the street would be [...]

By Hamish McDonald What Indonesia can teach Burma March 13, 2010 An intriguing sidebar to the story of the Indonesian president’s visit to Australia this week has been the additional insight into Jakarta’s role in trying to solve South-East Asia’s biggest problem: the brutal grip of Burma’s military regime. Burma is the most glaring bit of evidence [...]

As posted few weeks ago, again, GNFI needs to underline that Thailand is the most serious competitor for Indonesia in many ways. Both are rice producers, natural product exporters, Southeast Asia’s two biggest car manufacturers, rich of cultural heritage, have long historical path, and many more. Thailand’s economy is almost half-sized of Indonesia’s. It enjoys [...]

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, in Canberra, to accept the granting of a badge of honor “Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia” awarded by  the Commonwealth of Australia Governor-General Quentin Bryce AC. The award was made at the official residence of Governor-General in the “Government House” in Canberra, in a series of honorary state visit by [...]

As a country several times colonized by other nations, Indonesia has been able to carve out history as a nation that succeeded in rising from the long occupation. History has proven that from the Asian-African Conference held in 1955 in Bandung, Indonesia has become a pillar of inspiration and has a big impact for the [...]

I found one interesting writing on the net, written by our fella Thai, and of course the writing should be seen from Thai perspective. In fact, I do believe that in Southeast Asia, Indonesia’s peers are not India, China, and nor Philippines (many said that Philippines is veering from track, and now lagging behind even [...]

India’s rise in profile in the ASEAN region is because of the acceptance of her stature by major ASEAN countries such as Indonesia. Over the years the two countries have engaged in cooperative initiatives on bilateral and multilateral issues. A STRONG functional democracy and a sustained economy even in the light of the recent global recession [...]

The economic crisis of 2008-09 appears to be over, but along the way it has transformed the shape and dynamics of the global economy. This unexpected and dramatic development has not been due to the vigour of the Chinese economy or the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) economies as a whole, but the emergence of a [...]