CIPG
Commentary, analysis, and research notes from the CIPG team.
This article was first published in Kompas on 7 Oktober 2025 and has been translated using AI. Our current way of governance may resemble the critique of the poet Juvenal from the first century AD Roman era: “panem et circenses” (bread and circuses). If one were to summarize, perhaps the fundamental issue faced by this […]
Civil supremacy is the last bastion in keeping the state on the side of its people, not armed forces. In August 28, 2025, the situation around the Indonesian House of Representatives heated up after a Brimob tactical vehicle ran over Affan Kurniawan in the Pejompongan area amid panic. The escalation followed with tear gas, Molotov […]
This article was first published in Kompas on 1 August 2025 and has been translated using AI. Even though he has received an abolition, the case of Tom Lembong remains important as a public lesson, especially when policy logic confronts the legal interpretations of the court. On July 18, 2025, the Corruption Court […]
This article was first published in Kompas on 8 Juli 2025 and has been translated using AI. The economy can be boosted, but without a strong bureaucratic machine, the vehicle named Indonesia will never reach its destination. Is our bureaucracy capable of advancing this nation? In the midst of the hustle and bustle of development […]
This article was first published in Kompas on 25 Mei 2025 and has been translated using AI. As long as there is political will, strong regulations, and maintained public ethics, ethical, open, sovereign, and fair collaboration can be realized. In early May 2025, the Indonesian Minister of Health, Budi Gunadi Sadikin, conveyed three main reasons […]
This article was first published in Kompas on 21 April 2025 and has been translated using AI. If policies are allowed to be driven solely by political intuition without correction from knowledge, evidence, and data, what emerges is not a strong government, but rather a fragile one.After the revelry ends, reality usually strikes immediately. This expression […]
