Tag: political intelligence
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The Purbaya Episode: Technocracy, Digital Visibility, and Indonesia’s Unsettled Road to 2029
The sudden removal of Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa from Indonesia’s Ministry of Finance was more than a cabinet reshuffle. This KBA13 Insight strategic assessment reconstructs Purbaya’s policies, bureaucratic conflicts, digital rise, and post-dismissal popularity before placing the episode within Indonesia’s emerging political landscape toward 2029. It examines tensions surrounding fiscal authority, Danantara, taxation, customs reform, Bank…
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The Intelligence Dilemma in Indonesia: Between Security and Strategy
This essay explores the structural weaknesses of Indonesia’s intelligence system — from the imbalance between security and strategic intelligence to the legacy of regime-oriented intelligence inherited from the New Order. It argues that Indonesia must redefine uncertainty and transform intelligence into a tool of national foresight, not political preservation.