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Now is the time to reform Indonesia’s Hajj management

The window has opened for major changes to finally take place

Jan 15 • Aditya Purnomo Aji

New year, new me? Navigating Indonesia in 2026

Five things The Reformist will keep an eye on this year

Jan 13 • The Reformist

A year in review

Reflections on what we’ve published in 2025

Dec 24, 2025 • Nea Ningtyas and Rayhan Kalevi

Prabowo’s self-fulfilling disaster relief plan, patriotic or biased?

Unpacking the cognitive biases behind Sumatra’s lackluster disaster response

Dec 23, 2025 • Alanda Kariza

Cool Your JET(P)s

Can Southeast Asia reduce emissions without slowing economic growth?

Dec 22, 2025 • Massimiliano Hasan

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When sugar imports become a crime: Putting trade policy on trial

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To return, or not to return: LPDP’s necessary quest for a better Theory of Change

Dec 11, 2024 • F. Pasaribu, The Reformist, Nea Ningtyas, and Nathaniel Rayestu

The costly half-cooked free meal program

Mar 9, 2025 • F. Pasaribu, Nea Ningtyas, and Nathaniel Rayestu

Lessons from BPJS: Universal Health Coverage reform, the Indonesian way

May 10, 2025 • F. Pasaribu, Nea Ningtyas, and Nathaniel Rayestu

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Indonesia’s climate acrobatics at COP30

Three things avoided, three more dependencies

Dec 16, 2025 • Rayhan Kalevi

What is up with our next year’s budget?

The official 2026 Government Work Plan (RKP) and State Budget (APBN) are still nowhere to be found

Dec 10, 2025 • Guntur Iqbal Kelana Suryadi

Sumatra disaster: Five actions the government must take immediately

It’s time for our leaders to lock in and do the right thing, for once

Dec 3, 2025 • Rayhan Kalevi

Malaysia’s youth-run party shows status-quo how to do politics differently

New episode ft. Parti MUDA’s Amira Aisya is now on YouTube

Nov 28, 2025 • Nea Ningtyas

Indonesia’s QRIS revolution

How a simple standardized code won over a nation

Nov 25, 2025 • Rayhan Kalevi

7 things that should have been: The controversial KUHAP bill

The bill is passed, but the gaps remain

Nov 20, 2025 • Ahmad Novindri Aji Sukma

Corruption law and the devil in the details

Are these articles a barrier to meaningful public sector reform?

Nov 11, 2025 • Rayhan Kalevi

On ‘Revolusi’ and how we remember our history

Watch our new podcast episode with ‘Revolusi’ author David van Reybrouck

Nov 8, 2025 • Nea Ningtyas

Top-down Koperasi Merah Putih is undermining village autonomy

… And the very idea of cooperatives. But could it work?

Nov 6, 2025 • Mochammad Ay Rahman

Danantara’s expensive waste-to-energy plan won’t solve any problems

If anything, it’s creating new ones

Oct 20, 2025 • Donny Julius

Can a new political party actually deliver change? In Thailand, they can.

Our podcast episode ft. Thailand’s almost PM Pita Limjaroenrat is now live

Oct 17, 2025 • Nea Ningtyas

How Transjakarta became the biggest bus network in the world

With enduring Rp3500 fare since 2004, it’s also one of the cheapest

Oct 11, 2025 • F. Pasaribu

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