An old idea for a regional network might hold the answer for energy demand into the future.

UNCLOS ambiguity, again.

Australia faces tough choices from aid to energy in a new world of government intervention in trade and industry.

Look up and live takes on a new urgency in the digital age.

A regional value chain for battery production – with Australia to process critical minerals and export these products – is too good a chance to ignore.

A new book throws light on the 1965 massacres – but the government’s redress for victims is yet to extend to justice for the perpetrators.

Australia and Indonesia may be riding together in a new electric diplomatic limo, but they still have separate roadmaps.

Despite the flourishing bromance between Albanese and Jokowi, the Lowy Institute Poll shows an ongoing need to deepen public understanding and familiarity on both sides.

The President has a roadmap for economic success that could also set bilateral relations on the right path.

The 71-year-old former general has a hard man image but has deployed a different tack in his third try for the presidency.

Ensuring sustainability is crucial to fully realise the environmental benefits of a switch away from fossil fuels.

A shared history of cultural influences has today revealed surprising gaps between the two nations.

India and China get the plaudits, but Indonesia is also taking impressive digital strides capitalising on local talent.

Between Myanmar, China and a neighbour with ambitions for nuclear subs, an already full agenda awaits.

Identity politics has been deployed to rally public support and smear rivals.

If stronger “people-to-people” links are the aim, experience from the world’s oldest living culture offers a guide.

Existing regional mechanisms can accommodate diverse interests in Southeast Asia without the need for a new forum.

The Just Energy Transition Partnership can be a model for other countries to accelerate energy systems transformation.

Despite expected differences with Indonesia, Australia also underplays how fast its regional approach has changed in just a decade.

It would be a mistake to assume enhanced defence cooperation means the two countries share a strategic outlook.

With a new capital to build, Indonesia can benefit from directing Chinese investment.

Indonesia and Australia have different but equally critical roles in bringing the junta to the negotiating table.

International law includes passage rights for all vessels in archipelagic waters – during peace or wartime.

There are vast opportunities to build new industries when you’re sitting on the globe’s largest reserve of rare earth.

Indonesia’s finance minister has built a brand for cracking down on corruption. Could she campaign all the way to the top?

Gen Zs, Millennials, TikTok and climate change: it’s going to be a numbers game for next year’s presidential candidates.

Demand for EVs is driving domestic and foreign direct investment in the country’s minerals sector. But caution is needed.

A stalled deal with South Korea means both countries must overcome defence cooperation challenges to look to the future.

Shared information will help with rescue efforts and to pursue the leaders in people smuggling outfits.

A new source of natural gas within the controversial “nine-dash line” should revive questions about sharing access.

Jakarta’s call to legislate its informal workforce should be a model for all countries that receive migrant workers.

The fascinating story of how Indonesia came to better know itself through a time of repressive regimes.

Indonesia’s police, military and prisons were altered by the 2002 attack. Democratic backsliding may signal an undoing.

“Soft power” or reputation risk, the cross-over of popular entertainment and global politics is never far from the news.

Riches from minerals and agriculture resources are yet to transform the local economy. Wider reforms should be the goal.

The Indian Ocean region is too large for any one country to manage but cooperation on island territories would help.

Beijing is weaving its story into hearts and minds in the region via influence campaigns that could impact democracy.

Australia has stepped up a trade diversification push despite the first moves towards reconciliation with China.

Six weeks on from a shocking stadium disaster, mourning signs in Malang tell an angry message for Indonesian politics.

Beijing sees Indonesia as a major contributor to its food security and this has found receptive ears in Jakarta.

A loose arrangement between Australia and Indonesia over the uninhabited islands is set to become a little less loose.

With only half the Indo-Pacific a democracy, a collective approach is needed to bolster critical institutions.

Beyond escaping floods and crowds, the location of the new capital will have economic and geopolitical ramifications.

A new agreement is a chance to address the core problems of illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing.

Regional stability, economic resilience and mutual prosperity – what’s not to like about a cross-border FTZ?

Cutting subsidies is a step in the right direction, but a more robust social safety net is ultimately a better fix.

Can a female finance minister in Indonesia avoid the demographic dilemma that has handicapped Japan’s evolution?

An extraordinary consular response followed the deadly attack – lessons of crisis that would become all too familiar.

Sovereignty, trust and mutual benefit are all at stake when so many regions come together under the Indo-Pacific banner.

Ratifying this deeply unpopular legislation would see the Jokowi administration attempting to placate political Islam.