Monday, March 20, 2023

Anti-Israel sentiments, Indonesian soccer, and the show of political conservatism

 


Glad to share my op-ed published by The Jakarta Post this morning. I highlight the protests against the Israeli team's participation in the FIFA World Cup U-20 in Indonesia that reflect a much deeper and long-standing conflictual sentiment.

By Rendy Pahrun Wadipalapa

Read here

TikTok and the Political Disinformation

 


My op-ed published by Jawa Pos this morning. I explore TikTok as the strategic means to proliferate political disinformation. We may also see this platform dominates Indonesian Gen Z in the upcoming election.

Monday, March 6, 2023

Indonesian elites and show-off of their illegal wealth (Kompas, 6/3/2023)

Glad to share my op-ed published by Kompas today. I highlight the puzzling, paradoxical phenomenon of our elites in current politics: their drive to show off their illegal wealth. 

Full article, please see here

-Rendy Pahrun Wadipalapa-



Beyond Democracy’s Return: Jakarta’s Gubernatorial Election and the Mutation of Toxic Alliances (Fulcrum ISEAS, 8 Jan 2025)

 My commentary about the 2024 Jakarta's gubernatorial election was published in Fulcrum, please see full article here