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SMERU

The SMERU Research Institute, Indonesia.

Member Events SMERU 

Capacity Building for Education Stakeholders: Knowledge Sharing and Workshop to Support Quality and Inclusive Education

21 February, 202423 April, 2024 isjoeyliang@ntu.edu.sg 1103 Views

Collaboration among diverse stakeholders is crucial for enhancing education access and quality in Indonesia. To advance this agenda, SMERU, a

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Conflict and community security Member Events SMERU 

Discussion Forum on Enhancing the Quality of Primary Education (FOKUS)

5 December, 202323 April, 2024 isjoeyliang@ntu.edu.sg 755 Views

Indonesian students’ foundational skills have shown stagnation in national and international assessments over the past two decades. In a collaborative

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Member Events SMERU 

The Launching of the Indonesian Bureau of Economic Research (IBER)

26 January, 201822 March, 2018 isjoeyliang@ntu.edu.sg 2634 Views

On 26 January 2018, Athia Yumna (senior researcher) acted as a representative of the SMERU Research Institute to sign a

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Member Events SMERU 

Focus Group Discussion “Shaping a Disability-Inclusive Development in Indonesia”

26 May, 20175 July, 2017 isjoeyliang@ntu.edu.sg 4676 Views

In effort to support public policy formulation to accelerate disability-inclusive development in Indonesia, The SMERU Research Institute—with the support from

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Member Events SMERU 

Discussion Series “Understanding Sources of and Finding Solutions to Reduce Inequality”

9 May, 20175 July, 2017 isjoeyliang@ntu.edu.sg 2757 Views

In effort to take policy discussions to another level to formulate policy options to reduce inequality and to prepare ourselves

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Member Events SMERU 

The Launching of Poverty and Livelihood Map of Indonesia 2015

18 April, 20179 May, 2017 isjoeyliang@ntu.edu.sg 3160 Views

One vital prerequisite to integrated efforts to reduce poverty is the availability of poverty data in various dimensions—both monetary and

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Member Events SMERU 

2016 Indonesian Development Research Network Workshop

19 May, 201610 October, 2016 isjoeyliang@ntu.edu.sg 2901 Views

The Indonesia Project of the Australian National University (ANU), in cooperation with the SMERU Research Institute, organized the 4th Indonesian

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Latest Publications

Singapore Food Story 2: Setting Hand to Plough Once Again

Commentaries
by Jose Ma. Luis P. Montesclaros
30 December, 2025

Japan under Takaichi: The Turn to an “Active Player” in Foreign and Security Policy and What It Means for Korea

Policy Briefs
by Choi Eunmi
29 December, 2025

North Korea’s Evolving Maritime Strategy: Possibilities for the Emergence of a North Korean Version of an Indo-Pacific Strategy

Policy Briefs
by Yang Uk, Su Bo Bae
29 December, 2025

External Publications

[The Dong-A Ilbo Op-ed] China’s “Double Standard” Toward ROK SSNs and DPRK SSBNs

Choi Kang
2 January, 2026

When North Korea recently revealed that it is constructing a nuclear-armed, nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), there was no response...

Redeploying Tactical Nuclear Weapons Can Prevent Taiwan Strait and Korean Peninsula Crises

The Asan Institute for Policy Studies
14 November, 2025

Malaysia flexes rare earth muscle as mineral-hungry US seeks non-Chinese sources

Qarrem Kassim
23 August, 2025

Kuala Lumpur’s new ban on exports of unprocessed rare earth metals reflects how Malaysia is carving out its own path...

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