2021
Why did the early warning system fail to save the lives of residents around Mount Semeru? The Conversation.
2020
Sailing through a perfect storm of COVID-19 with universal basic income for Indonesia. The Conversation.
Why political will is important to reduce risks of disaster. The Conversation
Are populist leaders a liability during COVID-19? The Conversation
2018
Reviewing Indonesia’s tsunami early warning strategy: Reflections from Sulawesi island. The Conversation.
After devastating earthquakes, Indonesia must embrace radical change. The Conversation
Lessons not learned: Darwin’s paying the price after Cyclone Marcus. The Conversation
2016
Is There Such a Thing as a “Natural” Disaster? RSIS Commentaries
International Disasters in Asia Pacific: Indonesia’s Civil-Military Responses, RSIS Commentaries
The West Sumatra Earthquakes: Not Learning Our Lessons? RSIS Commentaries
“Gaps” in Tsunami Alert System, New Strait Times, Singapore
El Nino: Coping with the New Normal, RSIS Commentaries
Zika Risk Governance and Climate Change, RSIS Commentaries
2015
Linking Food Security, Climate Adaptation and Carbon Management: A Case Study from Indonesia. Landscape for People, Food and Nature.
Cities in darkness: Searching for new hope, Jakarta Post
Indonesia’s Haze and Disaster Governance Deficit, RSIS Commentaries
Priorities for disaster risk reduction, Jakarta Post
Get ready for future crisis in food production in Southeast Asia, Jakarta Post
Jokowi’s Food Sovereignty Narrative: Military in the Rice Land? RSIS Commentaries
Brunei’s Vision 2035: Can It Achieve Food Self-Sufficiency? RSIS Commentaries
Netting more ways to keep fish farms sustainable, Strait Times Singapore
Climate Change and Food Supply: Reinforcing the North-South Divide, RSIS Commentaries
2014
Agriculture and fisheries after the tsunami, Jakarta Post
Irrigation infrastructure prone to climate change, catastrophes, Jakarta Post
Climate adaptation creates conflicts, Jakarta Post
Asian food security under +2 and +4°C climate change: IPCC assessment report 2014, Jakarta Post
Quick response to volcanic activity, Jakarta Post
WTO Breakthrough on Stockpiles: Sustaining Food Security. RSIS Commentaries
Putting A Price on Carbon: From Lima to Paris 2015. RSIS Commentaries
Food Sovereignty Discourse in Southeast Asia: Helpful or Disruptive. RSIS Commentaries
Disaster Risk Governance: Strengthening Collaboration with Non – State Actors. RSIS Commentaries
Volcanos test Indonesia’s disaster management. East Asia Forum
2013
Governing the risk of haze and ASEAN diplomacy
Let’s talk of defecation: Rethinking the future of sanitation
Sticks and carrots in urban waste management in Indonesia
2012
Do we have more or less forests today than in the past?
Semarang joins the ‘sinking cities network’
Semarang joins the ‘sinking cities network’
2011
Children and youths as climate guardians
Disaster risk science for disaster risk reduction
2010
Early warning systems and politics of fear
Occidentalism and the Future of the Humanitarian Emergency Management
2009
Reflections on the case of tsunami early warning system in Indonesia, Risk Frontiers Briefing Note # 184.
2008
Warning system is about people, Jakarta Post
2007
Aceh’s security, development and institutional transformation, Jakarta Post
Excuses, inaction only add to global warming burden. Jakarta Post
2006
New direction needed for disaster management, Jakarta Post
Famine, drought, malnutrition: Defining and fighting hunger, Jakarta Post
The Cost Incomplete Worst Case Scenario, Jakarta Post
2005
Kyoto’s Destiny and Global Future. The Jakarta Post
Disaster and the Path of Sustainable Development of Aceh, Jakarta Post
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