Selected Op-Eds in English
2021
2020
- Existing political tensions intensify during pandemic: a ‘glocal’ observation. The Conversation.
- 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 Comentaries
- 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 Comentaries
- 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
- Bencana Nasional Kebakaran Asap, Kompas, 9 Oct 2015
- Mengapa Kebakaran Hutan dan Asap 2015 Adalah Bencana Nasional? IRGSC Commentary 004/2015
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
- Solusi reformasi birokasi era Jokowi-JK, Timor Express, 11 Agustus 2014.
- Epistimologi Blusukan, Pos Kupang, 15 Juni 2014
- Menanti pempimpin sadar data dan pengetahuan, Pos Kupang, 16 Jan 2014
- Kebijakan berbasis data dan pengetahuan, Victory News, 11 Jan 2014
- Stagnasi perkembangan industri pengolahan di NTT, Pos Kupang, 3 Jan 2014.
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
- Global Problem, Local Solution: Adaptasi Perubahan Iklim Dengan Menggunakan Sailana Model [online] 29 Dec 2013
- Masa Depan Pengelolaan Risiko Kebakaran di Indonesia [The Future of fire risk governance in Indonesia], Pos Kupang 12 Aug 2013
- NTT 2050: Menuju Politik Perkotaan Yang Waras. Pos Kupang 12-05-13.
2012
2011
- Get ready for major disasters
- 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
- Feeling better, doing worse?
- Our starving children
- Reflections on the case of tsunami early warning system in Indonesia, Risk Frontiers Briefing Note # 184.
2008
- Warning system is about people, Jakarta Post
- Tambang NTT dan Dunia Persilatan Antar Fundamentalisme? Pos Kupang, 7 Jun
- Climategate” atau Pro-“Status Quo”?, Kompas, 17 Des 2009
- Masyarakat Sadar Bencana, Kompas, 2 Oct 2009
- Kebijakan Manajemen Bencana, Kemasan Baru Isi Lama?, 7 Oct 2009
2008
- Lumpur Lapindo, Lumpurnya Tuhan? Kompas, 28 Feb 2008.
- Paradoks Wildavsky? Kompas, 09 Jan 2008
2007
- Aceh’s security, development and institutional transformation, Jakarta Post
- Excuses, inaction only add to global warming burden. Jakarta Post
- Alam Tak Pernah Membangun Rumah, Kompas, 15 Sept 2007
- Manajemen Risiko Bencana dan Sekolah, Kompas 7 November 2007.
- The Tamarind economy: fondasi ketahanan pangan NTT? Pos Kupang 1 Oct 2007.
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
- “Wedhus Gembel” Dientak Gempa, Kompas, 2 Jun 2006
- Alat Analisis dan Pabrikasi Kelaparan, Kompas, 20 Jun 2006
- Retaknya Ke-Alor-an, Pos Kupang, 26 May 2006
2005
- Kyoto’s Destiny and Global Future. The Jakarta Post
- Disaster and the Path of Sustainable Development of Aceh, Jakarta Post
- Kelaparan Yahukimo, Disengaja? [Yahukimo Disaster: by design?] Kompas, 12 Dec 2005
- Ketahanan Pangan in Indonesia [Food Security in Indonesia] Kompas, 29 Nov
2004
- Bencana 26 Desember 2004 (Tsunami Disaster 26 December 2004). Kompas, 28 Dec 2004
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