Paras Kharel

Jul 15, 2024 | eastasiaforum.org | Sumit Ganguly |Golam Rasul |Daniel Sneider |Paras Kharel

In a striking departure from the practice of first visiting India’s South Asian neighbours after assuming the premiership, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after being elected for a third term, chose Moscow for his inaugural foreign visit. What explains his decision to visit Russia and bear hug Russian President Vladimir Putin even at the cost of irking the United States?

Jun 26, 2024 | eastasiaforum.org | Muhammad Rafi Bakri |Nurhadi Hafman |Paras Kharel |Shalhhakka Dimar Farrakhy

The high demand for housing is not being met in Indonesia due to a lack of supply. For Indonesian people, a house can only be a house if it is on the ground — not in a flat or apartment. This increases market demand for land and property, which drives prices to increase. But rising prices are not being matched by proportionate income increases. In response to this difficulty, the Indonesian government established the Public Housing Savings Management Agency — Tapera — in 2016.