The Reformist by Think Policy
The Reformist Desk, Faris Abdurrachman, Ravio Patra, Efraim Leonard, Andhyta (Afu) F. Utami, Donny Julius, Anisa Indah Pratiwi, Clara M. Fong, Yobel Novian Putra, Guntur Iqbal Kelana SuryadiThe Reformist spotlights real reform stories from within the system—showing that change is possible, and how it happens.
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Editorial: What’s up with the Singapore hate all of a sudden?
Charing Cross Bridge, London (1901) by Claude Monet (Art Institute Chicago/Public Domain)
The skies above Singapore turned a bruised grey as a wave of transboundary haze pushed the 24-hour pollutant standard index (PSI) past 220, into very...
The great, complicated legacy of Bahasa Indonesia
Indonesische Clubgebouw in Jakarta (Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain)
Imagine yourself living under colonial occupation. You are a young native scholar, formally educated, currently enrolled in higher education. Filled with an undying wish...
Editorial: MSCI demotion threat is a wake-up call
The Panic, Run on the Fourth National Bank (1873) Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington)
When Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) announced its supposed plan to strip I...
The radical act of hope in the years of despondence
The Indonesian Students Association (PPPI), initiators of the 1928 Youth Congress II, from Museum Sumpah Pemuda (Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain)
On 28 October, Indonesians will commemorate the iconic Youth Pledge (“Sumpah Pemuda”). The so...
Editorial: Indonesia’s forest fires demand more than firefighting
Prairie Meadows Burning (1832) by George Catlin (Smithsonian/Creative Commons)
The sky appears crimson orange in dystopian-like viral videos as fires continue to rage across the forests and peatlands of Kalimantan, Sumatra, and Papua. Peop...
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The world is second best, at best. Talks about macro, development, and everything in between. Views are strictly my own.
A well-behaved orange tabby cat.
Movement builder, bridging the public with policymakers
Where I think about thinking.
An environmentalist interested in material circularity, food resiliency, and indigenous knowledge
A policy analyst at the Just Transition Finance Lab, the Grantham Research Institute on Environment and Climate Change, LSE. Views are my own.
A writer and researcher on democracy, civic engagement, and Asia policy. Experience at the Brennan Center and CFR. Currently a 2026–27 Luce Scholar, working on youth civic engagement and digital public diplomacy in Asia.
Yobel is a zero‑waste advocate grounded in environmental and social justice. He shares resilient stories, practical tips, and adapts wellbeing‑economy and eco‑socialist ideas as Indonesian, offering clear, hopeful guidance.
To be willing to march into hell for an (insert here) cause. In love-hate relationship with Institutions.
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