Liberalism triumphs over its competitors. But its victory killed politics.

There are concepts and ideologies in religion that underlie Russia's invasion of Ukraine. A Katechon can be terrifying in the nuclear age.

Private armies such as the Wagner Group could threaten regional and global security. They are a tool of ultra nationalist regimes.

The Wagner Group's rebellion was sparked by discontent towards Russia's Defense Ministry. President of Belarus is mediating.

The International Criminal Court ordered the arrest of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Indonesia has not yet ratified the Rome Statute.

They call it racism under the guise of religion. Russkiy mir revives the totalitarianism of the past.

Seventeen heads of state confirmed they will come to the G20 Summit in Bali. There are concerns over possible walkouts or lack of joint communiqués as impacts of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

President Joko Widodo invites Vladimir Putin to the G20 conference. This is insensitive because Russia continues to bombard Ukraine.

The Russia-Ukraine war has shifted to Luhansk and Donetsk since last April. This battle in Donbas will decide the outcome of the Russian invasion.

The G20 summit is often marked by geopolitical dynamics. Indonesia could bring up the Russia-Ukraine war at the group’s upcoming meeting in Bali.

Amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Indonesian government is lobbying high-ranking officials of some countries to attend the G20 Summit in Bali. Delaying the event is even considered.

Civil servants and ulemas apply to become members of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces. The militia group is supported by the Azov Regiment, which Russia accuses as being a neo-Nazi group.

Russia’s invasion into Ukraine began with Ukraine’s shift in political orientation toward the European Union. Russia was threatened by Ukraine’s plan to join NATO.

John Lennon dreamed, Imagine there is no country, and we like to imagine living in the world without divisions, without enmities. But such imagination has no power…

There is an impression that Putin imagines Russia as a continuous unity over the past thousand years — as though the Socialist Revolution of 1917 was merely a continuation of Tsarist rule, as though history is not the process of contradiction and does not leave behind ruins.

Russian Ambassador to Indonesia, Lyudmila Vorobieva, sees Indonesia as an unofficial leader of ASEAN and an influential Islamic country. She talks about Russia’s offer for nuclear technology, strengthening trade, ASEAN, and the tension with NATO over Ukraine.