Economy

With the largest population and largest land area of any nation in ASEAN, Indonesia is also responsible for around one-third of the 10-nation bloc’s GDP. It also has a key location within the ASEAN geography, straddling the east-west extent of the association’s boundaries, sharing land borders with Malaysia, Papua New Guinea and East Timor, and...

As the world’s third-largest democracy, an important member of the G20 and a country highly respected for its many accomplishments, Indonesia plays a significant role in regional and global affairs. Over the past three years, US-Indonesian bilateral relations have flourished under the framework of the US-Indonesia Comprehensive Partnership. This...

The year 2015 is set to mark a watershed in regional affairs, as Indonesia, along with its neighbours in ASEAN, form the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). This historic occasion will mean the final removal of many trade barriers between the ASEAN member states, and with the bloc also the signatory to a host of free trade agreements with other...

With impressive and consistent economic growth, a rapidly expanding domestic market, a growing middle class and abundant natural resources, Indonesia is becoming a political and economic powerhouse in South-east Asia, and around the world. Opportunities abound for Canada to play a part in Indonesia’s incredible success story. Sixty years ago,...

The city of Al Ain is sometimes known as “the Garden City” in the UAE, and with good reason. While the UAE is largely composed of desert, Al Ain sits in the centre of a large oasis that it shares with the neighbouring Omani town of Buraimi and which has sustained human settlement for thousands of years. While Al Ain, one of three municipalities...