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Indonesia's nickel downstreaming program promises economic growth but masks significant risks for workers' rights and safety.

Nurhisham Hussein is an economist at a large fund management company in Malaysia. He writes a blog on the Malaysian economy at Economics Malaysia.

Alexander R Arifianto is a Research Fellow with the Indonesia Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He obtained his PhD in ...

Andrew Elek is Executive Director of Bellendena Partners, a small enterprise involved in economic consultancy, specialising in international economic cooperation issues, as well as in nurturing a ...

Dr Intifar Chowdhury is Lecturer in Government at Flinders University. In July 2023, Intifar completed her PhD in political ...

Martin Weiser is an independent scholar in Seoul focusing on North Korea and inter-Korean relations. He earned his master’s degree in political science from Korea University, Seoul, in 2014.

Bakhytzhan Kurmanov is a head of the system analysis department at the Economic Research Institute based in Astana, Kazakhstan. He is an alumnus of the Crawford School of Public Policy at The ...

Hugh White is Emeritus Professor of Strategic Studies at the Australian National University. White has served as an intelligence analyst with the Office of National Assessments, as journalist with the ...