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        "id": 1605526,
        "msgid": "public-lecture-at-unjani-luhut-discusses-irans-shrewd-use-of-technology-in-conflict-1773233623",
        "date": "2026-03-11 18:57:51",
        "title": "Public Lecture at Unjani: Luhut Discusses Iran's Shrewd Use of Technology in Conflict",
        "author": "Dwi Murdaningsih",
        "source": "REPUBLIKA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "Head of Indonesia's National Economic Council Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan addressed over 25,600 students at Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani in Cimahi, discussing global geopolitical conflicts and their impact on the world economy. Luhut criticised developed nations' role in historical and contemporary conflicts, from the Russia-Ukraine war to tensions involving the United States, Israel, and Iran, arguing that Western powers have historically orchestrated division and sought to prevent decolonisation and maintain control over developing nations.",
        "content": "<p>CIMAHI - Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Chair of the National Economic\nCouncil (DEN), was a speaker at a public lecture held at the Auditorium\nof Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani (Unjani) in Cimahi, West Java, on\nWednesday, 11 March 2026.<\/p>\n<p>At the public lecture, attended by 25,637 students and 1,090 Unjani\nCimahi teaching staff, themed \u201cOptimising the Role and Character of\nStudents in Leveraging Demographic Dividends to Realise Indonesia Emas\n2045\u201d (Golden Indonesia 2045), Luhut addressed the escalation of\nconflict between the United States and its allies against Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Luhut stated that the current global conditions have had a major\nimpact on the world economy, which faces the highest level of\nuncertainty in history. This situation is driven by a series of\ngeopolitical conflicts, ranging from the Russia-Ukraine war, escalating\ntensions between the United States and Venezuela following the arrest of\nVenezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro by US special forces, to the\noutbreak of conflict between the United States-Israel alliance and\nIran.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy point is that this uncertainty remains high. Therefore, we in the\ncountry must also be united in facing this because the entire world is\ndealing with this problem,\u201d Luhut said at Unjani Cimahi on Wednesday, 11\nMarch 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Luhut noted that the outbreak of conflicts in many countries\ncurrently primarily involves developed nations. He pointedly cited\nexamples of how the United States and Britain have triggered conflicts\nin countries through their arbitrary actions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut to be honest, if you study history, the ones really behind all\nthese disasters are the developed nations. Look at how Britain colonised\nand then divided Palestine and Israel. Look at the United States and\nWestern countries after World War II\u2014they divided Saudi Arabia into the\nUAE, Dubai, and others,\u201d said Luhut.<\/p>\n<p>This was compounded by the displeasure of developed nations when\ncolonised countries declared independence. For example, Indonesia in\n1945, which subsequently sparked independence movements from other\ncolonised nations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo Indonesia, which united Asia and Africa at that time, was deemed\nto be wrong by them, for pushing the independence of developing nations.\nNow they want to colonise or subjugate again, but in a different form,\u201d\nsaid Luhut.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/public-lecture-at-unjani-luhut-discusses-irans-shrewd-use-of-technology-in-conflict-1773233623",
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