Joseph Rachman

Joseph Rachman is the writer of Foreign Policy’s weekly Southeast Asia Brief. He is a freelance journalist based in Jakarta.

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A coal factory is seen from a distance, with five smokestacks spitting smoke into the sky at dusk. Power line cables snake across the foreground, blocking part of the factory building.
A coal factory is seen from a distance, with five smokestacks spitting smoke into the sky at dusk. Power line cables snake across the foreground, blocking part of the factory building.

Indonesia Asks Where the Money Is for Green Transition

Analysis
Joseph Rachman
Laborers wearing hats and neon safety vests pause their work to look at the camera. They stand in front of a scaffold-covered building with a cement truck beside it.
Laborers wearing hats and neon safety vests pause their work to look at the camera. They stand in front of a scaffold-covered building with a cement truck beside it.

Japan Might Have an Answer to Chinese Rare-Earth Threats

Analysis
Joseph Rachman
A woman leans down against a desk to vote at a polling station in Malaysia. A cardboard privacy shield blocks her from view from the shoulders up.
A woman leans down against a desk to vote at a polling station in Malaysia. A cardboard privacy shield blocks her from view from the shoulders up.

Ethnic Tensions Simmer Under Malaysia’s Elections

Analysis
Joseph Rachman
Central Java Gov. Ganjar Pranowo sits in the back seat of a black car and waves to journalists in Bogor, Indonesia.
Central Java Gov. Ganjar Pranowo sits in the back seat of a black car and waves to journalists in Bogor, Indonesia.

In Jakarta, Political Kingmaking Starts Now

Analysis
Joseph Rachman
A factory in Pomalaa, Indonesia.
A factory in Pomalaa, Indonesia.

China Has Sewn Up a Critical Metals Market

Analysis
Joseph Rachman
A tourist looks for a rental motorcycle in Seminyak, Indonesia, on March 26.
A tourist looks for a rental motorcycle in Seminyak, Indonesia, on March 26.

Russians Flock to Bali to Avoid War as Locals Grumble

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Joseph Rachman
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