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The tension between the two countries between Russia and Ukraine will have a detrimental impact on the global economy and disrupt the recovery process of the world economy, including Indonesia. Global economic growth will slow down if peace efforts between the two countries do not take place immediately, the impact of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine as well as European Union sanctions against Russia can occur through several transmissions including a spike in commodity prices, a spike in energy prices and a supply chain shock, this will have an impact on the economy. including the Indonesian economy, which is currently still experiencing the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The main purpose of this research is to get answers about the impact of the Russian-Ukrainian war on the Indonesian national economy. This study uses descriptive qualitative research methods, namely research methods based on the philosophy of post positivism, data collection techniques are carried out by triangulation and summarizing various conditions, and situations from various data collected in the form of interviews, literature studies, and observations in the field. The results obtained are that in the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine, global inflation can occur because the first target of the conflict is the obstruction of global supply chains, thus disrupting the ongoing global economic recovery. Global economic growth will be significantly contracted, the rest will result in sloping consumption and investment due to disruption of international flows of goods and services so that the export-import and economic commodity sectors experience declining performance and have a significant impact on the Indonesian economy.

Money politic or vote buying in the election is something has plagued all the societies that claimed the application of democratic form in governance. The minority is able to monopolize the votes of the majority in their favor using financial sufficiency, political promises and the issues of mass media. This phenomenon can lead to bribery, perjury and treason that have negative impact on the economy of Indonesia. The researcher used analytical method to explain various aspects of the phenomenon of buying electoral votes and its impact on the economic life in Indonesia. The researcher finally found two significant results. First, vote buying is a major cause of political and administrative corruption in Indonesia. It is the main incubator breeding corrupt leaders, which have negative impact towards economic life in Indonesia such as the increase number of poverty, unstable economy, enrich among political elites, and arbitrariness in determining economic policies taken by the authorities pursuing their own interests. Second, vote buying is widely spread and easily found in the life of the Indonesian society, it seems like an established habit that is hard to eradicate.

The high economic growth is very important for Indonesia to accelerate the development process at this period. Although, the growth rate was reached at 5.17 % in 2018 is likely high enough, some domestic economists even point out, it really can be raised to a higher level. This research tries to investigate and formulate again Indonesia’s economic growth rate in 2018 and forecast it for 2019. By doing analysis recent real GDP data by industrial origin and by type of expenditures, and also consider all of the available potential economic resources, this research shows that Indonesia’s economic growth rate could stand at 6.03 % in 2018 and also at 6.03 % in 2019. Anyway, the government need a good economic plan and consistently performing appropriate strategies which are suited to targets in order to have rapid and stable economic growth rate

The Indonesian economy has recorded strong growth over the past few decades, and in recent years the firm pace of economic expansion has been accompanied by reduced output volatility and relatively stable inflation. Indonesia’s economic performance has been shaped by government policy, the country’s endowment of natural resources and its young and growing labour force. Alongside the industrialisation of its economy, Indonesia’s trade openness has increased over the past half century. As a near neighbour, Australia has long had significant trade ties with Indonesia.

Financial inclusion is a means to promote financial sector especially for easy banking services and financial access for people. Increasing living standard is one of the expected results when financial inclusion runs well. Financial inclusion program in Indonesia is expected to give significant impact to unprevillege people, such as: people with low income, fringe, minority, or having no legal identity and women and the young. This paper focuses on how financial inclusion can give a significant impact especially to woman in SME in Indonesia and how financial inclusion program can increase and strengthen Indonesian economy as a whole. Research used quantitative-descriptive method; comparative analysis was done based on secondary data from various sources. This research concludes that financial inclusion shall be conducted in Indonesia as a whole and may affect the SMEs significantly, especially women.