Indonesia will need to walk a fine line once Trump is back in the White House
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Indonesia will need to walk a fine line once Trump is back in the White House

Live Mint  

Indonesia, for decades a natural partner to the US because of similar defence priorities and democratic values, has in recent years drifted more toward China, drawn by its economic support. On his trip, though, Prabowo broke with decades of careful foreign policy by reportedly agreeing to joint development with China in the South China Sea, potentially legitimizing Beijing’s claims to almost all of the contested waterway. “Prabowo didn’t really have to sign on to all of those clauses to convince China to keep assisting Indonesia economically," Evan Laksmana, senior fellow with the International Institute for Strategic Studies, told me. It could also end up overtly siding with China, diluting Jakarta’s opposition to its growing presence in the South China Sea. Prabowo should also leverage Indonesia’s strategic importance by continuing to seek economic benefits from China, while pushing back on territorial and sovereignty issues.

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