Indonesia foreign relations

What Prabowo’s Victory Means For Indonesian Foreign Policy

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What Prabowo’s Victory Means For Indonesian Foreign Policy

“The first function of the nation is to protect, meaning defense, brothers.” So declared Prabowo Subianto, Indonesia’s minister of defense, in his opening statement to a presidential debate on January 7. The former general continued: “We understand our country is very large, very rich. For hundreds of years countries from far away came to this … Read more

Why the Philippines Needs to Work With the Pacific Island Nations

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New Caledonia’s FLNKS Still Seeking Independence

Advertisement The current foreign and defense policy discourse in the Philippines is largely focused on issues surrounding the South China Sea and cross-strait relations. These matters continue to dominate the strategic thinking and security logic of Filipino national security administrators, whose eyes and ears are focused overwhelmingly on the country’s northern and western approaches. These … Read more