April 30, 2025
JAKARTA – Non-aligned Indonesia has navigated through the complexity of the big power rivalry by forging closer economic ties with China while building more intensive relations on security and defense with the United States. But the geopolitical landscape is constantly changing, necessitating that Indonesia always adapt to maintain and protect its national interests.
The inaugural “2+2 meeting” involving the foreign and defense ministers of Indonesia and China in Beijing last week could not have been better timed. The two countries signed the comprehensive strategic partnership in 2013, but without a strong security component, this relationship has not been all…