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In this piece for ORF Middle East, I assess Indonesia’s Middle East policy under President Prabowo, conducted through Middle East policy instruments such as the Board of Peace, UNIFIL peacekeepers in Lebanon, and the pledged ISF deployment to Gaza, has provoked domestic backlash that now constrains his maneuvering space. These are seen as a form of appeasement towards President Trump, but more importantly, Prabowo has stretched Indonesia’s bebas aktif (independent and active) tradition to its limits and now faces mounting economic pressures at home.
Dr. Clemens Chay 