Indonesia needs to learn from China’s economic success, especially when Indonesia-China’s relations are mainly based on economics.
The ongoing tension between the US and China should encourage Indonesia to strengthen ties with nontraditional partners, like the Gulf states.
Sekretariat Kabinet Republik Indonesia
Key areas for cooperation between Indonesia and the Gulf countries are trade and investment, multilateralism, pandemic mitigation, and cultural exchange.
As Australia’s efforts in space accelerate, we must avoid escalating a cycle of competition and conflict.
Wary friendship: Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi after talks in March 2021.
EPA-EFE/Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry
A scholar of global relations says China seems worried about its future. Meanwhile, the US and Europe still treat China as a threat. The clash of world views could be destabilizing.
Tourists stroll at an Old Town area in Semarang, Central Java, without properly wearing their face masks.
ANTARA FOTO/Aji Styawan/aww.
Indonesia is paying the price for failing to control the spread of the coronavirus. The country needs to change course and give priority to public health as the first step in repairing the economy.
A Chinese engineer (centre) and Kenyan construction workers building a road in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.
Daniel Irungu/EPA
Twenty years after the first China-Africa forum, the perceptions of ordinary African citizens still need to be better considered in government-to-government interactions.
Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi (second left) talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wa Ying (third right) in Beijing, China, last April.
The racial unrest in the US has drawn accusations of hypocrisy and questions on democratic legitimacy from around the globe, world, including those in Indo-Pacific.