Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto’s ascension to the presidency could see Asean’s largest member reclaim a leading role in the regional bloc after the Joko Widodo years, during which foreign policy was low on the list of priorities, observers say.
"So looking at it from Beijing's perspective, they would want to be keeping this really strong, pragmatic relationship,” Natalie Sambhi, an Australian expert on Indonesia’s national security, told Breaking Defense.
Analysts warn of a spike in Hamas-inspired radicalisation and plummeting interfaith relations, cautioning that an increasingly distracted Washington’s attention will remain elsewhere – unless China ‘does something drastic’.
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