Indonesia seeks stability and economic resilience amid global pressures

In a webinar on the US‑Iran conflict, International Relations expert Chandra Purnama warned that Indonesia must safeguard domestic security and avoid turning its sea lanes into flashpoints, urging a middle‑power alliance and UN emergency action to help de‑escalate the war that resumed in early July. He highlighted the need for stable shipping routes in the Indonesian archipelago and stronger diplomatic back‑channel efforts.

Separately, economist Dr. Ichsanuddin Noorsy described Indonesia’s “Sandwich Effect,” where global factors such as high interest rates, volatile energy and food prices combine with domestic challenges—high debt, limited fiscal space, layoffs and reduced credit—to weaken the real sector. He warned of rising structural poverty and a shrinking middle class, proposing faster productive credit, fiscal reform, SME support, re‑industrialisation and the concept of a “Silent Invasion” through financial mechanisms.

Both analyses stress that Indonesia must reinforce its domestic stability and economic independence while navigating external geopolitical and financial pressures.