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Indonesia's stability and resilience amid great‑power rival‑

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In mid‑July, Indonesian analysts warned that the country faces faced a “sandwich effect” of global financial pressures—high interest rates, volatile energy and food prices—combined with domestic challenges such as high debt, layoffs and shrinking credit. They urged Indonesia to protect its protection of sea lanes, avoid becoming a flashpoint avoidance of flashpoints in the renewed US‑Iran conflict, tension, and build the building of a middle‑power alliance backed by UN action to preserve domestic security and economic independence. A week later, policymakers in Jakarta shifted focus to a regional strategy. At an ASEAN‑Japan‑US‑Europe roundtable, round‑table, Indonesia promoted “coordinated resilience,” calling for diversified supply chains that resist U.S. US tariffs, Western investment screening and Chinese overcapacity. The country highlighted its restriction on unrefined nickel ore exports and its role in shaping the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo‑Pacific, urging flexible, plurilateral coalitions to safeguard economic security while maintaining national agency. By late July, the resilience narrative broadened to include environmental cooperation. Indonesia and Australia agreed to deepen sustainable forestry collaboration, addressing timber legality, forest‑product trade standards and ecosystem protection. Announced on the sidelines of the 30th APEC Experts Group on Illegal Logging in Shenzhen, the deal also spotlighted Indonesia’s plan to establish a World Mangrove Center as a global hub for research and capacity‑building. The initiative underscores Jakarta’s effort to diversify partnerships, strengthen regional environmental governance, and reinforce its broader strategy of resilience amid great‑power competition.

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