Indonesia-China ties: will president-elect Prabowo confront Beijing or maintain Widodo’s economic deals?

Nur Rachmat Yuliantoro, head of the international relations department at Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta, said Prabowo may use Indonesia’s non-aligned position to benefit from both of the superpowers’ competing interests in the country.

“He sees China as a major actor that can be a sufficient counterweight to the power of another major actor, the United States,” Nur said. “Indonesia is likely to continue to take a position in the middle while trying to maximise the benefits of available security guarantees.”

01:48

US…