Indonesia’s Strategic Embrace Of North Korea May Rewrite Indo-Pacific Power Dynamics By Uriel Araujo A landmark visit to North Korea has revived Indonesia-Pyongyang ties and raised questions about Jakarta’s long-term strategy. As Indonesia modernizes its defence and hedges between global powers,… Read More ›
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Putin’s Master Plan For The Russian Arctic And Far East Will Speed Up The Global South’s Rise
Putin’s Master Plan For The Russian Arctic And Far East Will Speed Up The Global South’s Rise By Andrew Korybko The end result might be the world’s bifurcation into the US-led “Global West” and the Chinese-led Global South. Putin elaborated on… Read More ›
Indonesia Will Play A Key Role In Russia’s Asian Balancing Act
Indonesia Will Play A Key Role In Russia’s Asian Balancing Act By Andrew Korybko Their close Soviet-era strategic cooperation before General Suharto’s mid-1960s coup serves as a nostalgic reference point for the level of relations that their contemporary leaders are eager… Read More ›
Five Reasons To Disbelieve The Report That Russia Wants An Airbase In Indonesia
Five Reasons To Disbelieve The Report That Russia Wants An Airbase In Indonesia By Andrew Korybko None of those in the media who lend credence to Janes’ scandalous report can cogently explain what tangible benefit Russia or Indonesia would obtain from… Read More ›
Why’s The New York Times Fearmongering About Indonesia’s Presidential Frontrunner?
Why’s The New York Times Fearmongering About Indonesia’s Presidential Frontrunner? By Andrew Korybko It’s an information warfare provocation intended to manipulate voters’ perceptions of the frontrunner to the point that a run-off election is scheduled this summer, which could then give… Read More ›
Indonesia Might Pivot To The West After Its Upcoming Elections In February
Indonesia Might Pivot To The West After Its Upcoming Elections In February By Andrew Korybko Indonesia is the world’s largest Muslim country, its fourth-most populous one in general, and is on pace to become the sixth-largest economy by 2027, which is… Read More ›
The US Is Rounding Up Allies Ahead Of A Possible War With China
The US Is Rounding Up Allies Ahead Of A Possible War With China By Andrew Korybko If the US feels that it’s obtained a decisive edge over China through the crystallization of AUKUS+ and upon maximally stockpiling weapons in Taiwan, then… Read More ›
Indonesia Will Ultimately Have To Decide Which Military Side It’s On In The New Cold War
Indonesia Will Ultimately Have To Decide Which Military Side It’s On In The New Cold War By Andrew Korybko One way or another, whichever decision it makes will be zero-sum. Indonesia will either risk creating the pretext for China to potentially… Read More ›
Interpreting Indonesia’s Mediation In The Ukrainian Conflict
Interpreting Indonesia’s Mediation In The Ukrainian Conflict By Andrew Korybko Indonesia has enormous strategic potential in the New Cold War and especially within the new Non-Aligned Movement (Neo-NAM) that its Indian partner hopes to assemble, which is why it would have… Read More ›
Pakistan-Indonesia Bilateral Ties: Exploring Untapped Potentials
Pakistan-Indonesia Bilateral Ties: Exploring Untapped Potentials By News Desk On 1st November 2021, a Young Scholar Discussion on the topic “Pakistan-Indonesia Bilateral Ties: Exploring Untapped Potentials” was jointly organized by Center for Global & Strategic Studies (CGSS), Islamabad and The… Read More ›