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- Russia: Indonesia’s curious rapprochement – Strategic hedging or silent alignment? 16/03/2026Joseph de Souza*
On 3 September 2025, Indonesian president Prabowo was invited to China’s Victory Day parade. Being seated next to Kim Jong Un, Xi Jinping, and Vladimir Putin – the image has sparked avid curiosity from the international stage. Indonesia’s rapprochement with Russia and China has indeed raised certain questions about the role Jakarta might be expected to play alongside these so-called revisionist powers. Indonesia and the USSR first established diplomatic relations in 1950. The first few decades of the relationship were dynamic, ...Lire la suite








