Indonesia needs a more disciplined government

Prabowo struggles to deliver a clear strategy amid strained US-China ties

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2025-04-08 prabowo

Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto waves as he arrives for an economic gathering in Jakarta on April 8, 2025. © Reuters

Ben Bland is the director of the Asia-Pacific Programme at Chatham House and the author of books including "Man of Contradictions: Joko Widodo and the Struggle to Remake Indonesia."

Shortly after Prabowo Subianto was inaugurated as Indonesia's president in October, the former special forces general put ministers through a military-style boot camp to prepare them for office.

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