Prabowo in Paris: liberté, égalité, and the autonomy that isn’t

Indonesia's lack of defence-supply autonomy—relying on five countries across five supply chains—signals vulnerability to coercion and limits Jakarta's strategic independence in the Indo-Pacific, a core pillar of Australia's northern-arc stability and alliance architecture. Australia's regional deterrence posture depends partly on allies like Indonesia maintaining credible indigenous capability; fragmented supply chains reduce their capacity to resist pressure and weaken the decoupled, resilient Indo-Pacific security ecosystem Australia needs.