Toward Decline
Indonesia’s Emerging China Dependencies
Why it matters
Indonesia's drift into Chinese economic dependency directly threatens Australia's strategic autonomy and alliance network. A functionally China-aligned Indonesia—the region's largest economy, a G20 member controlling critical maritime chokepoints—would degrade Australia's room to maneuver in the Indo-Pacific, weaken AUKUS strategic depth, and enable Chinese power projection across the archipelago, undermining the northern arc of Australian defence.
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