Jakarta - Foreign Minister Sugiono warns that the world order is increasingly fragile and moving into a dangerous "gray area", where the line between peace and war is becoming blurred, while violations of international law often occur without consequences.
The warning was conveyed by Foreign Minister Sugiono in the 2026 Annual Foreign Minister Press Statement in Jakarta, Wednesday, January 14.
The Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs emphasized that in a situation like this, there is almost no room for misreading the situation. When the rules that were agreed upon are violated, what collapses is not just one norm, but trust in the entire global order.
Furthermore, Foreign Minister Sugiono assessed that narrow national interests increasingly defeat common security.
Global governance is having difficulty keeping up with reality, while a number of key countries are actually withdrawing from their responsibilities. This condition, he said, encourages many countries to enter their respective survival mode.
He reminded history of having recorded a similar pattern. When rules are violated without sanctions and trust collapses, the world moves towards a wider conflict. Now, the world is moving back to a sharper competition and deeper polarization.
Although the Minister of Foreign Affairs did not mention it, but as an illustration, the world is not going well. The Ukraine-Russia conflict is still ongoing, while the United States attacked Venezuela followed by the arrest of President Nicolas Maduro with the accusation of being involved in a drug network. Not to mention the tension in relations between Thailand and Cambodia.
These events show how geopolitical and cross-border law enforcement pressures are getting tougher and more unpredictable.
In the context of a harsh and unpredictable world, Foreign Minister Sugiono emphasized that Indonesia must not be dragged.
"Countries that do not have strategies will be dragged. Countries that do not have resilience will become objects," he said.
Indonesian foreign policy, he said, still based on the principle of free activity, but cannot be carried out statically.
"The question is no longer which side to be on, but how to strengthen national resilience and determine our own direction," he said.
Therefore, Foreign Minister Sugiono said that Indonesian diplomacy was built on preparedness, vigilance and realism.
"It is not reactive diplomacy, but rather a resilience diplomacy - which starts from the needs of the people, national interests and the obligation of the state to be present and protect.
"This resilience cannot be borrowed," said Foreign Minister Sugiono.
"Only a strong country on the inside will have bargaining power on the outside," he said.
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