Indonesia Newly Aggressive in South China Sea

Jakarta’s regional plans rub up against Beijing’s own designs

By: Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

As Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo takes over the 2023 chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations with an ambitious agenda, he is also pushing back against China’s so-called “nine-dash line” which claims hegemony over almost the entire South China Sea. Indonesia is planning to auction the largest undevelope…