Bottom Line
- Prabowo Subianto, Indonesia’s next president, is unlikely to change the current trajectory of Indonesian policy in the South China Sea.
- Indonesia has been gradually strengthening its security posture in the South China Sea in response to the growing number of Chinese incursions into its exclusive economic zone.
- The Indonesian military has sought to add capacity that would enable them to sustain larger and longer-term deployments around the Natuna Islands.
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