�Indonesia in the crossroad:�Inmediate international relations challenges for a major emerging country

José Ángel Ruiz Jiménez

UMY

April 12th 2023

• China (Russia)? Best trade partner, geographically and culturally closer, communist
• USA (Australia, Japan and EU): democratic freedoms, consumerism, christian/atheist
• Alone as a neutral State?
• Becoming part of a new Bloc way beyond the BRICS? (India, Malaysia, South Africa + medium and minor states in Africa, Asia and America)

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