What Indonesia’s new foreign minister must do in the Middle East

On October 1, President Prabowo Subianto named Arrmanatha Nasir as Indonesia’s new foreign minister. Unlike Sugiono, the politician he replaces, Arrmanatha is a career diplomat who once served as Indonesia’s ambassador to the United Nations. Analysts have said the foreign ministry was pushed aside in recent years while the president made most decisions himself. Many now hope the ministry will have a stronger voice again. One of the first places to use that voice is the Middle East and North Africa, the region from Morocco to Iran. Indonesians are tied to it through faith, work, trade and energy, and almost all of these ties are now under strain. Here are six things the new minister should do. First, he should […]