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President Prabowo Subianto hosts a roundtable on Feb. 10 with representatives of Indonesian conglomerates at his Hambalang private estate in Bogor, West Java. (BPMI Setpres/-)
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resident Prabowo Subianto has declared that Indonesia’s aggressive push for food and energy self-reliance is not rooted in ideology but in "common sense", as it is required to survive a volatile global landscape.
In a candid question-and-answer session with senior journalists and experts at his Hambalang residence, aired on Thursday, the President framed national resilience as a biological imperative.
"I think the school of thought is the school of common sense; common sense and reality," Prabowo stated, noting that basic human needs, particularly food, were the foundation of civilization.
Referring to historic and psychological theories, Prabowo noted that conflict always stemmed from struggles over resources.
"Without food, there is no civilization," he said, warning that the era of relying on globalization to fill domestic gaps was dangerously naive.
He cited the Russia-Ukraine war as an example of how distant conflicts can disrupt local stability, where war between two major wheat producers triggered a global spike in food prices.
"Now, the world is getting smaller, everything is interconnected. Conflict in one place impacts the entire world," he said, stressing that import dependency was a liability in a world riddled with war.
