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ndonesia must continue to closely engage with the United States regardless of who wins the US presidential election in November, diplomats and foreign policy experts have said, as Indonesia seeks to rekindle its partnership with a superpower largely preoccupied with its rivalry with China.
With the race to the White House picking up, Indonesia is facing two distinct possibilities: preparing for a change in US leadership or bracing for more of the same.
Americans are expected to choose between President Donald Trump and his opponent Joe Biden on Nov. 3. Either way, experts agreed during a virtual discussion this week that the results of the election would affect Indonesia’s foreign policy stance towards the US, as well as Washington’s relations in the Asia-Pacific region.
Former Indonesian ambassador to the US Dino Patti Djalal was confident that Trump would lose as a result of unanticipated job losses and other challenges wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic.
