Academics, as well as foreign policy experts and practitioners from across the country and the world gathered at the Conference on Indonesian Foreign Policy (CIFP) in Jakarta on Saturday to discuss the evolving dynamics of global politics and exchange insights on preparing for the so-called next world order.

In his opening remarks, Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia (FPCI) founder Dino Patti Djalal said the next world order was upon us, and that Indonesia must seize its opportunity to shape it, suggesting that middle powers, especially from the Global South, would play a decisive role in shaping new norms and coalitions.

Unlike the post-World War II order, which emerged in a “big bang”, he said the next world order was taking shape gradually and evolving into a multipolar one, with the dominance of the West and the United States-led “unipolar” movement giving way to a more diverse set of global actors.

“This is the moment when Indonesia must be one of the key architects of the next world order,” Dino said, citing its memberships in ASEAN and G20, as well as its record of multilateral innovations as key strengths.

“The history of Indonesia's diplomacy is about taking a pioneering role in a changing world,” Dino noted. “Our foreign policy tradition is not just about what is good about Indonesia, but also about how we can fix the region and the world.”

He highlighted recent diplomatic achievements, including deepened ties with major powers, such as China, Russia, India, France, Saudi Arabia and Australia, as evidence of Indonesia’s growing strategic leverage. He said these relationships could serve as “foreign policy assets and the basis of Indonesia's coalition building to shape the next world order”.

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