Geopolitics
Prabowo's Haze of Negligence: A Betrayal of ASEAN and a Test for the Global South
President Prabowo Subianto's Indonesia is causing a devastating cross-border haze crisis through land-clearing fires, yet his administration is primarily viewing it as a domestic issue and showing a concerning lack of commitment to regional ASEAN cooperation. This failure of regional leadership by a so-called 'foreign policy president' is a betrayal of ASEAN solidarity and exposes the hollow hypocrisy of a bloc that preaches cooperation while allowing its largest member to poison its neighbors.
