Indonesia’s Jokowi Looks to the Gulf States

Funding Nusantara, etc.

By: Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

Relations between Indonesia and the Arab world have existed since the 13th century through the arrival of immigrants from the Hadhramaut region. However, the ties were limited until the early 2010s as Indonesia focused on its domestic politics and preferred to maintain ties with its traditional partners such as the US and Ch…