Only Prabowo can make it happen: Join the Abraham Accords

Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto is 74, but he packs all the energy of a young man on a mission. In 2025 alone, he went on 32 overseas trips and met world leaders including US President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping, French President Emmanuel Macron, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

His diplomatic offensive

is intended to raise Indonesia’s profile on the world stage and position it as a major power outside South-east Asia. In the process, the President has shown again and again that he is not afraid of taking big swings.

The latest came on Feb 19 at the

inaugural meeting of Mr Trump’s Board of Peace

, which Mr Prabowo joined in January. To great fanfare, the US announced that Indonesia will serve as deputy commander of the International Stabilization Force in Gaza. The force will demilitarise the Palestinian enclave so that it can be rebuilt safely. It will be composed of

20,000 soldiers provided by five countries

. Among them are Morocco, Albania and Kazakhstan. Indonesia will send at least 8,000 soldiers.