23 March 2026
Board of Peace and the Role of Personalised Diplomacy: Can Prabowo Successfully Navigate Public Resistance?
Executive Summary
Indonesia’s decision to join the Board of Peace signals a shift toward personalised diplomacy, expanding strategic access while aiming to placate domestic scrutiny in the public sphere.
Despite conditional accommodation among foreign policy and religious elites, survey findings expose a legitimacy gap; scepticism over intent, costs, and benefits of Palestinian statehood is driving a wedge between elite alignment and public conviction.
The durability of this shift will depend on credible strategic returns and clear justification of commitments, failing which, scepticism may constrain Indonesia’s diplomatic flexibility.
Executive Summary
Indonesia’s decision to join the Board of Peace signals a shift toward personalised diplomacy, expanding strategic access while aiming to placate domestic scrutiny in the public sphere.
Despite conditional accommodation among foreign policy and religious elites, survey findings expose a legitimacy gap; scepticism over intent, costs, and benefits of Palestinian statehood is driving a wedge between elite alignment and public conviction.
The durability of this shift will depend on credible strategic returns and clear justification of commitments, failing which, scepticism may constrain Indonesia’s diplomatic flexibility.
