INDONESIA PERSPECTIVE

Jakarta brings an angle nobody else covers: the sacrifice of Indonesian peacekeepers in Lebanon and the paradox of peacekeeping. Antara News documents the human cost paid by Indonesia for the stability of a country others are bombing. It's a framing that repositions Global South nations not as passive spectators but as active contributors — and often victims — of peace operations. Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country, reads Israeli strikes in Lebanon through the lens of Islamic solidarity, but also through the more pragmatic lens of its soldiers risking their lives while great powers negotiate.