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    "data": {
        "id": 1921186,
        "msgid": "ui-observer-indonesia-needs-to-strengthen-energy-sector-1786773141",
        "date": "2026-08-15 11:53:20",
        "title": "UI observer: Indonesia needs to strengthen energy sector",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Energy",
        "summary": "A University of Indonesia international relations expert has called on the government to prioritise strengthening the energy sector amid geopolitical conflicts, trade wars and global supply chain disruptions. He argued that reducing import dependence would ease pressure on the state budget and urged faster development of alternative energy sources. The observer also said Indonesia should pursue mutually beneficial partnerships with both the United States and China while using agile diplomacy to advance national interests.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) - University of Indonesia international relations\nexpert Muhammad Syaroni Rofii has assessed that energy is a crucial\nsector that the government needs to strengthen amid geopolitical\nconflicts, trade wars and global supply chain disruptions. \u201cEnergy is\none of the sectors that needs to be strengthened because it has many\nderivatives. Energy can drive industry and public mobility,\u201d Syaroni\ntold ANTARA in Jakarta on Saturday. He assessed that import dependence\nburdens the state budget, so the government needs to accelerate the\ndevelopment of alternative energy to reduce that dependence. According\nto him, this step could take into account the experience of several\ncountries, such as China and Saudi Arabia, which have pushed the\ndevelopment of alternative energy sources. Amid the rivalry between the\nUnited States and China, Indonesia must adapt to that reality by\nprioritising mutually beneficial partnerships with both countries, he\nsaid. He also assessed that Indonesia needs to identify urgent national\ninterests and make foreign policy an instrument to achieve them. \u201cI see\nIndonesia has the potential to play a role at the regional and global\nlevels. This must be supported by agile and adaptive diplomacy,\u201d he\nsaid. Furthermore, he said geopolitical changes over the past five years\nhave pushed countries to increasingly prioritise national interests and\nprepare policy alternatives. \u201cThe COVID-19 pandemic, the US-China trade\nwar, and the US-Iran war are among those variables. I think President\nPrabowo\u2019s approach in navigating Indonesia\u2019s foreign policy cannot be\nseparated from those variables,\u201d he said.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/ui-observer-indonesia-needs-to-strengthen-energy-sector-1786773141",
        "image": ""
    },
    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
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