
COVID-19 presents challenges to Indonesia domestically and internationally. The pandemic will undoubtedly affect the country’s foreign policy. This episode explores the disaster dimension of COVID-19, how the COVID-19 pandemic affects Indonesia’s relations with China, China’s Health Silk Road, and Indonesia’s position amidst China-US tension in terms of pandemic response. In the World Podcast is joined by M. Habib Abiyan D., a researcher at CSIS Jakarta in exploring some of the most burning questions surrounding the issue.