Indonesia is a rising world power – close relations are in Britain's national interest
Read the small print of Labour’s new “Progressive Realism” foreign policy and it’s clear Britain’s economic, military and diplomatic tilt to the Asia-Pacific once derided by the party is now accepted as mainstream. Its main elements – further trade deals, military cooperation through the Aukus submarine and technology pact, and the Global Combat fighter programme with Japan and Italy – are all absorbed into the Labour manifesto.