https://www.krisna.or.id/en/tag/australia/AustraliaHugoBlox Kit (https://hugoblox.com)en-usMon, 13 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +1000https://www.krisna.or.id/media/icon_hu_b3b1c80225e80fa3.pnghttps://www.krisna.or.id/en/tag/australia/https://www.krisna.or.id/en/event/kipi2026/Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +1000https://www.krisna.or.id/en/event/kipi2026/<p>I spoke at Plenary Session 1 of KIPI 2026, the 11th Indonesian Students&rsquo; International Conference organised by PPIA (Perhimpunan Pelajar Indonesia di Australia), under the conference theme &ldquo;Navigating Global Uncertainty with Clarity and Purpose.&rdquo;</p> <p>The talk makes three points. First, uncertainty is structural: geopolitical risk has been elevated since 2022, and governments worldwide now announce roughly twice as many interventions per year as they did in the 2010s, mostly for national-security and supply-chain reasons. Second, trade is beginning to reorganise along geopolitical blocs — but nonaligned &ldquo;connector&rdquo; countries are gaining, not losing. Third, Indonesia and Australia are natural connectors: the 2026 urea deal (MV Medi Luna, Brisbane) shows how chokepoint risk can be answered with a partner&rsquo;s surplus capacity under agreements we already have, like IA-CEPA.</p>