Indonesia’s 4-nation defence pact: strategic coup or paper tiger?
Indonesia could gain critical defence technology, investment and export opportunities through a new multi-nation defence pact with Turkey, Qatar and Pakistan, but analysts warn its success hinges on turning high-level ambition into concrete projects.
The four Muslim-majority nations signed the Badr Memorandum of Understanding in Doha on Wednesday. The agreement outlines a framework for defence “cooperation and integration” across joint research and development, training exchanges and industrial capability building.
“We believe that the Badr MOU will contribute to transforming the complementary capabilities of Qatar, Pakistan, Indonesia and Turkey into concrete projects,” Haluk Gorgun, head of Turkey’s Defence Industry Agency, said in a statement last week.
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