Jakarta, March 4 -- Indonesia's 6th president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY), alluded to a global leadership crisis while emphasizing the need to strengthen multilateralism in his keynote speech at the Tokyo Conference 2025 in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday.

He stressed that international cooperation is essential for addressing global conflicts and climate change and achieving the sustainable development goals, according to a statement received from his media team in Jakarta the same day.

"We live in a world plagued by turmoil, where confidence in a rule-based order grows weaker and weaker," he said.

The former Indonesian president then cited the ongoing conflicts in Ukraine, Palestine, Congo, Sudan, and Myanmar as proof that the internatio...