Jakarta, Jan. 14 -- Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono said on Wednesday that Indonesia's diplomacy must be built on preparedness, vigilance, and realism, as the current global order grows increasingly fragile and the world enters a dangerous "gray zone" marked by sharper competition, deeper fragmentation, and blurred boundaries between peace and conflict.
Speaking at the 2026 annual press briefing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jakarta, Sugiono said narrow national interests are overriding collective security, while international law, long regarded as a cornerstone of global stability, is being misused and frequently violated without consequences.
"When jointly agreed rules are broken without accountability, what collapses is not...