Number 683 Mr. Calvin Khoe, Lead Analyst at FPCI Research & Analysis, explains that "Indonesia enjoys several comparative advantages that empower it as an activist nation and differentiate it as a middle power," and wagers that "President Prabowo will strive to make Indonesia an even more influential middle power." Thus, the country has no political baggage and is totally free to exercise strategic autonomy. Furthermore, Indonesia has developed strategic partnerships with all five permanent members of the UN Security Council. Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo, early during his first term of office, declared his country a middle power. However, long before “middle power” became a common phrase in diplomatic and political circles, Indonesia acted like a middle power: building regional institutions, setting norms of international relations, mediating conflict resolution processes, and promoting multilateral dialogue..