The disappearance of the NAM offers a window into how two of Asia’s most important middle powers now understand strategic autonomy. India and Indonesia have long occupied a unique place in the history of postcolonial diplomacy. Strategic autonomy has therefore become less about standing apart from the international system than about participating in it on one’s own terms. Rather than relying on a single movement, both countries increasingly assemble strategic autonomy through overlapping partnerships. India and Indonesia continue to defend the values that once inspired the NAM.