The truce did not address the root cause of the conflict. A new initiative with a clear enforcement mechanism is needed.


Ronny P Sasmita is a senior international affairs analyst at the Indonesia Strategic and Economics Action Institution, a Jakarta-based think tank focu...sed on geopolitics and geoeconomics. His commentary has appeared in leading Indonesian outlets and a number of international English-language publications. He regularly contributes analysis on international political economy, China’s economy, and global geoeconomic trends.
The truce did not address the root cause of the conflict. A new initiative with a clear enforcement mechanism is needed.
