Prabowo Subianto

President — Indonesia

Country momentum +4 — Quarterly momentum: the Bureau's read on the country's trajectory over the last quarter, from −10 (deteriorating fast) to +10 (accelerating).

• Leads the world's fourth-most-populous state and Southeast Asia's largest economy — a rising power's debut.
• Free Nutritious Meals reached 60M+ recipients — $21bn, 1.5% of GDP — and the Danantara sovereign fund launched.
• BRICS membership is the headline; US, Japan and Australia defense ties deepened — hedging by design.
• The debit: Papua abuses continue, and the 1998 kidnappings shadow his own record.