A leaked Indonesian plan granting the US military extensive overflight access has sparked domestic controversy. Concerns have been raised that Jakarta may be sacrificing strategic independence amid tensions involving the war in Iran.

A leaked plan to grant the US military sweeping overflight access to Indonesia’s airspace has triggered a domestic backlash over concerns that Jakarta is “colluding with the aggressor” amid Washington’s war on Iran. Analysts say the defence document, first reported by New Delhi-based newspaper the Sunday Guardian, raises concerns that President Prabowo Subianto may be trading away Indonesia’s strategic independence. The proposal, which reportedly emerged following a meeting in February between.....