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AFA21 - June 2024The Jakarta Option
Could Indonesia Ever Be an Ally?
Canberra and Jakarta face similar threats in a changing Asia. Could this lead to closer ties?
The next issue of Australian Foreign Affairs examines Australia’s relationship with Indonesia and the prospects of the two neighbours working together to boost their collective security as tensions in Asia increase.
The Jakarta Option looks at how Canberra should adapt to a changing Indonesia as the world’s fourth-most populous nation enters a new era under its next president, Prabowo Subianto.
Essays include:
- United front: Australia needs a military alliance with Indonesia, by Sam Roggeveen
- The chameleon: Will Prabowo be a strongman or a statesman? by Emma Connors
- The view from Jakarta: Friends with benefits, not fellow fighters, by Evan A. Laksmana
- Growing pains: Can Indonesia rise before its population ages? by Maria Monica Wihardja
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