Understanding Australia-Indonesia relations in the post-authoritarian era: resilience and respect/
Greta Nabbs-Keller
- 2020
The article examines two key variables shaping Australia-Indonesia relations in the post-authoritarian era-resilience and respect. A perceived lack of consultation by successive Australian Governments on policy announcements of vital national concern to Indonesia has been a catalyst for repeated bilateral tensions in the post-authoritarian era. The article concludes that in spite of periodic bilateral tensions, Indonesia-Australia relations have remained surprisingly resilient. Such resilience is based on an appreciation by foreign policy elites in both states about the relationship's utility for maintaining stability and prosperity in a transitional Indo-Pacific order.
AUSTRALIA -- FOREIGN POLICY AUSTRALIA -- SECURITY INDONESIA -- FOREIGN POLICY CHINA INDO PACIFIC