Are We Inviting Foreign Intervention?
The many internal conflicts in Indonesia seem to be attracting possible foreign intervention. Perhaps we should blame this on ourselves.
December 31, 2002
Although nature drew the lines ages ago, perhaps not many people realize that our country consists of four strategic regions. Four out of the world’s seven vital sea lanes are found within our beloved Indonesian archipelago. The seven, also known as choke points, are the Panama Canal, the Straits of Gibraltar, the Suez Canal, and the four in Indonesia: the straits of Malacca, Sunda, Lombok and Ombai-Wetar. According to the international l
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