Political Ineptitude Calls for Regulations
December 31, 2002
How will we react to the arrival of foreign troops? A standard regulation on this important matter needs to be drawn up.With the Cold War over, intra-state conflicts have occurred more often than the other kinds: inter-state conflicts and trans-national terrorism. Nine out of 11 conflicts breaking out between 1991 and 1999 were domestic. If Indonesia, made up of some 300 ethnic groups, is faced with the likelihood of being caught in a centripetal
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