China, Indonesia, Taiwan: the naval question Jakarta has to answer

This week brought two Indonesia stories that sat side by side but pointed in different directions. In Jakarta, US Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby met Indonesia’s defense minister, Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin, as part of a Southeast Asia tour that also took him to the Philippines, Thailand and Cambodia. At almost the same time, [...] The post China, Indonesia, Taiwan: the naval question Jakarta has to answer appeared first on Asia Times .
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