Flexible and Sly: Indonesian Defense Policy, Russia and Australian Anxiety

Photo by Fang Guo Island states tend to be anxious political entities.  Encircled by water, seemingly defended by natural obstacles, the fear of corrupting penetration is never far.  Threats of such unwanted intrusion are embellished and magnified.  In the case of Australia, these have varied from straying Indonesian fishermen who are seen as terrors of border security, to…

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