Energy protectionism complicates our ties with Indonesia
Rather than the lack of complementarity between the two nations’ economies, it is the clash with Indonesia’s resource nationalism that is now a key focus of Australian interest in the election contest.
Indonesians head to the polls on Wednesday to elect a new president in the 270-million-strong, Muslim-majority nation. A third transfer of power by direct vote since the fall of the Suharto regime a quarter of a century ago will confirm the success of Indonesia’s transition to democracy after decades of rule-by-strong-man authoritarianism.
That would be further underlined if the front-running candidate, Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto – who headed army special forces in the Suharto era – wins as is widely expected.
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