ALIGNED, SHIFTING, AND OPPOSING PREFERENCES: The Role of Australian and Indonesian Strategic Culture in the Borneo Confrontation and the East Timor Crisis

Abstract

This study undertakes an analysis of the influence of Indonesian and Australian strategic cultures on their decision-making during the Borneo Confrontation (1963-66) and the East Timor Crisis (1975-1999). The study examines the individual roles of historical/geographical, institutional, and geopolitical factors that shaped each states respective culture, while also identifying other intervening variables that explain where strategic culture did not influence decision-making. Specifically, this thesis looks to answer the following question: How did Indonesian and Australian strategic culture influence the decisions to use force in the Borneo Confrontation and the East Timor Crisis? Secondly, extrapolating from these results, the study will address a further question; what insights can this provide for future Indonesian-Australian relations?

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2018
Accession Number
AD1079473

Entities

People

  • Scott P. Egan

Organizations

  • Air University

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems

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  • Air Force
  • Civil War
  • Department Of Defense
  • Geography
  • Globalization
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Law
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Military Budgets
  • Military Science
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Political Systems
  • Second World War
  • Sociopolitics
  • Treaties

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  • Political science

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  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).