Accession Number:

AD1079473

Title:

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

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report

Corporate Author:

AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL MAXWELL AFB United States

Personal Author(s):

• Egan,Scott P.

Report Date:

2018-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

109.0

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 historicalgeographical, 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

Descriptors:

• national politics
• international relations
• political systems
• international law
• geography
• treaties
• intergovernmental organizations
• international organizations
• globalization
• civil war
• governments
• political ideologies
• military organizations
• Indonesia
• Australia

Subject Categories:

• Government and Political Science
• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE