Indonesia and the Muslim world : between Islam and secularism in the foreign policy of Soeharto and beyond.
Perwita, Anak Agung Bany
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Copenhagen: NIAS Press,
2007
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‘Why bother to write a study on Islam in Indonesia’s foreign policy’, asked a friend of mine, ‘when there is nothing much to write?’ My response to that precarious question is that, although at first glance there would seem to be nothing to much to write, the ‘revival’ of Islam in Indonesia’s domestic politics as well as in world politics in the late 1980s has marked the repositioning of religious factors in international relations. Moreover, the topic did not invite wider attention by foreign policy scholars, especially Indonesians. In addition, this topic has also become one of the ‘political mysteries’ of the Soeharto era.
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Indonesia - Politics and government - 1966-1998
Islam and politics - Indonesia
Soeharto, 1921-
URN:ISBN:978-87-91114-92-2