Indonesian Debt and Political Instability

Most of the fund managers and company executives who used to jet in and stay at Jakarta's five-star hotels don't even follow events in the country any more. ... If Indonesia collapses into civil war or splits apart ...     WSJ 6jun01

click for source Mr. Wahid's biggest accomplishment this year has been to make Indonesia's shambolic and venal military seem patriotic. The generals are already delighted that Miss Megawati will take power [after the voting is cast behind the barbed wire]: she is a staunch nationalist and will probably do little to hold them accountable for corruption, or for violent crimes in unsettled provinces where secessionist groups are chafing at rule from Jakarta.     The Economist 30may01


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