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Book Review: STRANGERS NEXT DOOR: INDONESIA AND AUSTRALIA IN THE ASIAN CENTURY. Edited by Tim Lindsey and Dave McRae. Oxford: Hart, 2018
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Book Review: STRANGERS NEXT DOOR: INDONESIA AND AUSTRALIA IN THE ASIAN CENTURY. Edited by Tim Lindsey and Dave McRae. Oxford: Hart, 2018

R. Robison
Journal of Contemporary Asia, Vol.49(5), pp.1-2
2018
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At almost 500 pages and 25 chapters, this is a lengthy and densely packed edited collection. Such a format has advantages. It enables the editors to cover a vast range of topics. We can find assessments of political, economic and military relations between Australia and Indonesia and insights into specific areas of collaboration in policing, military, youth, women and justice. There are also chapters that focus on difficult aspects of the relationship where the potential for misunderstanding and disagreement is high. Among these are chapters on Bali, asylum seekers and people smuggling, Islam, Papua and human rights. We also find assessments of surveys of Australian attitudes towards Indonesia and narratives of academics from both countries...

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