Dispatch: Indonesia To Skip U.S.-ASEAN Meeting

Analyst Matt Gertken examines the upcoming meeting between the ASEAN countries and the United States and how Indonesia's absence could be interpreted as way to balance its relationship with China.

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[Babaroga54]

Indonesia has clearly chosen its course which, thankfully, does not include US in the long term as an important factor. Just days ago she bought a shipment of fighter jets from Russia.

[chairde]

@kekvirag1 I tend to agree with you. There are some serious internal problems in China that won't go away.

[zhilvher03]

China can help ASEAN region but China must know it own boundary and dont use our own ties in abusive way.

[TheJuwitata]

i thinkk indonesia can make such the bridge to make netral between china an us in asean region.. because that country very important in asean and the largest economic in asean too...

[bennlonelyboy]

yes, indonesia always be netral with China, US, and Russia

[elazar79]

China will collapse? Uyguristan, Tibet, Inner Mongolia, and Manchuria?

[roniepao]

@kekvirag1

I dont believe that China will collapse but without a doubt USA will collapse.

[leostomicek]

@kekvirag1 I'm sceptical, we will see. ;-)

[kekvirag1]

@leostomicek well China will collepse soon even you believe it or not

[leostomicek]

@kekvirag1 I have met a lot of prophets of collapse in my life.

[theorgill]

"The biggest ASEAN player, Indonesia, won't actually be present." However, VP Boediono did. Also interesting to note was that the China scare wasn't an issue - reading the joint-statement, the South China Sea wasn't even referenced. STRATFOR's analysis is superficial at best.