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The Indonesian Press and US-Indonesian Relations

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This chapter shows that US-Indonesian relations have always been dependent on both the international situation and the respective domestic situations. While US domestic political discourse has involved debates between isolationists and interventionists, in Indonesia, foreign policy has always been closely connected to the Indonesian self-image. For the further development of bilateral relations it is of paramount importance how the Indonesian public perceives US foreign policy. In the formation of public opinion today, the Indonesian media that has experienced three regimes since independence has a central stake. Thus, when studying the development of the US foreign policy image in the Indonesian press, a thorough understanding of the sociohistorical context of the Indonesian press and Indonesian-US relations is needed.

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Lang, J.S. (2016). The Indonesian Press and US-Indonesian Relations. In: Foreign Policy and the Media. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59494-5_3

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