Artikel menarik oleh seorang profesor dari ANU Australia tentang kemajuan Indonesia yang tak teramati oleh banyak orang, terutama oleh Australia dan kekhawatiran pengaruh ke depannya bagi Australia, yang bagi Australia harus mempersiapkan strategi besar. (Moef)
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Indonesia’s rise is the big story we’re missing
Hugh White
(National Times, May 29, 2012)
Can Australia handle having a stronger, richer neighbour?
AUSTRALIANS see Indonesia today through a kaleidoscope of negative images: Islamic terrorists, people smugglers, dreadful tsunamis, violence in East Timor, brutal abattoirs, Australians on drug charges. Schapelle Corby’s ordeal somehow typifies the whole thing.
But we are missing the big story. Indonesia’s economy is growing so strongly that, according to Citibank, it will be the fourth largest in the world by 2040. Our big neighbour will then be three or four times richer than us. Already its GDP has overtaken ours by about 15 per cent. Read the rest of this entry »

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