1. Putting the Cart Before the Horse: United States resumes military assistance to Indonesia
- Author:
- Rhea Myerscough
- Publication Date:
- 05-2006
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Center for Defense Information
- Abstract:
- In March 2006 the State Department formally ended a seven-year ban on U.S. exports of lethal defense articles to Indonesia. Indonesia had been under various combinations of U.S. military sanctions over the past 14 years, due to persistent and grave human rights violations by members of its security forces. This significant policy change removes all restrictions on military assistance for the first time since 1992. However, in the absence of any documented human rights improvements by the Indonesian armed forces, the timing of the decision is perplexing.
- Topic:
- International Relations, Arms Control and Proliferation, and Human Rights
- Political Geography:
- United States, South Asia, and Indonesia