Named as an enemy: Indonesia’s uneasy Aukus moment

According to a report by SCMP… A former Australian official’s use of a hypothetical “aggressive Indonesia” to make the case for Aukus at a public inquiry has been called “clumsy diplomacy” by analysts, who say the comments risk reviving old suspicions as Jakarta and Canberra try to strengthen security ties.
Michael Pezzullo, a former deputy secretary of strategy in Australia’s defence department, made the remarks in testimony on September 2 to the Aukus Public Inquiry, an independent, crowdfunded review of the trilateral… complete report is on link below. Source: https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3368035/named-enemy-indonesias-uneasy-aukus-moment?utm_source=rss_feed