Australia’s operation sovereign borders : risks for Australia-Indonesia relations

• Main Author: Sam, Bateman
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science::International relations
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104431; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/20154
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Australia’s robust Operation Sovereign Borders plan to turn back asylum seeker boats seems certain to adversely affect its bilateral relationship with Indonesia. Will newly-elected Prime Minister Abbott, now in Jakarta on a visit, be able to finesse his first diplomatic challenge?