Indonesia and Australia in the Asian Century

Abstract

The Asian Century, driven by the unprecedented transfer of wealth and influence from the West to the East, offers opportunities to Indonesia and Australia to enhance their cooperation to their mutual advantage, if they take them. Richard Woolcott argues that the challenges ahead in the bilateral relationship – as well as the opportunities – will require a fundamental change in Australia’s national psyche, to focus more on Asia than on our traditional links with the United States, the United Kingdom and Europe.