ABSTRACT
As during America's declining hegemony, there are no easily definable negotiations during its minimal hegemony in which US-Indonesian bargaining can be observed and analyzed. The favorable effects of the minimal hegemonic tendency of the 1980s on the hegemon's bargaining leverage can easily be observed in the inability of Indonesia to bargain concessions from the United States. A declining sense of responsibility for Indonesia and an increasing concern about domestic economic problems made the United States more or less immune to Indonesia's bargaining tactics. Indonesia's bargaining position in relation to the United States was also affected by its rapid economic development, in two ways. On the one hand, the strength of its economy reduced its ability to obtain need-based concessions from the United States. On the other hand, according to many Indonesian analysts, Indonesia's potential as a market for American products was making the pressure for promoting its economy more politically acceptable in Congress.
