ABSTRACT
Indonesia entered the post–Cold War era in a position of confidence and strength. Lacking a significant external threat, its primary security goals are regional stability, free access to world markets, and maintenance of internal stability to support its continuing national development programs. By far the largest country in Southeast Asia, both in geographic size and in population, and blessed with abundant natural resources and a sound domestic economic policy, Indonesia approaches the twenty-first century confident of its national strength and increasingly seeking a more active role in international economic and political affairs.
