Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/255920 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
SWP Comments No. 26/2004
Publisher: 
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Berlin
Abstract: 
The September 9 bomb attack in front of the Australian embassy in Jakarta signals a comeback of the Southeast Asian terror network, Jemaah Islamiyah, that had suffered setbacks in its struggle with Indonesian security forces in 2003 and that some had already pronounced dead. Much as with the March 2004 Madrid train bombings, the timing of the assault prior to Indonesia's presidential and Australia's parliamentary elections betrays an intention to influence democratic processes. In more general terms, both Indonesia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have been affected by investigative and cooperative deficits that threaten to weaken regional cohesion and to turn Southeast Asia into an object of contention among neighbouring great powers. (SWP Comments / SWP)
Document Type: 
Research Report

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