Indonesia and the Muslim World: Islam and Secularism in the Foreign Policy of Soeharto and Beyond Karen By Somchai Phatharathananunth

By Somchai Phatharathananunth

gender and heritage

in the so‐called “Economic Quadrangle” of the Upper Mekong

He writes about Buddhism and politics in Southeast Asia with an emphasis on traditional Lao literature and Buddhist prophecy

and Thailand

Indonesia and the Muslim World: Islam and Secularism in the Foreign Policy of Soeharto and Beyond Karen By Somchai PhatharathananunthAnak Agung Banyu Perwita 2007, 238 pp, 15x23 cm Popular hostility and official ambivalence in Indonesia to the United States led "War on Terror" seem easily understandable in the worlds largest Muslim country. But this kind of analysis misses the complexity of Indonesia and the host of internal differences behind this opposition. Military and bureaucratic elites since independence have worked to create a more secular nationalist Indonesian identity