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Learning From Past Policy: Assessing United States Foreign Policy Over Indonesia In Resolving The 1999 East Timor Crisis, Sigit S. Nugroho
Learning From Past Policy: Assessing United States Foreign Policy Over Indonesia In Resolving The 1999 East Timor Crisis, Sigit S. Nugroho
Global: Jurnal Politik Internasional
Assessing the output of past foreign policy is instrumental for any country to learn policy-relevant insights, to appreciate its experience, and to improve its future conduct. To glean such insights, this article borrows Baldwin’s framework in assessing the success and failure in foreign policy. Using a case study analysis, it assesses the United States’ (U.S.) influence attempt towards Indonesia to resolve the 1999 East Timor humanitarian crisis. President Clinton’s decision to undergo an influence attempt primarily aimed to change Indonesia’s policy while gaining support from U.S. allies in the process. The article finds that Clinton’s decision was a highly successful …