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The Cold War is over, but not U.S. interests in Asia. The Obama administration is pouring military forces into the region and has made it clear that it intends to contest China’s growing influence in Asia and Southeast Asia. Here Indonesia is key. Some 80 percent of China’s energy supplies pass through Indonesian-controlled waters, and Indonesia is still a gold mine—literally in the case of Freeport McMoRan on Irian Jaya—of valuable resources. -- Conn Hallinan http://www.newageislam.com/NewAgeIslamIslamAndWest_1.aspx?ArticleID=6504 |
Monday, January 30, 2012
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