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| Territorial Integrity: Addressing the Sources of Insecurity and State Unity |
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There is considerable disagreement on whether a unitary state, or alternatively a federal system, would increase or decrease the insecurity of people in Indonesia and in the region. While some analysts see no reason not to envisage other options and consider separation as a potential means to increase security, many are convinced that disintegration will likely lead only to violence and chaos.
It is important that the Indonesian people - not only the elite, and not outsiders - participate in decisions on how the Indonesian entity is to be defined in the future. At this time of unrest, outsiders should signal support for a unified Indonesia rather than question its relevance or importance; however, there may be a point beyond which no one should go to prevent disintegration.
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