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| Territorial Integrity: Is Territorial Unity Good for Indonesia? |
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Although many regard with horror the possibility of a disunited Indonesia, with the serious potential for chaos and the negation of years of post-independence effort, others view disintegration with greater optimism. Some believe that the crises of the status quo cannot be overcome without establishing a different kind of future state or states. These optimists have compared Indonesia’s circumstances with the situation in Pakistan, which survived as a nation even after the loss of half of its population to the newly formed state of Bangladesh.
Given the absolute hostility of the army to any secessionist ideas, however, the consequences of moving towards disintegration would be severe and costly, both in financial and human terms, and would mean both the outbreak of violence and its debilitating effects on development.
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