President-elect Prabowo Subianto was once banned by the U.S. for rights violations. But the U.S. earlier gave him military training. How will both countries deal with each other once he takes office?
A vendor holds a portrait of Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto at a market in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 24.
But in the past, Aspinall notes, Prabowo has disparaged elections as"too expensive and too tiring," and argued that open opposition to the government"was not compatible with Indonesia's national culture, which emphasized harmony." Prabowo was never prosecuted for his actions, as part of what Aspinall calls a"Faustian bargain" between the incoming civilian government and Suharto's outgoing generals that gave the generals immunity in exchange for relinquishing their grip on politics.
Rieser describes Prabowo as presenting the U.S. with a dilemma between its geopolitical interests and the values it proclaims.
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