Indonesia’s arduous path to democracy is threatened by several domestic conflicts.<br>
Although the civil war in Aceh – a region in the north of Sumatra – has claimed
thousands of victims, the incidents have not yet been adequately dealt with –
neither in the public domain nor within the scientific community. In May 2003,
the Indonesian president, Megawati Sukarnoputri, imposed material law on the
Aceh region in order to crack down on the separatist movement Gerakan Aceh
Merdeka (GAM). This step does not seem to be in line with serious concepts of
democracy and is threatening the consolidation of the transformation process.<br>
The author seeks to shed light on the roots of the conflict, the motivation of
leading politicians in Jakarta to deploy military means instead of continuing
negotiations, and its consequences for the Indonesian process of democratisation.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:Potsdam/oai:kobv.de-opus-ubp:964 |
| Date | January 2004 |
| Creators | Schuck, Christoph |
| Publisher | Universität Potsdam, Extern. Extern |
| Source Sets | Potsdam University |
| Language | German |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Postprint |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | WeltTrends : Zeitschrift für internationale Politik und vergleichende Studien. - 42 (2004). - S. 101 – 111 |
| Rights | http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/doku/urheberrecht.php |
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