The Indonesia spy scandal and the future for Australia
Recently,
bilateral relationship between Indonesia and Australia disturbed by the
phone-hacking case President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono by Australian
intelligence agencies. The government of Indonesia has decided to reduce the
level of diplomatic relationship with Australia regarding that spying scandal.
Not only that, Indonesia also halts cooperation in military training and
refuge. The relationship between two
countries plunged to the lowest point in recent years. Unfortunately, those
elites of both countries did not take the right decision at that very time
which they only concerned with their image and egos that causes bilateral
relationship that has been built since a long ago destroyed just like that.
Indeed, what
Australian intelligence agencies did was threatening the security and interest
of Indonesia, but on the other side, it is the rights of Australians to seeking
for more information of its strategic partner in order to achieve their
interest, in this case Australia is doing it secretly. In simple, at the very
first time this case happened, they should solve it through diplomacy, for an
instance by conducting negotiation before it becomes the ongoing problems as
what happen right now. This case must be handled by the elites of two
countries, wisely, if it is failed, then it will cause a crisis of trust
between leaders of two countries and it will be hard to build a diplomatic
relationship that's based on trust in the future. And the Australian government should have to learn to be wise.
Sumber :
2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/indonesia/berita_indonesia/2013/11/131120_bin_sadap_australia.shtml
