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Indonesia's likely new president expected to keep balance between West and China: Analysts - Breaking Defense

"So looking at it from Beijing's perspective, they would want to be keeping this really strong, pragmatic relationship,” Natalie Sambhi, an Australian expert on Indonesia’s national security, told Breaking Defense.

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SYDNEY — Indonesia’s likely next president is unlikely at least at the outset to make major shifts in his country’s relations with China, but he is “much more comfortable with the United States as a security partner,” according to a top Indonesia analyst.