Anticipating Obama’s visit to Indonesia and Australia
Author: Andrew MacIntyre, ANU
Barack Obama’s upcoming visit to Indonesia and Australia is likely to be one of the less difficult and more gratifying international missions he undertakes this year. But along with the surges of goodwill that will greet him in both countries, there will also be opportunities– in partnership with Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Kevin Rudd – to advance significant common causes in the region and globally. And Yudhoyono’s separate bilateral visit to Canberra the week before gives added weight to the moment.
With climate change sliding down the agenda in all three countries for now, the big issue on which the three leaders will find common cause is the G20. Read more…