Foreign Policy and the Media: The US in the Eyes of the Indonesian Press

This book analyzes the response of the Indonesian press to American foreign policy during the administrations of Presidents Bush and Obama. Situated in Southeast Asia, Indonesia is the world’s fourth most populous country and the largest Muslim nation, and as such is a potentially vital economic and strategic partner to the US in the 21^st century. Ever since Indonesian independence post World War II, relations to the US have been marked by ups and downs. The author argues that the way the I...