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Just curious as I am not exactly the most well-versed when it comes to Indonesian politics or history.

So past the declaration of independence in 1945, was there any point in time when Indonesia could have exploded into civil war? If so...

1) Who would've been the belligrents? Communists? Islamists? Local seperatist? Possibly even rival generals (a la Warlord era China)?

2) Just what would the consquences of such a war be on the rest of South-East Asia? Just how badly would an Indonesian Civil War destabilize the region?

3) Due to her proximity to the Indonesians, what does Australia do in the event of a Civil War? Simply offer aid? Occupy East Papua/relevant island(s)? Full-blown intervention?

4) Expanding on the above, just how bad would a potential refugee crisis be? On a scale of Vietnam to Syria.

5) In the event of it occuring during the Cold War, what do the superpowers do? Just how deep would the Americans and Soviet interfere? Or dare I say, Maoist China?
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