US-Indonesian Hegemonic Bargaining
Strength of Weakness
Routledge Revivals Series

Title first published in 2003. Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and October 12, 2002 in the United States and on Bali, we may be witnessing the most sweeping shift in US foreign policy since the beginning of the cold war. America is again committed to leading the world in a battle against a global enemy. The US relationship with Indonesia - the country with the world?s largest Islamic population - could prove to be of decisive importance for the success of its new global mission. Timo KivimÃ?ki?s analysis of the dynamics and background of the US-Indonesian relationship will be essential reading for all concerned with American Foreign Policy, Asian studies, peace studies and conflict resolution and negotiation.

Contents: Introduction; The negotiations; Research design; Bargaining during hegemonic transition; Bargaining during integral hegemony; Emerging challenge to the hegemonic order; Second phase of hegemonic decline; Bargaining during minimal hegemony; Post-hegemonic bargaining; Conclusions: strength of weakness; References; Annexes; Index.

Dr. Timo Kivimäki has been professor of the University of Helsinki, Copenhagen and Lapland, and the Director of the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (University of Copenhagen) and the Institute of Asian Studies (University of Helsinki). He has also been a frequent adviser to the Finnish, Danish, Dutch, Russian, Indonesian and Swedish governments, as well as to several UN and EU organizations on conflict and peace negotiation. Dr. Kivimäki’s latest book, Can Peace Research Make Peace? was published by Ashgate in 2012.