Singapore and Indonesia Squabble over Defense Pact
The joint defense pact that Indonesia wrung out of Singapore earlier this year after a stare-down over sand barges destined for reclamation projects in the city state appears to be in trouble, with Indonesian lawmakers seeing a dark threat to national sovereignty in the hastily concluded pact.
Under the agreement, which is inextricably tied to a long-awa…
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