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No one doubts the United States has played a major role in helping Indonesia consolidate its democracy. It began in 1970s, when the U.S. government provided grants and scholarships for Indonesia's future leaders to study at the best U.S. universities. On returning home, the students disseminated the values of democracy they studied in the U.S. and later even fought for the values to be put into practice, leading to the collapse of the Suharto regime in 1998.
U.S. government and institutions also actively helped the Indonesian government rebuild the country. In the post-Suharto regime, the U.S. government greatly contributed to preparations for a free and fair election in 1999. The successful election laid a firm basis for Indonesia, the largest Muslim country with 240 million people, to further consolidate its fledgling democracy.See the full content of this document
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The great help from the U.S. has convinced Indonesians they are justified in using the U.S. as a reference in pursuing democratic transition, especially in that the U.S. is the world's oldest democrac...
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