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Australia's decision to lead a multinational security contingent to the strife-ridden Solomon Islands is drawing support from New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and many of the Pacific Island states. But other countries in the region, particularly Indonesia and China, view Australia's newly aggressive foreign policy with caution -- if not concern.
Indonesia, Australia's close but often estranged neighbor, faces its own internal turmoil, and officials in Jakarta fear Canberra might eventually grow bold enough to intercede inside the country. There also is a belief that Australia is becoming a willing tool in U.S. regional policy. But given the current conflict in Aceh and the upcoming presidential elections, Jakarta has little interest in raising too big a stink about the Australian actions and raising Washington's ire -- at least for now.
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