As a result, there was no appetite among the US and its allies – including my own country, and the Australian government of which I was a member – to look closely, then or since, at how Suharto’s New Order consolidated its power. Within Indonesia itself, even with the Suharto era long gone, anti-communist sentiment remains strong, survivors remain cowed, and demands for justice and accountability remain few.
苏哈托掌权后，印尼几乎一夜之间不再强势宣布中立和反帝国主义，不再积极地追随苏联和共产主义中国，而是变成了美国顺从的盟友。如今，美国将印尼视为动荡地区的主要稳定力量。结果，美国及其盟友——包括我的祖国澳大利亚，当时我也在澳大利亚政府任职——当时及此后都没有兴趣详细追查苏哈托的新秩序是如何巩固权力的。在印尼国内，虽然苏哈托时代早已过去，反共情绪仍然十分高涨，幸存者仍然战战兢兢，呼吁正义和问责的声音仍然微不足道。