Background: The Dutch began to colonize Indonesia in the early
17th century; the islands were occupied by Japan from 1942 to
1945. Indonesia declared its independence after Japan's
surrender, but it required four years of intermittent
negotiations, recurring hostilities, and UN mediation before the
Netherlands agreed to relinquish its colony. Indonesia is the
world's largest archipelagic state. Current issues include:
alleviating widespread poverty, preventing terrorism, continuing
the transition to popularly-elected governments after four
decades of authoritarianism, implementing reforms of the banking
sector, addressing charges of cronyism and corruption, and
holding the military and police accountable for human rights
violations. Indonesia has been dealing with armed separatist
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