Geneza konfrontasi: główne przyczyny indonezyjsko-malezyjskiego konfliktu zbrojnego o przyszłość wyspy Borneo w latach 1963–1966
The Origins of konfrontasi: Main Reasons of Indonesian-Malaysian Armed Conflict over the Future of the Borneo Island between 1963 and 1966
Author(s): Marcin KończalSubject(s): International relations/trade, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika
Keywords: Indonesia; Malaysia; konfrontasi; Borneo; Sukarno;
Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the main causes of the konfrontasi – armed conflict between Indonesia and Malaysia, supported by Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand, especially in the context of the future of Borneo Island. The article focuses its attention on the meaning and etymology of the term konfrontasi, describes the administrative division and demographic composition of Borneo Island in the beginning of the sixties, as well as presents the most important causes of the outbreak of war, with particular emphasis on the political situation in the former British colony of Sarawak and Brunei.
Journal: Historia i Polityka
- Issue Year: 20/2015
- Issue No: 13
- Page Range: 97-106
- Page Count: 10
- Language: Polish