The Jakarta Post
In an editorial on Feb. 22, titled “Fighting digital goliaths”, The Jakarta Post wrote that Indonesia could learn from Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who had opted for a confrontational approach in dealing with economic superpower China and two United States tech behemoths for the sake of national interest. ”Hopefully, there will be win-win solutions to the disputes,” the editorial says, meaning all are the winners of the war. The level of satisfaction is definitely different, but for sure, no one has suffered a fatal loss in the war. Morrison now has a legitimate reason to claim a victory in his (first) war against the American goliaths. The next war — against China — is much more complicated with deadlier consequences for Australia and for Morrison in person than in the first war. No leader has dared to declare an open conf...