[1] World Bank, ‘Global Economic Prospects 2009: Commodities at the Crossroads,‘ December 9, 2008

[2] Annika Breidthardt, ‘Indonesian term LNG deal sets new Asian benchmark,‘ Reuters, March 31, 2008

[3] Antara, ‘Japan to buy LNG from Bontang at higher-than-average price,‘ August 20, 2008

[4] Berita, ‘RI Wants 75 LNG Exports To Japan To Be Transported By National Shipping,‘ November 4, 2008

[5] Alfian, ‘Kogas wants to extend LNG supply from RI,‘ Jakarta Post, October 16, 2008

[6] ibid

[7] Antara, ‘Mitsubishi to build LNG refinery in C Sulawesi,‘ June 8, 2008

[8] Jakarta Post, ‘Medco aims to halt oil output decline,‘ May 6, 2008

[9] Reuters, ‘Indonesia says Chubu, Kansai may buy Sulawesi LNG’, January 20, 2009

[10] Ika Krismantari, ‘Japan to buy more LNG from Indonesia,‘ Jakarta Post, August 24, 2007

[11] Reuters, ‘Japan's Inpex due to unveil plans on Timor Sea gas,‘ May 14, 2008

[12] Xinhua, ‘Indonesia Says Inpex Proposes $19.6B LNG Plant,‘ June 9, 2008

[13] Bloomberg, ‘Inpex Seeks Partners for LNG Projects to Raise Funds,‘ December 16, 2008

[14] Xinhua, 2008.

[15] ibid

[16] APS Review Gas Market Trends (2005)

[17] Reuters, ‘Japan's Tohoku Electric buys Indonesia Tangguh LNG,‘ May 20, 2008

[18] Padjar Iswara, Bunga Manggiasih, Amandra Mustika Megarani, Ninin Damayanti and Anton Aprianto, ‘Chasing Tangguh All the Way to China’, Tempo Magazine 02-08, 2008

[19] ibid

[20] ibid

[21] Dow Jones, ‘Indonesia VP: China Understands Need To Seek Gas Price Hike,‘ September 5, 2008

[22] Iswara et al, 2008

[23] ibid

[24] Nowadays an investor's application has to pass through at least five offices, whereas previously an investment license could be obtained through different agencies operating under the same roof.

[25] Katz, James Everett, ‘The Implications of Third World Military Industrialization’, Lexington Books, 1986

[26] Xinhua, ‘China to “seriously consider” building aircraft carrier’, December 23, 2008

[27] Ricklefs, M.C., ‘A History of Modern Indonesia since c. 1300‘, Stanford University Press, 1993

[28] Suryadinata, Leo, ‘Indonesia's Foreign Policy Under Suharto - Aspiring to International Leadership’, Times Academic Press, 1996

[29] Possibly Beijing was goaded by a forceful reaction from Taipei into expressing its outrage over these episodes of anti-Chinese violence.

[30] Suryadinata, 1996

[31] Whilst at the same time vigorously opposing any the US or Japanese military presence where it might impinge on Indonesia's sovereignty, for instance in the Malacca Strait.

[32] Non-conventional oil is that produced or extracted without using the traditional oil well method, and includes the tar sands of Canada and Venezuela's Orinoco heavy oil belt. It is less efficient and more costly than conventional oil production.

[33] International Energy Agency (IEA), ‘World Energy Outlook 2008,‘ November 12, 2008

[34] Iswara et al, 2008

[35] APS Review Gas Market Trends, 2005

[37] Bloomberg, ‘Inpex Seeks Partners for LNG Projects to Raise Funds,‘ December 16, 2008

[38] Daily Telegraph, ‘Vladimir Putin warns “era of cheap gas” is coming to an end’, December 23, 2008