Common Enemies: Crime, Policy, and Politics in Australia-Indonesia Relations

An examination of international cooperation in tackling cross-border crimes such as terrorism, through a socio-legal lens. This qualitative study focuses on Australia and Indonesia, asking questions about the conditions that promote cooperation, and the structural tension between political and policy interests.

Over the last two decades, Australia and Indonesia have built a remarkable partnership in the fight against terrorism and other transnational crimes. Common Enemies: Crime, Policy, and Politics in Australia-Indonesia Relations is the first in-depth study of this partnership, examining both its successes and its failures. Drawing on over 100 interviews and extensive archival material, the book tells the inside story of the joint police investigation into the 2002 terrorist bombings in Bali, the extradition of Indonesian corruption fugitive Adrian Kiki Ariawan, the public campaigns in support of Australians detained in Indonesia for drug trafficking, and the 2013 spying scandal that led to a freeze in cooperation. It also investigates many cases that never made the headlines in an effort to understand the conditions that promote criminal justice cooperation between these two very different countries. The book reveals a tension between parochial politics and policy ambition at the heart of the bilateral relationship, and explores how politicians, bureaucrats, and private actors animate this tension. It also considers how various 'wars on crime' since the 1970s have shaped the relationship, and the importance of reciprocity in maintaining the relationship. Based on this analysis, it identifies strategies for enhancing cross-border cooperation to combat crime. The mix of engaging case studies and novel theorising in Common Enemies will appeal to both practitioners and scholars of transnational policing, international relations, regulation, and global governance.

This is a unique book as the first in-depth study of the criminal justice relationship between Australia and Indonesia, based on unparalleled access to senior government officials on both sides. It is written with remarkable clarity and verve and is filled with a wealth of detailed empirical material and scholarship. . . . We commend this book for making a significant contribution to the field of criminology.

Auteur
Michael McKenzie is a Sir Roland Wilson Fellow in the School of Regulation and Global Governance at the Australian National University. He is also a senior legal official in the Australian government. Over the last decade he has worked on justice and security reform in Australia and Southeast Asia, with a particular focus on combating terrorism and other transnational crimes. Since 2016 he has served as Counsellor (Legal) at the Australian Embassy in Jakarta. Michael has a PhD from the Australian National University, and has published widely on topics including transnational policing and international law.

Contenu

• 1. Introduction

• Theories of International Cooperation and Their Limits

• International Cooperation through a Regulatory Lens

• Chapter Outline

• 2. The Securitization of Transnational Crime

• The Internationalization of Crime Control

• The War on Drugs

• The War on Crime

• The War on Terror

• Prisoners of War

• Governing through Transnational Crime

• 3. The Bureaucrats: Police Cooperation

• Bureaucratic Autonomy and Police Culture

• The Early Years

• A Common Enemy

• Terror Hits Home

• The Police Union

• Breach of Trust

• Bureaucratic Subcultures

• 4. The Politicians: Extradition Arrangements

• The Legal Framework

• A Rocky Beginning

• Changing Fortunes

• Politics Intervenes

• Quid Pro Quo

• The Return of Mr X

• 5. Private Actors: Cooperation on Detained Nationals

• The Cooperative Framework

• Indonesians Detained in Australia

• Australians Detained in Indonesia

• Weaving a Web

• 6. A Reciprocal Exchange

• Reciprocity in International Relations

• Clemency for Corby: A Case of Specific Reciprocity

• Policing the Border: A Case of Diffuse Reciprocity

• Variations in the Practice of Reciprocity

• Expanding the Scope for Cooperation

• 7. Balancing Policy and Politics

• A Tension between Policy and Politics

• When Politics Dominates

• When Policy Dominates

• Striking a Balance

• Local Politics, Global Policies

• 8. Conclusion

• Findings

• Strategies for Cooperation

• Final Thoughts