The essence of dual contradictions of Indonesia and the U.S. lay in the irreconcilable confrontations of national interests between a superpower and a rising regional power in a bipolar world.

• 印美两国矛盾的实质在于，冷战的两极格局下，一个全球超级大国和一个新兴地区大国之间难以调和的国家利益的冲突。