SMU Associate Professor of Law and NMP Eugene Tan said, “I don’t expect the Indonesians to backtrack, and Singapore is registering its disappointment in hopes it won’t happen again.” “We may see a cooling off period in bilateral ties, particularly with military relations, but I don’t see relations heading into a deep freeze.” He was commenting on the move by Indonesian army officials to skip the Singapore Airshow as tensions escalate between the two nations after Indonesia stood by its decision to name a navy ship after marines who bombed a building on the island in 1965.