Jakarta's decision to suspend military co-operation between Indonesia and Australia has all the hallmarks of being a storm in a teacup.

The suggestion is that an Indonesian instructor felt materials on display at a joint training facility were insulting to Pancasila, the philosophical foundation of the Indonesian state.

This is hard to imagine, not least because it is in Australia's national interest to do everything in its power to support that philosophy, rather than insult or undermine it.

Pancasila underpins the Indonesian constitution and rests on five guiding principles: a common belief in humanity, in one God, in national unity, in democracy and in social justice.