A <i>Nonbalancing</i> Act: Explaining Indonesia’s Failure to Balance Against the Chinese Threat

Syailendra, Emirza Adi

doi:10.1080/14799855.2017.1365489

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“…The trend that must be highlighted in this case is that existing literatures have chosen study cases of democratic states in analysing cases under Neoclassical Realism. Past notable studies that have employed Neoclassical Realism include the differing perceptions of threat for Indonesia (Syailendra, 2017), balance of risk for great powers such as the US (Taliaferro, 2004), and the Theory of Underbalancing (Schweller, 2004), which are all unified by the assumption that a democratic process exists in the foreign policy decisions chosen by state actors. Therefore, enabling intervening variables to be varied to include stakeholders under the government (ministers, departments, institutions, etc.).…”

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Comprehending Brunei Darussalam’s vanishing claims in the South China Sea: China’s exertion of economic power and the influence of elite perception

Putra

2020

Cogent Social Sciences

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Comprehending Brunei Darussalam’s vanishing claims in the South China Sea: China’s exertion of economic power and the influence of elite perception

Putra

2020

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“…Strengthening partnerships with the United States remains relevant because, despite the tendency of suspicion towards the maneuvering of the superpower, Indonesia is not very successful in blocking the threats that were born from the expansion of China (Syailendra, 2017). The manifestation of this problem can be seen from the case of Chinese fishermen operating in the North Natuna Sea who then showed resistance by being guarded by their coast guards in early January.…”

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Indonesia's Defense Diplomacy through the United States: Case Study of Cooperation a Float Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2019 Joint Exercise

Marpaung¹,

Manarni²,

Halkis³

2020

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Indonesia's Defense Diplomacy through the United States: Case Study of Cooperation a Float Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2019 Joint Exercise 1. Introduction Indonesia is faced with a new political constellation that is very dynamic in recent years. Indonesia's global and regional strategic security environment is characterized by geopolitical competition, geo-economic competition, and the spread of non-traditional threats. In the regional realm, Indonesia's natural leadership in Southeast Asia must deal with the spread of non-military threats such as terrorism, piracy, drugs, and human trafficking. The problem of terrorism, for example, aside from facing the challenge of the unity of perception in the ASEAN collective security framework (Wiratma and Suharman, 2016), cross-regional cooperation and the development of Indonesia's capable military capabilities to protect borders must still be a serious concern for Indonesia (Ministry of Defense, 2015). As such, defense diplomacy can play a crucial role in supporting defense demands through several agendas to increase cooperation and strengthen the military. The United States is still an important player in shaping these dynamics and the trend is even showing an increase in the Southeast Asian region. Indonesia pays serious attention to the US-style Re-balancing Policy (Ministry of Defense, 2015). This policy is the basis for greater US political, military and economic penetration in the Asia Pacific region. Therefore, to follow up on this maneuver, Indonesia has applied several strategic policies. Indonesia under the leadership of President Joko Widodo shows a significant commitment to managing its maritime potential which came to be known as the World Maritime Axis (PMD). Various policy moves were taken, starting from forming a coordinating ministry of maritime affairs, boosting the sea-based economy, building maritime development infrastructure, and inserting maritime agendas in domestic politics and foreign diplomacy (Nainggolan, 2015; Yamin, 2015; Kemenko Kemaritiman, 2019). At the regional level, Indonesia is also pushing maritime as a priority for cooperation as was recently seen in the adoption of the ASEAN Outlook in 2019 (ASEAN Secretariat, 2019). The logical consequence of the reality and direction of the policy is the strengthening of sea defense capacity by empowering the Indonesian military's sea dimension. Although the military aspect is not so discussed in the various maritime development commitments above, the capability of the navy, which is reliable and certainly supported by the

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“…Meskipun Cina kurang bisa dianggap sebagai ancaman secara fisik untuk Australia karena zona panas dengan Cina di Asia Tenggara adalah Laut Cina Selatan dan Australia tidak punya akses secara langsung, Cina merupakan ancaman yang bersifat politis. Ketidakseimbangan pengaruh di kawasan Asia Tenggara dengan Cina yang semakin mendominasi dapat berpotensi menyulitkan Australia untuk mencapai kepentingannya (Syailendra, 2017).…”

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Kemitraan Strategis Non-Zero Sum Game: Hubungan ASEAN-Australia dalam Konteks Geopolitik

Pramanta¹,

Maziyah²,

Asri³

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ASEAN and Australia has a long history of mutual partnership. It is a strategic foreign policy for both parties. ASEAN needs to maintain its power and influence with their neighboring countries to maintain the political stability in the Southeast Asian region. On the other hand, Australia needs Southeast Asia because it serves as a strategic and crucial pivot of numerous benefits and interests for them, including but not limited to security and economics. However, ASEAN-Australia relations is not separated from the geopolitical implications. The geopolitical factors determine the strategic partnership between ASEAN and Australia, thus leading to the hypothesis in this article where Australia needs ASEAN more than the vice versa, and Australia is the one who benefits more in terms of relative gain, relative to ASEAN.Abstrak ASEAN dan Australia memiliki sejarah yang cukup panjang dalam hal kerjasama. Untuk kedua belah pihak, kerjasama ini adalah kebijakan luar negeri yang bersifat strategis. ASEAN harus menjaga kekuatan dan pengaruhnya pada negara-negara tetangga untuk menjaga stabilitas di kawasan Asia Tenggara. Australia membutuhkannya karena Asia Tenggara adalah kawasan penting dan vital untuk banyak kepentingan nasional Australia yang termasuk, namun tidak terbatas pada keamanan dan ekonomi. Tetapi, hubungan ASEAN-Australia tidak terlepas pada sifat geopolitis. Faktor-faktor geopolitik menjadi penentu dalam kemitraan strategis antara kedua pihak, di mana artikel ini mengajukan hipotesis bahwa Australia lebih membutuhkan ASEAN daripada sebaliknya, dan Australialah yang relatif lebih diuntungkan dalam hubungan ini. Kata-kata kunci: hubungan ASEAN-Australia, neorealisme, relative gain, geopolitik

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A Nonbalancing Act: Explaining Indonesia’s Failure to Balance Against the Chinese Threat

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Comprehending Brunei Darussalam’s vanishing claims in the South China Sea: China’s exertion of economic power and the influence of elite perception

Comprehending Brunei Darussalam’s vanishing claims in the South China Sea: China’s exertion of economic power and the influence of elite perception

Indonesia's Defense Diplomacy through the United States: Case Study of Cooperation a Float Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2019 Joint Exercise

Kemitraan Strategis Non-Zero Sum Game: Hubungan ASEAN-Australia dalam Konteks Geopolitik

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