Assessing military reform in Indonesia

Sebastian, Leonard C.; Gindarsah, Iis

doi:10.1080/14751798.2013.842709

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“…Observers of the Indonesian military have seen the practice of civilian control of the military and the promotion of security sector reform as the major factor to minimize a military incentive to hijack the democratic polity (Alagappa 2001;Sebastian and Gindarsah 2013;Sukma 2013). I attempt to contribute to the discussion by providing an alternative argument from a different angle-that is, military nonintervention is a reflection of "failure," rather than success, of military reform and civilian control.…”

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Emerging States at Crossroads

Tsunekawa¹,

Todo²

2019

Emerging-Economy State and International Policy Studies

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Emerging States at Crossroads

Tsunekawa¹,

Todo²

2019

Emerging-Economy State and International Policy Studies

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“…The arms embargo which the United States once imposed and Australia's interventionist foreign policy in East Timor separatism were fresh experiences for Indonesia (Laksmana, 2012). The other consequence of such dependence was that Indonesia had 173 variants of defense system transferred from 17 main supplier states which caused both complexity of inter-operation readiness and rising maintenance cost of worn out military hardware (Sebastian and Gindarsah, 2013;Gindarsah and Priamarizki, 2015). The situation was complicated with less competitive domestic defense industry because of low human resources along with less research and development programs related to defense technology (Tippe, 2018).…”

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Determinants of Indonesia’s Defense Technology Cooperation with Turkey: A Decision Making Perspective

Luerdi

Marisa

2019

Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Social, Economy, Education and Humanity

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This paper aims to describe a number of determinants of Indonesia's technology cooperation policy with Turkey. That dominant literature on Indonesia's defense relations with its traditional partners either in East Asia or in Asia Pacific while less scholars' attention to such relation beyond the regions seems to exist is a gap the paper intends to fill. The research found that Indonesia's defense ministry's role as well as political support from political parties at the parliament, state economic-military gap and the trend of emerging powers' defense self-sufficiency and self-reliance along with increased global arm trades were the significant factors which encouraged the state to agree on the cooperation ranging from joint development, production to potential sale of armaments. The research applied the decision making theory developed by William D. Coplin providing such determinants as domestic politics, state economic and military capability and international context. In addition, the research made use of the qualitative approach with a descriptive analysis. The paper argues that Indonesia has been pursuing its defense technology independence within last decade; therefore, it diversifies its defense relation beyond its traditional partners.

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“…Second, even though the literature on Indonesia's civil-military relations has shown military dominance over the defence establishment, it rarely touches on the impact of appointing these military figures towards overall civilian control. The existing scholarship on Indonesia's civil-military relations mostly focuses on the political nexus between the civilian and the military leadership (Haripin, 2020;Honna, 2003;Laksmana, 2019b;Mietzner, 2009;Sebastian and Gindarsah, 2013). In a similar vein, several contemporary inquiries have analysed the Ministry of Defence within the framework of civil-military relations: its relative autonomy and early transformation (Anggoro, 2009(Anggoro, , 2007; its subsequent internal reform (Sukadis, 2016); the development of its roles, duties and organisational composition under Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's presidency (Gunawan, 2017a(Gunawan, , 2017b; and the recent evaluation of military professionalisation and bureaucratisation under it (Laksmana et al, 2020).…”

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Quasi-civilian defence minister and civilian authority: The case study of Indonesia's Ministry of Defence during Joko Widodo’s presidency

Haripin

Priamarizki

Nugroho³

2022

Asian Journal of Comparative Politics

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The President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, appointed two former military generals, Ryamizard Ryacudu (2014–2019) and Prabowo Subianto (2019–present), for the first- and second-term defence minister positions consecutively. The appointment of military officers – either retired or active – as defence ministers has been perceived as a recipe for potential democratic setbacks. Current studies on the quasi-civilian defence minister mainly focused on explaining the logic behind such appointments. On the other hand, our study attempts to test the argument about whether the decision to select former military figures to lead the Ministry of Defence undermines civilian control. This article examines: (1) the institutional arrangement of the defence establishment; (2) the composition of the Indonesian Ministry of Defence's leadership structure; and (3) the leadership activities and key initiatives. The findings are that military officers have indeed dominated the ministry's organisational structure. Nevertheless, such domination did not automatically translate into the deterioration of civilian supremacy as the institutional arrangement limits those quasi-civilian defence ministers’ manoeuvres.

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Assessing military reform in Indonesia

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Emerging States at Crossroads

Emerging States at Crossroads

Determinants of Indonesia’s Defense Technology Cooperation with Turkey: A Decision Making Perspective

Quasi-civilian defence minister and civilian authority: The case study of Indonesia's Ministry of Defence during Joko Widodo’s presidency

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