Maritime Security And Indonesia: Cooperation, Interests And Strategies (routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series)
by Senia Febrica /
2017 / English / PDF
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Indonesia is the largest archipelago state in the world
comprising 17,480 islands, with a maritime territory measuring
close to 6 million square kilometres. It is located between the
two key shipping routes of the Pacific and Indian Ocean.
Indonesia’s cooperation in maritime security initiatives is
vitally important because half of the world’s trading goods and
oil pass through Indonesian waters, including the Straits of
Malacca, the Strait of Sunda and the Strait of Lombok.
Indonesia is the largest archipelago state in the world
comprising 17,480 islands, with a maritime territory measuring
close to 6 million square kilometres. It is located between the
two key shipping routes of the Pacific and Indian Ocean.
Indonesia’s cooperation in maritime security initiatives is
vitally important because half of the world’s trading goods and
oil pass through Indonesian waters, including the Straits of
Malacca, the Strait of Sunda and the Strait of Lombok.
This book analyses Indonesia’s participation in international
maritime security cooperation. Using Indonesia as a case study,
the book adopts mixed methods to assess emerging power
cooperation and non-cooperation drawing from various
International Relations theories and the bureaucratic politics
approach. It addresses not only the topic of Indonesia’s
cooperation but also engages in debates across the International
Relations, political science and policy studies disciplines
regarding state cooperation. Based on extensive primary
Indonesian language sources and original interviews, the author
offers a conceptual discussion on the reasons underlying emerging
middle power participation or non-participation in cooperation
agreements. The analysis offers a fresh perspective on the
growing problems of maritime terrorism and sea robbery and how an
emerging power deals with these threats at unilateral, bilateral,
regional and multilateral levels.
This book analyses Indonesia’s participation in international
maritime security cooperation. Using Indonesia as a case study,
the book adopts mixed methods to assess emerging power
cooperation and non-cooperation drawing from various
International Relations theories and the bureaucratic politics
approach. It addresses not only the topic of Indonesia’s
cooperation but also engages in debates across the International
Relations, political science and policy studies disciplines
regarding state cooperation. Based on extensive primary
Indonesian language sources and original interviews, the author
offers a conceptual discussion on the reasons underlying emerging
middle power participation or non-participation in cooperation
agreements. The analysis offers a fresh perspective on the
growing problems of maritime terrorism and sea robbery and how an
emerging power deals with these threats at unilateral, bilateral,
regional and multilateral levels.
The book fills a significant gap in literature on Indonesian
foreign policy making in the post-1998 era. It provides the first
in-depth study of Indonesia’s decision making process in the area
of maritime security and will thus be of interest to researchers
in the field of comparative politics, international relations,
security policy, maritime cooperation, port and shipping
businesses and Southeast Asian politics and society.
The book fills a significant gap in literature on Indonesian
foreign policy making in the post-1998 era. It provides the first
in-depth study of Indonesia’s decision making process in the area
of maritime security and will thus be of interest to researchers
in the field of comparative politics, international relations,
security policy, maritime cooperation, port and shipping
businesses and Southeast Asian politics and society.