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OUT NOW Maritime Affairs Issue 14 | Strategic culture and Indonesian approach to maritime “rules-based order” by Muhamad Arif.

This issue examines how Indonesia’s #maritime policies have been made within the context of strategic culture, in which two strains, shaped by different interpretations of its geography and strategic history, coexist in tension.

One strain is inward-looking, driven by a sense of vulnerability and focused narrowly on Indonesia’s territorial integrity as an archipelagic state and domestic development agenda. The other is outward-looking, driven by Indonesia’s sense of regional entitlement.

Policy implications exist for Indonesia’s long-term strategic behaviour, the dilemma Indonesia’s strategic culture presents for external powers & how Aust should best strategically engage with SEA in a manner that does not undermine Indonesia’s leadership or territorial integrity