Download This PaperDrifting Towards Dynamic Equilibrium: Indonesia's South China Sea Policy Under Yudhoyono
Aspirations with Limitations: Indonesia's Foreign Affairs under Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, ed. Ulla Fionna, Siwage Dharma Negara, Deasy Simandjuntak (Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2018), pp. 153-175
23 Pages Posted: 25 Jul 2018 Last revised: 26 Oct 2018
Date Written: June 28, 2018
Abstract
This chapter examines Indonesia's South China Sea policy under President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. For much of his administration (2004-14), Indonesia held on to three inter-related policy concepts: non-claimant, honest broker, and confidence-builder. This chapter explores the broader strategic contexts underpinning these concepts and consider how Yudhoyono followed the footsteps of his predecessors in responding to the developments in the South China Sea.
Keywords: Indonesian foreign policy, South China Sea, Southeast Asian security
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