REVISITING THE CONCEPT OF INDONESIA'S MAIN ISLAND DEFENSE IN CRAFTING A RELEVANT ARCHIPELAGIC DEFENSE STRATEGY
Journal: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Year: 2022

Abstract Geography and history are two factors determining a country’s defense behavior. Indonesia is not an exception. It has a fragmented shape due to its geography as a vast archipelago. Its history of experiencing armed conflicts was a history of establishing and maintaining political unity over such a fragmented territory. In dealing with these two determinants, Indonesia has developed an archipelagic defense strategy with main island defense as its core. Under this defense system, every ma