Indonesias Maritime Policy from Independence to 2019: Political Culture and Mar [Hardcover]

1. Introduction: Tanah-Air Concept and Continuity and Change of Indonesias Maritime Policy from 1945 to 2019 2. Pillar Framework of the Tanah-Air Concept: Unity and Javanese Political Culture on National Maritime Orientation 3. Three Ages of Nusantara: Towards the Unity of Land and Sea and Nation of Indonesia 4.      Indonesias Maritime Policy from 1945-1950: Concentric Maritime Orientation and Protection of the Main Islands 5. Indonesias Maritime Policy from 1950-1967: From the Main Islands towards the Archipelagic State Principle 6. Indonesias Maritime Policy from 1967  1998: The Archipelagic Outlook and the Institutionalization of Tanah-Air for National Economic Development 7. Indonesias Maritime Policy from 1998 to 2004: The Reformation Period and Archipelago-Based National Development 8. Indonesias Maritime Policy from 2005 to 2019: Towards Indonesia as a Maritime Nation 9. Epilogue. Bibliography and List of References

 

Alverdian explores how a distinct national character of maritime governance has influenced the nature of Indonesia's aspiration to go beyond archipelagic towards a maritime nation, through focusing on the intersection between the nation's political culture, historical changes and geopolitical contexts, which gave rise to the primacy of the theme of unity in the nation's discourse.

The main theme of this research is the three-pillar framework of the Tanah-Air concept, which includes the political culture of persatuan nasional (national unity), the strategic culture of cakra manggilingan (turning of the times from dark to golden periods), and the geopolitical context of posisi silang dunia (world crossroad position). The findings of this publication indicate the dominant influence of Javanese political culture, philosolc>