International Journal of Research in Social Sciences
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue: 3

The impact of GMA policy and naval modernisation towards indonesian maritime security

  • Author:
  • Muhamad Nazrul B. Basar1, Noraini bt Zulkifli2
  • Total Page Count: 14
  • Page Number: 125 to 138

1Major, Armed Force Staff College, Department of Strategic Studies, Faculty of Defence Studies and Management, National Defence University of Malaysia

2Senior Lecturer, Department of Strategic Studies, Faculty of Defence Studies and Management, National Defence University of Malaysia

Online published on 10 September, 2019.

Abstract

Indonesia is an archipelago country in the South East Asian with three main straits in the Sea Lines of Communications (SLOCs). Global Maritime Axis Policy (GMA) has being introduced plus naval modernization to enhance Indonesia Maritime security. This article has three objectives namely 1) GMA policy's impact towards National Maritime Security, 2) GMA policy's impact towards Indo-Pacific Region and 3) GMA policy's impact towards Indonesian Naval Forces Organisation. This article using secondary data. The findings of this article are 1) Indonesia successfully decreasing the maritime crime in its water, 2) TNI-AL has increasing its security relations with other countries in ASEAN and 3) Indonesia has modernisenaval power so that it has increasing its maritime security in waterways.

Keywords

GMA Policy, Indonesia, Maritime Security, TNI-AL, SLOCs