Abstract
Transnational crimes, especially terrorism, were committed by the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) on the Indonesian – Malaysian Sea border considered by Indonesia as a threat that can disrupt the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Indonesia. Because transnational crimes occur on the borders of three countries, they cannot be handled independently. Therefore, Indonesia together with Malaysia and the Philippines carry out defense diplomacy in the form of a Trilateral Cooperative Agreement (TCA) to deal with transnational crimes in the border area. The purpose of this study is to analyze Indonesia's defense strategy in handling transnational crimes at Indonesia's maritime borders. – Malaysia - Philippines and analyzes Indonesia's defense diplomacy in handling transnational crimes at the Indonesia - Malaysia - Philippines sea border. This study uses a qualitative phenomenological method. Data collection was conducted by interview and literature study (Trilateral Cooperative Agreement TCA) is a response in dealing with transnational crimes in the Sulu-Sulawesi Sea region. With its various series of activities, this collaboration plays an important role in efforts to maintain regional security and stability. The Indonesian Defense Diplomacy Strategy in the TCA aims to increase mutual trust and defense capabilities in terms of coordination, communication and joint exercises. Therefore, the defense diplomacy strategy in this research can be said to have fulfilled two main characters of defense diplomacy, namely; defense diplomacy to build mutual trust and defense diplomacy to build defense capability. Besides being able to reduce the number of transnational crimes at the sea borders of Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.
Highlights
The continuous development of globalization has forced a country to continuously improve its national security and defense in securing its territorial sovereignty and national interests from various forms of existing threats
One of the most crucial developments in the current era of globalization is marked by advances in science and technology so that it affects the level of transnational-crime
One form of transnational terrorism crime that occurred on the border of the Indonesian, Malaysian and Philippine Seas (SuluSulawesi Sea) was carried out by the Abu Sayyaf (ASG) group
Summary
The continuous development of globalization has forced a country to continuously improve its national security and defense in securing its territorial sovereignty and national interests from various forms of existing threats. The phenomenon of crimes committed by the Abu Sayyaf group in the sea waters of Sulu-Sulawesi has made the countries of Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines as Litoral States in the Sulu-Sulawesi Sea area and as countries that are often affected in several cases of piracy and kidnapping to initiate comprehensive cooperation as a response and preventive action against these crimes This cooperation was agreed after several meetings to discuss the framework of cooperation and points of agreement in carrying out security in the Sulu-Sulawesi Sea. The three countries have held a series of high-level meetings and issued a joint statement on security in the Sulu-Sulawesi Sea in an agreement called the Trilateral Co-operative Arrangement (TCA). In defense diplomacy, according to Cottey and Foster (2004), there are several points regarding the use of military apparatus along with its infrastructure
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