The Analysis of Civil-Military Cooperation in Implementation of Indonesia National Defense Policy

Abstract

The global multidimensional shift requires the management of general national defense policies. Threats, disturbances, obstacles, and challenges are categorized according to their multidimensional patterns and categories. The potential of these challenges to destroy state sovereignty requires strong and synergistic civil-military collaboration. This study aims to examine civil-military cooperation in Indonesia in relation to the implementation of national defense policies in responding to changes in global threats. This study uses a qualitative method. This study uses an analytical descriptive methodology supplemented by secondary sources. The findings show that Indonesia has attempted to improve democracy, resulting in changes in the principles and practices of civilian authority over the defense sector, which have far-reaching implications for civil-military cooperation. Under democratic civilian leadership, it is critical that military and civilian institutions have the necessary resources to carry out their obligations effectively. Due to several several weaknesses and inhibiting factors, namely integration in sharing information between related agencies, then the division of tasks and coordination of command-and-control units and units that have not yet been formed, this is also due to the absence of a legal umbrella or regulatory mechanisms for implementing activities that involve various elements within them. depends on binding rules and becomes the legal basis for acting and there is no integration in planning joint tasks by creating joint task programs in training and joint working groups so that each agency knows their duties and responsibilities, and can deploy resources or assets owned for the smooth running of the task.