The Influence of Geopolitics and Strategical Factors upon the Development of Natural and Human Resources in Indonesia

Abstract

The understanding of geopolitics based on the Nusantara outlook (Wawasan Nusantara), Indonesia requires to raise the effort of mastering and developing technology which has roots in the nation’s culture as an important means of national productivity hop towards resulting qualified and global competitive national products achieving national prosperity and security at the utmost and such universal humanity as a whole in an enduring peace of world. In the meantime genuine nation’s human being are required as productive people with fully innovative and creativity, reliable mental and noble morals. At the level of Nusantara outlook, the understanding of expansion might be able to interpret as an social-economic one for the prosperity of humankind at the utmost, and not in the meaning of orthodox geopolitics. The aim of this article is to briefly study the influence of geopolitics and other strategic factors upon the development of natural and human resources in Indonesia. The main aspects of the study is concenrned with future potential prospect of human and natural resources in Indonesia that should be developed for the wealth of the Indonesian people at the utmost by considering the global strategical environment and under the Nusantara outlook. This study is carried out by using methods of geopolitics, science and technology, and global competition approaches as strategic factors which influence upon human and natural resources development toward creating the wealth, intelligence and peace of the people.