The relations concept of Indonesia-India; political, education, and defense perspective

Adi Bandono Adi Bandono,Okol Sri Suharyo Okol Sri Suharyo,Avando Bastari Avando Bastari

doi:10.30574/gjeta.2021.7.3.0080

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Abstract

Indonesia and India see the Indian Ocean as their strategic political, education, defense, and maritime security. Diplomatic relations between Indonesia and India have been established since 1951 and were upgraded to become a Strategic Partnership in the fields of politics, defense, and maritime security aimed at increasing Confidence Building Measures (CBM). This study aims to analyze the perspective of Indonesia's cooperation with India in the fields of politics, defense and maritime security. The development of Indonesia-India relations has included mutual influence between soft power and hard power. Soft power in Indonesian and Indian foreign policy began to shift to strategic thinking or hard power in entering the stages of the development of Indonesian and Indian Education. This development is in line with Indonesia's foreign policy, which embraces free and active politics. Free means not being bound by ideology or by a foreign country's politics or by a specific bloc of nations, or superpowers, while active means a realistic contribution to developing freedom of friendship and international cooperation by respecting the sovereignty of other countries. Commemorating 70 years of Indonesia-India relations is expected to be a momentum to strengthen strategic cooperation between the two countries is neighboring and have the same interests, covering the Indian Ocean, South China Sea, and the Indo-Pacific as part of emerging strategic entities.

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The history of the closeness of Indonesia-India relations began with the strong support of India in the early days of Indonesian independence, continued with the holding of the Asian-African Conference (AAC) in Bandung in 1955
Based on the theory of regionalism, the two countries together need to develop a concept of relations in strengthening better bilateral relations in politics, defense and security, see Figure 1
Cooperation between Indonesia and India is emphasized in efforts to empower the potential of natural resources in the Indian Ocean for the common good

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The history of the closeness of Indonesia-India relations began with the strong support of India in the early days of Indonesian independence, continued with the holding of the Asian-African Conference (AAC) in Bandung in 1955. The closeness of the two countries became stronger when Indonesian President Soekarno and Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru together with President Egypt Gamal Abdul Nasser, Yugoslav President Joseph Broz Tito, and Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah initiated the establishment of the Non-Aligned Movement in the early 1960 (September, 1st 1962). They spearheaded the political action of independent countries facing the situation of the cold war between the Western and Eastern blocs. Jawaharlal Nehru and Soekarno placed and put forward the concerns and interests of non-aligned countries in international forums. Throughout the relationship, the challenge facing the two countries is the trust to continue cooperation in various sectors without the political interests of each country

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