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Indonesian Journal of Social Sciences

ISSN 1978-760X

Vol. 3 / No. 2 / Published : 2011-07

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Original Article :

Analysis on indonesian government defense capability in response to the netwar strategy of free papua

Author :

  1. Radityo Dharmaputra*1
  1. The Department of International Relations, FISIP, Airlangga University

Abstract :

This paper seeks to analyze the reason behind the Indonesian Government’s policy of ignorance concerning the netwar strategy of the Organisasi Papua Merdeka (OPM). Using John Arquilla and David Ronfeldt’s theory of state response to netwar strategy and the neo-realist perspectives, I propose the answer, theoretically, that the ignorance policy is driven by cost-benefit calculation, so that the ignorance policy is perceived by the decision-makers to be more beneficial than the opposing or beckoning strategy. Using in-depth interview to the representatives of the government agencies such as the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and some intelligence informants, I try to analyze the comparison of the government abilities to compete with the OPM using the same netwar strategy. I find that even when the defensive abilities of the government may be enough to utilize the counter-netwar strategy, the decision-makers confusion and the debate bertween the non-military advocates and the military advocates against the OPM created avague strategy which led to the ignorance policy. In this instance, the argumeny made by Arquilla-Ronfeldt about the no-threat perception and the neo-realist argument of cost-benefit consideration, can’t convincingly explain Indonesian Government’s policy.  

Keyword :

Indonesian Government, Ignorance policy, OPM, netwar, strategy,


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