Rising Tensions in Natunas : Test for Indonesia’s New Defence Commands

• Main Author: Tiola
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Social sciences::Military and naval science; Country and Region Studies; East Asia and Asia Pacific
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/136815
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The Indonesian military’s newly-established Joint Regional Defence Command has been deployed to drive away Chinese vessels from waters off Indonesia’s Natuna Islands. Does this mean Indonesia has adopted a more confrontational approach in asserting sovereignty over its own waters?