Impact of Javanese culture on Indonesia's strategic outlook and on the Indonesian armed forces (TNI).

• Main Author: Lim, Patrick Chee Keong.
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/14276
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Cultural and ethnic values and norms do matter in analysing Indonesian politics and security studies. This paper uses Javanese culture to explain the attitudes, behaviours and perceptions of the Indonesian state and its key actors such as the military. It suggests that the Javanese culture has a dis...