Explaining Indonesia’s under-balancing : the case of the modernisation of the air force and the navy

• Main Authors: Gindarsah, Iis, Priamarizki, Adhi
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Social sciences::Political science; Under-Balancing; Global Maritime Fulcrum; Indonesian Armed Forces; Arms Modernisation
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/155033
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The current maritime challenges that Indonesia faced had not led to the development of the navy and air force. While theories of neoclassical realism highlighted the importance of domestic factors when determining responses at the strategic level, inefficiencies within the state bureaucracy had o...