The family state: a non-realist approach to understanding Indonesia's foreign policy. Issue 3 (2nd September 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wicaksana, I Gede Wahyu
• Is Part Of: Asian journal of political science. Volume 27:Issue 3(2019)
• Page Start: 308
• Page End: 328
• Publication Date: 2019-09-02
• Subjects: ASEAN -- Family State -- Foreign Policy -- Indonesia -- Non-realist Approach -- Order-maker -- Sovereignty; Political science -- Periodicals; Asia -- Politics and government -- Periodicals; 320.095
• DOI: 10.1080/02185377.2019.1686997
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0218-5377

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The existing literature on Indonesia's foreign policy has excluded the state from the category of an agent which shapes the country's external affairs. This trend certainly ignores the notion that foreign policy is a unique state activity taking place in the interface between domestic and international politics. To fill the gap, this article explores the idea about the family state and looks at its influence on the conduct of Indonesia's international relations. The argument is that the family state pursues order in international society in which sovereignty can be maintained. Indonesia plays the role of an order-maker in Southeast Asia through the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN). The order-oriented actions are displayed by Jakarta's diplomacy to resolve border disputes with neighbouring countries in the region.