I want to ask somethink about Indonesian Defence, to Indonesian borothers. For now:
1. What is the 3 bigger outside thereats for Indonesia?
2. What is the first 3 bigger domestic thereats for Indonesian peace and stability?
3. What is the Indonesian undeclared enemys use this instruments already for undeclared armless war? Economy? Terorism? Playing indonesian politicians like bribe? Ethnic plays for internal "ethnic" or "religious" sub group? Not respect sea or air borders? Etc.
And How?.. I am little informed about indonesia. Pls write natural. Thanks from now...
Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Gen. Gatot Nurmantyo has warned that Indonesia could be the site of proxy wars between major powers aimed at controlling the country’s natural resources.
Indonesia faces proxy war: Army chief
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | March 10 2015 | 7:35 PM
Indonesia is facing a proxy war in which a third party is being used to attack Indonesia in any way, Army chief of staff Gen. Gatot Nurmantyo said on Tuesday.
“A clear example of a proxy war is the seceding of East Timor [ now Timor Leste] from Indonesia. Why were there efforts to secede East Timor from Indonesia? ” he asked students at Diponegoro University in Semarang.
“It turned out that there was the Great Sunrise [oil field] in Timor Gap. A book on this issue was written by an Australian who was an adviser to [then separatist movement leader] Xanana Gusmao.”
Gatot also pointed out the huge demonstration against 19 companies in 2013 that led to mass layoffs and rallies against 20 oil palm plantations managed by Indonesians.
“In the end, many of the oil palm plantations were shut down and sold to foreigners. However there was not a single demonstration against foreign-owned oil palm plantations,” he said.
The four-starred general also said proxy war had targeted young people, saying there were 21 cases of university campuses being vandalized by their own students in the past three years.
He added that the rampant circulation of drugs among the youth was connected to the proxy war with an aim to weaken Indonesian youths.
Gatot said to mitigate proxy war in Indonesia, all parties, especially the youth, had to be able to use logic, have a conscience and think. He also called on the students to work on themselves to further develop Indonesia. (nvn)(+++)
Indonesia faces proxy war: Army chief | The Jakarta Post
TNI chief strikes alarmist tone on proxy war
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | December 15 2015 | 5:12 PM
“There are many ways that foreign countries could control our natural resources, one of the strategies is by using a proxy war. We can already sense that proxy war is creeping in today and we should be on the alert because it could be on its way,” Gatot said in Makassar, South Sulawesi, over the weekend.
A proxy war is a war instigated by a major power but in which it does not itself participates. It uses other governments and agents, including non-state actors to do the fighting. It can involve countries fighting their opponent’s allies, or assisting their allies in fighting their opponent.
Gatot said that the signs of a proxy war could already be felt.
“[The strategy of proxy war] includes control of the media in Indonesia. The media engineers conflict between the military and police or between political parties, and instigates societal and cultural change. [There is also] drug smuggling, which has been going on for a long time,” he said.
Gatot said that Indonesia could easily prevent the outbreak of a proxy war as it already had the solution.
“We have Pancasila and the communal spirit [gotong royong]. We should revive those values,” he said.
According to Gatot, currently around the world countries are scrambling to get their hands on dwindling natural resources, especially energy.
He claimed that the increased use of fuel between 2007 and 2009 had triggered skyrocketing costs of food by at least 75 percent.
“It is predicted that with the depletion of fossil-based energy resources, in the future conflict will be more about controlling food resources, clean water, and bio energy, all of which comes from areas on the equator,” Gatot said.
The TNI commander said that three key regions on the equator; Indonesia, Central Africa, and Central America, could be targeted by major powers hungry for resources.
“So Indonesia would be a center for energy resources, a food basket and source of clean water. It would be a future target for the agents of foreign countries that don’t have those kind of luxuries,” Gatot said.
Gatot has been preoccupied with the concept of proxy war for a while.
While serving as the Army chief of staff, Gatot said that he was convinced that Timor Leste seceded from Indonesia as a result of a proxy war waged to control the oil field in the Timor Gap.
Gatot also claimed that the major street protests and rallies that led to mass layoffs among 20 oil palm plantations managed by Indonesians were also part of a proxy war, which was directed at shutting down the operations of many Indonesian-controlled palm oil plantations, so that they could then be sold off to foreign companies.
TNI chief strikes alarmist tone on proxy war | The Jakarta Post
