SUSILO BAMBANG YUDHOYONO AND HIS GENERALS
Realpolitik Ideology: Indonesia's Use of Military Force
by Leonard C. Sebastian
The Indonesian National Military (TNI, Tentera Nasional Indonesia) may no longer be the most dominant player in Indonesian politics but has pragmatically incorporated a strategy that enables it to play a significant “behind the scenes” role.
The situation in Indonesia today has closer parallels with the state of civil military relations in Germany between the two World Wars or France in 1958.1 In analysing the TNI relationship with the Yudhoyono presidency, this paper argues that Dr Yudhoyono enjoys the loyalty and trust of the TNI elite. The current relationship can be defined as partnership where the President protects the institutional interests of the TNI while insulating it from excessive reform measures that might impede its effectiveness and in return benefits from the assurance that the TNI will secure his Presidency. Policy Brief: No 1/2007 January 2007
The Indonesian National Military (TNI, Tentera Nasional Indonesia) may no longer be the most dominant player in Indonesian politics but has pragmatically incorporated a strategy that enables it to play a significant “behind the scenes” role.
The situation in Indonesia today has closer parallels with the state of civil military relations in Germany between the two World Wars or France in 1958.1 In analysing the TNI relationship with the Yudhoyono presidency, this paper argues that Dr Yudhoyono enjoys the loyalty and trust of the TNI elite. The current relationship can be defined as partnership where the President protects the institutional interests of the TNI while insulating it from excessive reform measures that might impede its effectiveness and in return benefits from the assurance that the TNI will secure his Presidency. Policy Brief: No 1/2007 January 2007
Realpolitik Ideology: Indonesia's Use of Military Force
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By Michael Vatikiotis
New York Times / Feb. 21, 2014 the Indonesian Army is constrained by laws designed to curb its power, if the country’s elected leaders fail to take steps to protect Indonesia’s pluralist foundations, the army could reassert itself by playing a more muscular role in politics — as it did before. As Juwono Sudarsono, a former defense minister, said to me, “The army may have to come forward and make sure that democracy works.”
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