Of these five strategic dimensions, the 2020 defense strategy shall futuristically and methodologically reexamine assumptions about five policy options: control option; foreign policy option; force development option; resource allocation option, and force employment option.

For a nation to be great, such a nation shall have great and professional military leaders who are contextual to the time and social context of their nation. That is why Indonesian military leaders need to take some lessons from historical records of great military leaders, one of them is the strategic and transformative leadership of General Pericles, an Athenian General. Therefore, this article analyzes Pericles’ great leadership, especially in what ways and how to measure it. 

The issues of Papua are truly complex social issues in which multidimensional aspects are involved. Today’s critical situation in Papua is attributed to accumulative degenerative public policies that have been imposed on this richly endowed island for almost five decades.

Having a strong and effective national defense force is fundamental for the nation, and with constructive domestic and global support this fortification of Indonesia can be achieved. In the end, one thing is certain: a stable, democratic, and prosperous Indonesia with an effective national security establishment will definitely be a strategic asset in the complex global security environment.

Penentu kekuatan nasional suatu negara terdiri dari yang bersifat natural / laten / terus menerus dan sosial / aplikatif (militer, ekonomi, diplomasi, informasi, intelejen, teknologi, psikologis, penegakan hukum dan sosial budaya). Untuk menghasilkan kekuatan nasional yang ril, kekuatan nasional yang bersifat natural ini harus dapat ditransformasikan menjadi kekuatan nasional yang bersifat sosial / aplikatif.

The United States Air Force has just deployed a squadron of Lockheed Martin F-22 jet fighters to Australia, the southern neighbor of Indonesia. Within the next few weeks, Australia will also receive a new F-35 fleet from the US.

Terrorism has become one of the most pervasive and critical threats to world security in recent history. Terrorist violence has changed in recent years from an agenda-forcing and attention-getting tool of the politically disenfranchised to a significant asymmetric form of conflict employed against anything considered an adversary to economic,etc.

Future leaders must pass an objective, rigorous and comprehensive security clearance test in order to assure their allegiance to Pancasila and Indonesian national interests, while at the same time having the capacity, exposures, influences, networks and confidence to compete globally.

One way to predict the likely impacts of Donald Trump’s US presidential election victory on a global level is by comprehending the philosophical and practical grounds of his probable national security strategy.

The US national security strategy with respect to the Greater Middle East and Afghanistan will be overhauled and shifted toward progressive multilateral approaches. Indonesia's geopolitical implications include the ideologies of hardline Islamist political movements inspired by the Taliban's return to power, the possible exodus of Afghan people to Indonesia, ASEAN, and Australia, and the need for a global counterterrorism strategy and the application of Pancasila as a working ideology.

Indonesia's constitution doesn't recognize a legal idea of national defense. Instead, it recognizes a concept of state defense that comes from its history as a colony. According to this line of thinking, the Indonesian military's main goal since the beginning has been to protect the country's own people. 

The ‘Cyber Security Governance in the IndoPacific: Policy Futures in Australia, Indonesia and the Pacific’ Policy Engagement Program highlights strengths and weaknesses in regional cyber security governance. Importantly, it identifies key policy priorities from an Australian, Indonesian and Pacific Island Countries’ (PICs) perspective and, through its recommendations, identifies new paths for cooperative engagement between Australia and its regional partners.

Australia will also benefit from practical bilateral cooperation to enhance Indonesia’s cyber security. Leveraging cooperation with Australia and other Indo-Pacific states is essential for Indonesia to achieve its cyber security objectives

There are still uncertainties surrounding Bjorka, who claims to be based in Warsaw and aims to address abuses of power by security officials. However, their attack has successfully led to the passing of the long-awaited Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill. The leaks have brought attention to the ongoing issues with the foundation of cybersecurity governance. The failure of Indonesia's National Cyber and Encryption Agency (BSSN) to fulfill its vision and mandate is evident.

The Republic of Indonesia (RI) is leveraging emerging technologies to enhance its maritime capabilities and strategic policy response. This paper proposes three possible solutions: accelerating readiness to adopt new technology, prioritizing national maritime infrastructure development, and ensuring policy coherence.

Unity between the national security apparatus, the government and the people is highly rnt in protracted counterterrorism struggles, since in the view of Islamist radicals, they are engaging in an unfinished war to achieve their utopian goals that may be unachievable.

There are 109 definitions of terrorism in the policy and academic world, including 22 key elements to describe terrorism. At the very least, terrorism can be defined as a criminal and armed violent tactic used to send messages and achieve political goals by targeting civilians.

Political Islam is on the rise in Indonesia, and rising alongside it is the country's importance to US national security. As the US continues its policy shift to the region, Indonesia will undoubtedly play a pivotal role in the political, economic and military partnership. We welcome this partnership. But we need a well respected and cohesive national leadership.

Based on the elaborate explanation in this article, the ability of a nation to adapt and turn its ideology into a "working ideology" that is rooted in all aspects of nation life at the everyday level will enable those nations to relative national superiority at the global level.

To fully comprehend the meaning of national resurrection, Indonesians should view it from the perspective of the national ideology, Pancasila that serves its purpose as the foundation, vital security interest, and center of gravity for the resurrection of the beloved nation. This ideology is already complete and enough for us to resurrect as a winning nation.

The very purpose of national political systems and strategic leadership is how to relentlessly pursue national interests defined by the successful transformation of potential national power into national real power.The aim of strategic leadership is how to achieve an ideal condition for a nation by managing available resources.

If Indonesia as a nation wants to become big and strong, Indonesia must be led, ruled, managed, and administered by the wise and virtuous political leaders that are sustained by loyal, enlightened and critical society who are intolerable to the “defects” in the society that corrupts the nation both in the short and long-run.

What does it take to be a great leader? Although the term “leadership” may have existed for thousands of years, it remains difficult to define. But everyone seems to agree that a great leader has the ability to push people forward and achieve greatness. To understand leadership, we must dig deep into the core.

The endgame state of any engagement in Papua must be strategic and overarching in order to create a lasting peace and sustainable development. Indonesians must be honest with ourselves, understand our past mistakes, clearly acknowledge the real problems, address the underlying causes and dare to take risks and adopt innovative ways to solve the chronic problems.

For the purpose of putting an end to the disagreement, there are a few elements that should be taken into consideration. These include official statements from the government of Timor-Leste, official statements from the government of Indonesia as well as the TNI, the report from the United Nations, and comparative empirical findings from other sources.

This moment is critical for our archipelago nation and Indonesia deserves no less than having its best commander-in-chief emerge from a free and fair electoral process. The essence of contestation in any presidential elections is about how a presidential hopeful manages to persuade and convince voters that what he has to offer is greater than that of his contenders.

This is the governmental system under which a multitude of people from different socioeconomic classes can respect each other’s rights. It can only succeed when citizens of different socioeconomic classes participate equally in free and fair elections to elect and to be elected through the so-called procedural minimum, such as competitive general elections. Thus, democracy is neither a fragile nor feeble system, but rather a highly resilient regime where a single debilitating factor is unlikely to bring about democratic collapse

As an Indonesian citizen having benefited from an overseas education, I was proud to see that an established technocrat and businessman like Arcandra Tahar was still willing to return to his nation of origin with the declared intention of building his original motherland. However, his return has evoked controversy due to his citizenship status.