India-Japan Maritime Security Cooperation in Indo-Pacific: Creating a Maritime Power Nexus in Balancing China (2012-2017)

Autor/innen

  • Anak Agung Banyu Perwita President University
  • Joseph Tertia President University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19166/verity.v10i19.1306

Schlagworte:

maritime security, maritime security cooperation, India-Japan relations, Indo-Pacific security

Abstract

In the 21st century, the Indo-Pacific security situation has undergone rapid changes, mainly due to China's maritime expansion and the weakening of US influence in the region. Responding to this situation, India and Japan, as regional powers, decided to work together. Following a speech by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2007, India and Japan met about maritime security. Following Abe's re-election as Prime Minister in 2012, Japan expanded it's security scope and began seeing India as an important security partner. At the same time, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Act East' policy pushed India to take a more proactive role in the eastern region, including Japan. India and Japan then aligned their strategic policies to strengthen maritime cooperation. This article explains the implementation of Indian-Japanese maritime cooperation in balancing China in the Indo-Pacific.

Bahasa Abstrak: Di abad ke-21, keadaan keamanan Indo-Pasifik mengalami perubahan yang pesat, terutama dikarenakan oleh ekspansi maritim China dan melemahnya pengaruh Amerika Serikat di kawasan. Meresponi situasi ini, India dan Jepang sebagai kekuatan kawasan memutuskan untuk bekerja sama. Berdasarkan pidato Perdana Menteri Shinzo Abe pada 2007, India dan Jepang memiliki titik temu di bidang keamanan maritim. Mengikuti kembali berkuasanya Perdana Menteri Shinzo Abe pada 2012, Jepang telah memperluas lingkup keamannya di mana Jepang memandang pentingnya India sebagai mitra keamanan. Sementara itu, kebijakan ”˜Act East’ Perdana Menteri Narendra Modi telah mendorong India untuk mengambil peran yang lebih proaktif ke kawasan bagian timur, termasuk Jepang. India dan Jepang kemudian menyelaraskan kebijakan strategis mereka untuk memperkuat kerja sama maritim. Artikel ini menjelaskan implementasi kerja sama maritim India-Jepang dalam menyeimbangkan China di Indo-Pasifik.

Autor/innen-Biografien

Anak Agung Banyu Perwita, President University

Anak Agung Banyu Perwita adalah seorang Profesor dalam ilmu Hubungan Internasional, jurusan Hubungan Internasional di President University, Kota Jababeka, Cikarang-Bekasi, Indonesia. Anak Agung Banyu Perwita juga merupakan seorang peneliti senior di President Center for International Studies (PRECIS). Dia meraih gelar MA di Strategic Studies and International Relations dari Lancaster University, UK, yang dibiayai penuh oleh British Chevening Scholarship dan mendapatkan gelar PhD dari Flinders University, Australia, yang dibiayai oleh Australian Development Scholarship. Anak Agung terlibat aktif dengan Kementerian Pertahanan dan Dewan Ketahanan Nasional. Buku terakhir yang ditulis oleh Anak Agung adalah “Maritime Security in the Indo-Pacific” (dalam bahasa Inggris), diterbitkan oleh PT Graha Ilmu Yogyakarta, 2016.

Joseph Tertia, President University

Joseph adalah mantan asisten peneliti di President Center for International Studies (PRECIS), dan memperoleh gelar sarjana dalam Hubungan Internasional dari School of International Relations, President University. Saat ini ia bekerja sebagai peneliti di KRA Group - sebuah lembaga urusan publik dan konsultasi risiko politik di Jakarta.

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