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Indonesia has placed renewed emphasis on maritime security governance.

• Indonesia has put in place regulatory, administrative and legal changes to its maritime policy to enable it to better manage its expansive maritime space. However, the overall effectiveness and impact of these efforts remains to be assessed.

Indonesia faces challenges in achieving its goals of enhancing maritime security governance.

• Its limited infrastructure base, diverse set of maritime law enforcement (MLE) agencies and underdeveloped interagency mechanisms currently hinder progress in this regard. However, Indonesian policymakers are increasingly cognisant of the issues that constrain governance, and are enhancing existing policies and in some cases creating new ones to meet those challenges.

Indonesia is the largest archipelago in the world, located in a strategic position at the crossroads of the Indian and Pacific oceans. This location both imposes an obligation to protect vital sea lines of communication (SLOC) and presents an opportunity to utilise the abundant marine resources at Indonesia's disposal. In recent years, Indonesia has re-conceptualised its identity as a maritime nation whose livelihood both derives from and depends upon the sea, evidenced by President Joko Widodo's Global Maritime Fulcrum and Sea Policy proposals.

This study identifies the threats and priority areas for Indonesia in the maritime security domain as a first step in an overall assessment of capability requirements and gaps. RAND's preliminary assessment suggests that Indonesian policymakers are attending to the threats that the country faces in the maritime domain, which include: smuggling; illegal, unreported, unregulated fishing; piracy; illegal immigration; and terrorism. As a result, the government of Indonesia has put into place regulatory, administrative, legal, and material changes that will put the country on a path to better managing and governing its vast maritime spaces. However, matching such changes with long-term, sustained action, resources, and metrics for progress remains a key challenge for Indonesian policymakers.

• Chapter One

  Introduction

• Chapter Two

  Assessing Indonesia's maritime security priorities and related threats

• Chapter Three

  Preliminary assessment of Indonesia's current maritime capabilities

• Chapter Four

  Conclusion