Indonesia’s Response to the Belt and Road Initiative and the Indo-Pacific: A Pivotal State’s Hedging Strategy
Indonesia’s Response to the Belt and Road Initiative and the Indo-Pacific: A Pivotal State’s Hedging Strategy
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印尼应对“一带一路”和印太:枢纽国家的对冲策略
DOI:
10.1111/aspp.12629
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发表时间:
2022
影响因子:
0.9
通讯作者:
Hidetaka Yoshimatsu
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作者:
Steven Ratuva;Radomir Compel;Joseph R. Rudolph;Vijay Naidu;Paul J. Carnegie;Airini;Melani Anae;Sergio L. C. Aguilar;Lyndon Fraser;李鍾元;Hidetaka Yoshimatsu
Regional politics surrounding Southeast Asia has exhibited significant developments with China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and counter initiatives through the Indo‐Pacific concept. This article seeks to examine Indonesia's strategic reactions to such regional developments. It argues that Indonesia has exhibited policy responses to the BRI and the Indo‐Pacific concept by hedging against uncertainties created by China's economic prowess through the adoption of mutually contradictory policy options. Such a hedging strategy was present in various dimensions: adopting economic accommodation and economic diversification regarding the BRI; taking confrontational strategies in maritime security tensions with China while pursuing economic pragmatism for attracting BRI funds; and restraining reliance on China and its BRI by pushing forwards Association of Southeast Asian Nations' (ASEAN) regional initiative that uses the Indo‐Pacific term. The findings indicate that Indonesia's position is crucial for bolstering ASEAN's status as the main regional organization under evolving regional politics.