Open AccessNational Policy on China One Belt-One Road (OBOR) Initiative Towards Indonesia as Global Maritime Nexus
Author(s) -
Riko Ratna Setiawan,
Muhammad Kamil
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
sospol : jurnal sosial politik/sosial politik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2597-6648
pISSN - 2088-8090
DOI - 10.22219/sospol.v7i1.15141
Subject(s) - nexus (standard) , china , position (finance) , indonesian , order (exchange) , politics , political science , state (computer science) , circulation (fluid dynamics) , indonesian government , business , engineering , finance , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , algorithm , law , embedded system , aerospace engineering
One Belt-One Road Initiative is a huge project that is still a subject of discussion in the world. The project initiated by the Chinese state invites cooperation with various countries in the world in order to reactivate the maritime silk route, including Indonesia. There are 5 pillars of OBOR which are strengthening connectivity, improving infrastructure, promoting trade and scurity, increasing monetary circulation and increasing public understanding of maritime cooperation. There are some indonesian political experts argue that this cooperation will be dominated by China in all five pillars, which in the end will only make Indonesia “an instrument", not an actor. This is what the authors will discuss in this research. The purpose of this research is to see how the national policy prospects on OBOR regulations. This research is analyzed using descriptive qualitative methods by taking data from various relevant sources to the discussion topic. This research has a result that there are several national policies that can be implemented by Indonesia to strengthen its position as an actor in OBOR, where Indonesia should to provide escort to their national interests in the OBOR project.