say damn to Europe who drew the world map so that Indonesia and Malaysia are different countries.If Indonesia and Malaysia were one country, Indonesia could have full power over the Straits of Malacca
Sometimes it's a bad thing and sometimes it's a good thing it might be a tightrope balancing act but if managed skilfully can mean new opportunities wealth and power, don't underestimate your ability to make bank and to be the country those 'foreign powers' need to come to for favours.
Another reason why Indonesia should maintain its non-alignment position in world political scenes knowing that it holds a lot of sea gates that are crucial for world trade. Imagine if Indonesia takes a side and blocks these chokepoints to harm their rivals, that will lead to more conflicts. Staying neutral not only maintains the Indonesian status quo but is also important for world peace.
or are you just worried the personal impact it will have on your life? What is in Indonesia's best interests? What if they decided it was better for them to take a side? Are you thinking about what's best for Indonesia, or yourself? You may be right that Indonesia is better off remaining in a neutral state, but what if it's not in their best interests? Should Indonesia place your interests over their own?
As a Filipino who grew up that seen the Americans influence our politics for many dacades. It is totally strange for me to know that Indonesia is neutral or favour the Russians than the Americans. Indonesia politically is stable out of being strategically placed in the middle of ASEAN. The fact that Indonesia has its own decision in international Politics.. This also make Indonesia a future dominant nation in Asia, the fact that it does not relay on the outside for their domestic thing. Just show how can this nation bound to be powerful.
Indonesia is a staunch supporter and even one of the original founder of Non-Aligned Movement back in the 60s. In 2003 Indonesia condemn US invasion of Iraq and right now they also condemn Russian invasion of Ukraine. However I'm not sure if this neutrality will be maintained if somehow WW3 between China and US broke out. If they maintained the neutrality, I'm not even surprised if there'll be civil war or coup backed by US or China to secure it's strategic importance during war.
@@bas8792 Yeah, like it or not, when Chinese started to attack Taiwan and the war on Asia broke out. We must choose side or we gonna get punched left and right. We're simply not strong enough to stand our ground on our own. Even with the latest millitery shopping spree plans, it still not enough.
I cant speak english well but your point of few is so clear. I'm Indonesian and I think we try to find out our own identity. Your so understand the past.
Another angle to Indonesia's importance is the presence of rainforests and how the decision to exploit or preserve these resources marks a turning point in the future of the earth's climate. Indonesia appears to be taking "a wait and see" approach in regards to its climate policy which means that if the developed nations don't lead the way and present Indonesia with viable investment plans from which Indonesia can develop green energy and industry, Indonesia is at risk of selling off their resources to China or becoming an oligarchic agro-state like Brazil.
As an Indonesian i have little hope for the developed western nations to lead the way as you described. So far what i see from the developed western nations is nothing but hypocrisy at its worst form. Take a look the palm oil for example, its been getting bad rep in the west, the UE is planning to ban the import, Indonesia rightfully retaliate by stopping the export of nickles (prefer to build smelters with help from china), and what did the EU do? They SUE Indonesia to the WTO. It's obvious the west still see asian relationship as "masters to slaves relationship" where they can force any demand they want akin to the colonialization era.
Stephen, thank you so much for sharing! That's a really interesting point. I remember when I was in Singapore, there was the so called Haze and I then discover that all that smog was actually coming from the burning of huge patch of the Rainforest in Sumatra to make place for Palm plantation and other crops. The nature Indonesia has is unique and stunning. It must be preserved and protected.
I think there is a big knowledge gap in Europe of Asia in general, not even mentioning South East Asia. I really hope that these videos will help closing that gap even a tiny bit.
The west has always been so arrogant and selfish. They look upon all the Asian nations as just their slave lands. The problems of the jungle and its environment are just nonsense that they continue to perpetuate, in fact they are highly technologically advanced western nations constantly dredging up all the resources of poor countries to meet their own needs
As an indonesian i personally agree to your point about preserving the nature but if it come at cost of our future economic developent then we simply cannot afford that
we Indonesians are well aware of this strategic importance; it is one of many knowledge taught like mantras since our elementary school days: "Indonesia is the crossroad of the world ('silang dunia'), located between two continents and two oceans".
@@paulfri1569 I don't know about that as the neighboring country to Indonesia on the same Borneo island. Australia making all these military pacts to work with Australia might just paint a target on our back.
@@paulfri1569 I think we'll stay neutral on both sides neither you or anyone else. We would love to establish economic cooperation with Australia. But we can't go even more further into political stuff. Even if we wanted to go even further, we can't. Because that's will make us a really good target for China or the US. Well our country motto is to be equal and we can't take one side, that's been implemented since President Soekarno.
@@reynardsetiawanz8778 Ok then. My Indonesian wife worries about Indonesia becoming a Red Chinese client state. Because of Indonesians indecisive actions from it's political elites.. This is why Australia had to get nuclear powered subs as we can't have Fairweather friends unfortunately 😔
the fact is that Indonesia can be very advanced in the future beyond developed countries at the moment, it's just that outsiders are constantly putting pressure on and hindering all of that progress. But this time is different, Indonesia has dared to take concrete steps by turning it around and challenging those obstacles again.
Finaly someone mention the geopolitical strategic reason of Indonesia moving its capital, aside from the bombastic title. Its location near the strategic sea lane 2, is an often overlooked aspect of this move.
Yeah unfortunately our navy are suck, our biggest ship are only outdated frigate. Heck even only have two submarine (one submarine are sinking last year unfortunately)
@@Fauzanarief-n7i If what you mean is the active submarines, then yes, but actually indonesia has 5 submarines, but 1 was sinked last year, 1 still is undergoing an overhaul, and the new one is still undergoing various test. And Indonesia start to build their navy power with iver huiltfeld class frigate that currently in production, and soon 2 scorpene class submarines and more chanbogo class submarines like Alugoro and another frigates, and many more. But the biggest challenge is the budget. But atleast now the government is trying to fullfill the minimum essential forces.
@@Fauzanarief-n7i Are you hear the news? Indonesian navy will get many new warship, including latest FREMM, Iver-Huitfeldt class, scorpene submarine, etc
@@elyaserbenguno5464 you and the person above are correct, its just that indonesia's navy is relatively weak for a country of its size. and its the biggest archipelagic country in the world, how does indonesia not have one of the strongest navy in the world? mind boggling tbh
Indonesia has perfect ingredients to become a maritime/thalassocratic empire. Regarding to the interesting historical background and possibly the numerical "coincidences", I believe the seven century cycle is on its way to become reality; the seven century cycle of maritime glory, the 7th century Srivijaya, 14th century Majapahit, and now 21st century Indonesia. We will once again become the master of seas, just like our forefathers did centuries ago.
I even just realized that there is a pattern, but there has always been a folklore circulating that in the 17th generation of Sunan (I forget the name) the fire will be lit again Or in Javanese it is called “Sumuping Geni” Which means the glory of this nation will come back again. And what's interesting is that the 17th descendant of Sunan was coincidentally also born in this era too
Never realized how fragile Indonesia has been all along, and why we (Indonesians) prefer to take the middle approach to pretty much everything. I mean I knew that our society are extremely heterogenic so I guess we need to compromise some things to keep our tolerance of each other afloat, but damn, how could I be so oblivious of these other things. Shouldn't we teach just a bit of international affairs in school?
That's the school for you. School makes people turn into robots. Many analysts even from Western and America also from Indonesia itself told the truth about schools and the lacks of our Curriculum. But, what you guys said back then??? That there were all lies and just make Indonesian students more lazy??? Lol, it's not even been used, we still using the same old curriculum or old education system. Why you guys didn't think that the lazy problem that poisoning the students is from this stupid education system. Not the recommended system that analysts from all over the world including Indonesia suggested? Did you know that current education system or curriculum is a place for politicians to do corruption??? 20% of national budget goes to Educational Minister, it's the largest budget compared to other divisions or ministry, but why our school is so bad compared to neighborhood country lol??? We all have been lied by politicians that our current school system is good, that *UN/USBN* makes students wiser and smarter. It's not lol, you've seen it. It's all propaganda to turn human into a machine for rich ppl or maybe rich countries like USA. *WAKE UP*
Another important decisive factor for Indonesia is it has the largest reserve of Nickel in the world, used for batteries. As the world pivots into oil-free world, the need for Nickel would only increase. It would give Indonesia a huge leverage geopolitically, but also liability of foreign meddling if not handled delicately.
almost imposible with how corruptor evrywhere in indonesia .. if not carefull with bit of bribe benefit for their country mybe gone to foreign investor . thats what always been happen there so indonesia never move on if corruptor rat still breed like crazy there
Thank you for your interest in our region. A lot of content only highlights Europe and the Middle East, it's refreshing to see renewed focus in topics concerning East Asia. Your videos are extremely insightful and high quality. Bit of a stretch, but do you think you might be able to do a video on Russia's Far East and how it serves as a counterbalance to China's ambitions in the region? What it means for Japan, the Koreas and the rest of South East Asia?
Ken! Thank you for your kind comment! Wow, that's a great topic to focus a video on. I think the next video will focus on Russia's western border so it might be a good idea to create two different analysis on that! Anyway I'm writing this down! Interesting how you mentioned it being a counterbalance to Chinese amibtions!
No problem, I was about to say please do a video about the events happening in Ukraine and remembered this is the perfect time to bring up Russia's numerous plans for the future with regards to it's energy exports and the implications it will have on global trade, as the Asian Markets are heavily dependent on oil. Not to mention the obvious parallels between China and Taiwan.
@@Kamome163 How about adding the strategic goal of investment of Russia in the north pole and csto or defense pact in the south. This feels like Russia is making strategic goals in every direction.
i said it before as a filipino Indonesia have huge potential to be world power like britain germany france. and im glad they are on the right path making this happens no bullshit politics stopping their progress.
As a native Indonesian myself, another thing Indonesia's lacking is Human Resources. I see a lot of people both offline and online easily get deceived by fake news and clickbait headlines. I see a lot of people either just read the headline or just read an article without fact-checking it multiple times, not to mention that some of us will also get easily provocated by news, articles, or posts that are purposely made to paint some other group of people in a bad light, which can lead to discrimination and increased hatred towards a certain group. In my opinion, if us Indonesians manage to actually take the time to read and fact-check a lot of times and learn about stuff either through books or online, it'd be possible for us to become more united than ever before making us a more united and stronger country.
They're really bad at seeing other people perspective, too overly religious in my opinion, I hate the fact they would use this religious term for a reason to hate some outside country , most Indonesian are really closed off
As someone who has been living in Indonesia for years now, I am glad to watch a video that highlights the significance of Indonesia as a future global maritime powerhouse and it's actually being the focus on current government to make Indonesia become more maritime-oriented
With decades-old vessels? We know our ships are decrepits, but no effort is made about it. It's not a new knowledge. It's known for decades. Indonesia is just concerned about "which politician can eat the most."
Most of our leaders mostly build Indonesia oriented towards countries that live on the mainland that is why there is a significant difference between one island and another
Its good to find someone who mentioned how Indonesia Govt rigid non allignment mindset has undermined its ability to build decisive security forces in the region. I think Indonesia really need to carefully synchronised its International ambition and its defence/security development
@@bas8792 not quite accurate. Indonesia annexed East Timor in 1975 with backup of US and Australian Govt. Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) was heavily armed with US made counter insurgency weapons such as OV-10 and C-47 gunship. US weapon systems supply continue in 80s such as F-16 & F-5 fighter aircrafts, ground radars, shipborne missile system and many more. The sanctioned only came in 1999 after an human right abused by TNI during East Timor referendum for independence
Technically, it's non alliance stand not only undermined the security force ability it also undermined Indonesia economy itself. despite Indonesian have more favorable geography, Thailand, Malaysia & Singapore are heavily dependent on maritime trade while Indonesia economy is mostly due to domestic consumption. The lack of FTA with other countries create a situation where Indonesian foreign trade is 40% to china, way higher than regional neighbors who have a more balanced trade.
@@FaizalMohdMustapa it is true that unlike other large domestic economy such as China and India, Indonesia probably doesn’t have comparable export prowess just yet. But this is not because of Indonesia is non-alignment country but rather because of domestic politics issue and its also not wrong to blame complacency (for domestic consumption driven economy policy) as one of the causing factor. However, major shift has taken place during the tenure of Indonesia 7th President Joko Widodo. His aggresive infrastructure building policy has been spurred by the country willingness to attract foreign investment and pummel more export, not so much in rare commodities anymore, but also value added goods. This is evident in mining sector. During the pandemic time, Indonesia export has actually increased in most sectors and together with that large domestic market, has helped the country economy to stay afloat during the pandemic. Also under Jokowi tenure, I think there has been 2 Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement signed with Australia and South Korea, which obviously to stimulate much more balance trade. China is still inevitably the major trading partner with Indonesia, but this trend also occurse elsewhere around the globe even in Europe
@Yoga Simson no doubt Jokowi is a revolutionary leaders but whether the next president & the one after it would continue the reform agenda or goes back to the seclusion mentality is another matter. Economics partnership do go hand in hand with militarily partnership. A lot of high value added industry for example relies on US components or IP and the US would usually refused to do so if the country is not allign with them.
Loved the video Kamome! Thanks for shining a light on a relatively unknown (globally) country of the world. Indonesia is in a critical position in the world physically and politically, I'm sure their power will continue to grow as they develop further! That was such a smooth transition to AtlasVPN, congrats on the sponsor!
Dainomiite!!! Thanks bud! Indonesia is in such a critical location and its potential is so vast! SEA is general is a region that will be more and more relevant in the future IMO (Thus will be covering it quite extensively on the channel)! 🤩 Did you like the transition there? Wasn't it a bit too long?
@@Kamome163 You bet amigo! I fully expect Indonesia to continue expanding their navy and air force as they continue to play a greater role in the region (like the $22b purchase just announced a few weeks back of Rafale and F-15s by Indonesia) The transition did feel a bit long, but i figure if folks want to skip it and fast forward the video they have that option lol. im not sure how that stuff is worked behind the scenes though
Interesting video. To be honest Indonesia can be one of the next power house in the world. Because the resources, strategic position and also a huge population.
As an Indonesian hat inverted map making me dizzy because it's so different with how I usually see it but surely create interesting perspective how to look the map from a different angle
Since elementary school, students in Indonesia are taught about the country's geographical position. They are taught about the advantage of being in the most strategic position in the world, as Indonesia is located between two oceans and two continents since prehistoric times
@@NetiHidayat-pi6cm sebaiknya pengetahuan dan pengalaman berlayar termasuk bikin perahu diperkuat lagi tidak hanya untuk suku tertentu tapi bisa menjangkau suku yang lain suku penguasa laut harus meneruskan ilmunya termasuk kemampuan memanage mental selama berada di laut suku bajau bisa suku madura bisa bahkan suku bugis dan makasar bisa melaut sampai aussie dan sl lagu nenek moyangku seorang pelaut harus selalu di kepala kita cmiiw
As the largest economic and military member of ASEAN, Indonesia plays a vital role in shoring up the bloc's independence and self-determination. Sooner or later it'll need to be a moderate power that, with the support of the whole bloc, can stand up to larger regional powers in the neighbourhood.
Indonesia has always been a major trade hub since thousands of years ago, thats why portugese and dutch had a conquest here to monopoly stuff India and china have always been our trade partner since thousands of years ago, we got hindu and buddhism from them, we had major hindu-buddha kingdom here such as srivijaya and majapahit, and our relationship with india is one of the most friendly one, we send each others cows and rice since way back then I dont think our choke point is gonna be a major issue compared to suez and the south american ones because we are not as narrow We hate both capitalism of west and communism of east, we had major events related to both parties, we were colonized by the dutch for 3 centuries and even they still came after we declare our independence after ww2 and they bring their british and indian allies, we also had a communist coup and massacre back in the 60s which made communism got banned forever here, we are the founder of not aligned movement, we want none of your political bullshit, we have our own ideology and identity, and boi you aint gonna conquer a 270 million people country even with your most advanced military arsenal, we will fight like the heroes of stalingrad did, we have more people than you have bullets, and since 90% of us are muslim you better expect some jihad when you mess with us
But we have the advantage of terrain and we are accustomed to the hot climate tho, with many rural area and the vastness of our jungle i dont see food becoming an issue, as for the terrain we can still launch guerilla tactics and the forest will be to thick to be shelled
I never lived in java so i dont know if people have enough food there or not As for the tactics of war i think we can loot or steal from enemy forces to use their equipment for ourself Yes the first thing to do in war is to cripple the air defences, but we are not some poor country as we were back in the 40s right? We do have surface to air missile now, and we also have solid air forces despite the old age of equipment Now comparing to russian invasion of ukraine i think they rather perform poorly based on the days have passed and they still havent taken over significant territory of kyiv I think as a defending side we can give our opponent a formidable challenge, and given the mob mentality of our people we can blitz through ground forces and they wont stand a chance of securing an area for long Although if we did got crippled on our air defences and somehow people got no weapon to fight then i agree that we are screwed
@@jamesmarco516 One thing you forgot is morale, the Russian performs poorly in Ukraine is because their troops have low morales, while the Ukranians their morale are so high even their own people abroad (mostly men) came back to aid their country's defence. Keep in mind The Ukranians weren't really known for their nationalism and they don't really have that big of a manpower but as we can see they give the Russian a run for its money. Now imagine 200+ Millions Indonesian with a shit ton of resources compared to Ukraine and a difficult terrain we'll make sure the war will be 10× as worse than Vietnam.
I only hope our government can manage to retain Indonesia's regional position. Historically speaking being in the middle of a power struggle between two foreign global powers haven't been kind to our nation
I think the problem with indonesian territory is that it can be invaded from literally every direction from the sea, and their military budget is mostly given to land army instead of naval or airforces which i think are more important for maritime nation like indonesia,
@@releasethekraken8503 In this age tank and ship already obsolete against air superiority, they all be sitting duck no different. Much better to invest on land as invading army still need ground troop to capture it.
@@asyfer729 your argument is a literally a example of non suquitor fallacy The enemy can just blockade the island and bomb major logistics networks and wiat till the troops starve
Land forces lacks mobility, unlike air and naval. For example is during the Napoleonic Wars, French able to blast through all the Europe except for Britain due to their Naval Forces. Edit: also it can cut off most of the supply (granted, Indonesia's resources are probably enough to sustain on its own, but still not enough to win a war)
Hi, from Malaysia here. Yes definitely. We are seeing a gigantic Asian economy is born. Might wait and see what will happen in the future Indonesia when they completed their new capital Nusantara, how will it effect the Borneo.
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@@dewantoroo The locations used are production forests and shrub plantations so they don't harm the ecosystem there and with the new capital, if the plans are good, the forests might be repaired.
Never change kanome huge fan of neos videos, the fact real life lore commented on this channel shows the appropriate level of attraction you're getting and that you're off to do great things. Keep the good videos coming
Indonesian Muslims are one of the most influential, Indonesia is the 3rd largest democracy after India and America, the leader of the G20 in 2022, one of the originators of the non-aligned movement , the OIC and Asean, and a country that often sends its soldiers to become UN troops, Indonesia also often enters into resolving conflicts in other countries by means of diplomacy. compared to other countries. using the military, for example, Indonesia has invited Taliban leaders and Afghan leaders at the Indonesian presidential palace to discuss and Indonesia is the largest supporting country for Palestine and Yemen, Indonesia often provides assistance
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Indonesia has been well-known for its strategic location, not to mention about natural resources, we have almost everything here, problem is, our government is too corrupted to guarantee our welfare, 76 years of independence, we're still a developing country.
Yes, we have known since the days of the Majapahit and Srivijaya kingdoms, we already know that Indonesia is the most strategic region in the world, especially since Indonesia does not side with the western and eastern blocks. problems in Indonesia due to political chaos and infrastructure that was lacking in previous years, but it is only a matter of time when the problem is resolved, Indonesia will release all its power like America
that's too optimistic, might take decades for us to actually become a super power like the US (I can't even see this happening tbh). Centralized government along with vast territory makes it hard to take care of the whole country and to make each Islands/territory equally advanced. Let's just hope by moving the capital it would make it easier for our country to make better progress.
In term of geography, assuming ww3 happen and Indonesia stay neutral it will be logistic hell for allies or other countries like China is forced to take round outside indonesia territory that have size of Europe. Basically supersize of Swiss buffer state. Not to mention, that Indonesia is biggest in term of strategic commodity like coal, nickel, etc. I have read some news that because recently Indonesia did temporary ban coal export, it's soar production price in china
In the Electricized Future, Indonesia will play an even more strategic role. It has the largest reserve of Nickel (used for battery). The region in general, is important. 3 of the 6 largest nickel deposits are in Indo-Pacific region (Indonesia, Australia, Philippines)
That's why in WW3, there's no way Indonesia will remain neutral. Every single warring party will have an interest in controlling our islands. We will have to choose
As Indonesian, i think we should develop our naval capability. Illegall fishing and piracy will continue as long as our navy is weak. This is embarrassing for the heir of Sriwijaya and Majapahit. We have a saying/song here in Indonesia: "My ancestors are sailors"
@@protocetus499 Srivijaya capital is in Palembang though. But really, Malaysia and Indonesia are brothers the thing that made us different is just British or Dutch colonization
@@steppedonmyglasses well the last of srivijaya line escape and make even glorious trading city called Malacca, which become Malaysia today. Indonesia is more lean towards Majapahit with its javacentric culture.
Indonesian students are always told by their teacher about how strategic Indonesia geographic location, because it located between two continents & two oceans...
fun fact: even though Indonesia has 4th largest population, their people rarely emigrate. "raining stones in our country is more comfortable than raining gold in other countries" -indonesian proverb my uncle and cousins were work and study overseas, but once they have enough money or experience they came back to Indonesia for opening their own business here or search for a better job in our country.
@@protocetus499 mungkin kalau di Malaysia mudah nyari nasi lemak pagi hari, kalau di Riau? Yg jual tu kali yg susah di cari. Yg ada nasi uduk, itu juga jual nya malam hari.
It's sad that lots of Indonesians don't know or understand about these strategic points. As a result, our trade is very weak compared to Malaysia and Singapore, and our maritime power is very weak despite our large coastline. The government instead gave the most money to the army instead to the army (ask the British how stupid that is to not invest in naval power as a maritime nation). The army had lots of connections and lobbying power in the government due to their past (especially in Suharto reign).
Nah, i believe they know all of that but they also know the risk. Since a long time ago Indonesia is a non block country so they don't want to "choose side" as long as they don't get disturb from another country. Also instead thinking about such things they more interesting about their economy and GDP
Well i did mean in maritime trade too. Our shipping industry is very weak and broken. For example, only recently that we can actually ship out with our own ships registered here. Before, we have to ship out with ships registered in Singapore, if you can believe that. It's because the workers there are corrupt, incompetent, and unprofessional that it can't reach the required standards. Shipments inside nation too is still very expensive that a good shipped from Europe is cheaper than a good shipped from Jakarta to Papua. Non aligned or aligned, Indonesia has no excuse to undersell their maritime powers. It's vital militarily and economically
@@srash8854 true, how I wish Indonesia could grow their maritime endeavour. A nation with rich maritime backgrounds should have no excuse to grow their navy. Hope one day Indonesian people could realize this.
Geopolitics of Indonesia, my country, is one of my favorites hahah. thank you for the video, mister! and congratulation for your first advertisement sponsor!
The US has known how important Indonesia is since they backed a genocide of percieved communists and continued to fund and support suharto until the day the Indonesian people overthrew him
Hi @Kamome! I've just stumbled to your channel, and I really like the various information you give about our country. It really is a place with numerous potential if taken carefully. Oh yeah, just a tip, TNI stands for Indonesian National Military . If what you meant is the Indonesian Navy, it's called Indonesian National Military-Naval Forces.
Indonesia has the most and most active mountains in the world. So almost every day it experiences small and large earthquakes. Like my house is in the middle of the mountains🏞️😉
Internal division is indeed a very big issue in Indonesia. Other than the geographic division, if you look at the surface, national identity and patriotism is strong among the population. But if you look further, tension between races, religion, and social class is a major problem until today and makes this unity and nationalism very fragile, that any major crisis will divide the population instead of uniting it, like what happened in 1998.
As an Australian having a stable and politically strong Indonesia is in our massive interest, that I'm happy to see them strong. We are not threats to each other and so many benefits to gain together
If a country is located at a globally important geographical location, no great power is able to seize it because the other great powers need the country too. So because China is unwilling to let US dominate such important maritime routes, and of course US will not let China dominate either, it becomes a "nobody can own this important place--it must be neutral grounds" situation. However, the country cannot be too weak either. If Indonesia were to split apart into several small countries, there would be arguing between the islands over who controls the straits, what laws to follow, etc. Such chaos is not acceptable to global powers who need to pass through quickly and safely. So in the event of internal fracturing, global powers are incentivized to support a centralized government.
@@georgebrantley776 that's why there's undying belief of Bhinneka Tunggal Ika. We know what happened to Timor Leste. We already experienced 3 nations existing at once. Papua is almost in the brink of collapse. We know USA & Australia wants Papua gold. But we know the aftermath of Timor Leste. They only want the gold, and gold only.
@@georgebrantley776 Well as long this centralized power keep an unbalance development between Java and outside Java, Non Javanese Indonesian will do anything they can to overthrow a centralized government
but many Indonesians never realize it. even the officials only focus on internal affairs. 5 year election cycle. only a few Indonesians with New Thoughts have ever tried to tell others about this. thanks for the video.
I honestly worried about our geographical position. If we ever made stupid decisions like what Ukraine did, we will end up like them. Crushed by the big power interest. The current government have started to realize our importance in global politics. We have started millitery shopping spree lately. Our major shopping is we planned to bought 42 Rafale, 36 F-15, about 14 frigates from Europe and Japan, and additional 4 more submarine. This shopping mostly caused by our concern of China's threats on our Natuna EEZ and Natuna island itself when Chinese war against Taiwan broke up. Moreover, if the war did happened, others millitery vessels will moved through out our sea, and we need our own military power to secure our territory to make sure they played by the rules and not just thrashing our territory as their fighting sites.
Well, when USA's orange h*tler wanted to do land invasion on N.Korea because their pissing contest in 2017,did you know that australia aimed their ballistic missiles to us because we reject to give passway through sunda and malaka strait?
@Google America supported, financed and was involved in several rebellions that occurred in Indonesia (if I'm not mistaken around the 1950s). After a failed uprising, the CIA finally succeeded after backing one of the generals to stage a coup (if I'm not mistaken around the 1960s)
Semoga dikemudian hari pemerintah dan rakyat bisa besinergi untuk memperkuat keutuhan NKRI dan bersinergi dalam membangun segala aspek dalam bidang apapun supaya indonesia bisa menjadi negara yang maju
Because the territory of Indonesia is located in a strategic and advantageous position for several reasons, such as the location of Indonesia between the Asian continent and the Australian continent. Indonesia is located between the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. And its benefits This strategic position affects various things, ranging from economic activities, such as trade routes, natural resources, such as fertile land, to cultural diversity.
the fun things it's I'm Indonesian trying to understand and it's work sometimes when they have the auto subtitles, thanks n greetings from Yogyakarta🇮🇩
Great video and discussion! The only thing I could note for future videos is reducing by the strange globe and text angles, they were rather distracting
@@Kamome163 you’re welcome! I was referring to the timestamps of 9:37 and 13:17 as both being somewhat distracting. The way you began spinning the videos top down view of SE Asia at 9:37 timeframe distracted me a little (guess I’m not used to looking at the globe that way). Then at 13:17 the sideways text seemed a little unnecessary. I loved the video and your talking points overall and appreciate you replying to see what I meant!
13:26 TNI is the name of the Indonesian National Armed Forces. (Tentara Nasional Indonesia) The Indonesian Navy is called TNI-AL (Tentara Nasional Indonesia - Angkatan Laut)
Yeah bro, i like your explain about Indonesia conclution, our country can be a major source in Asia if we build our navy, just like our Elder said with their slogan "nenek moyangku seorang pelaut" its mean "our anchestor was a sailor", but sadly until now our military only interested by land force, but since now the challenge for change our mindset already build up and right now going to balance TNI force, wasallam
nah maka dari itu TNI AL kita harus lebih kuat dalam menjaga keadaulatan, pelabuhan" diperbagus baik dari sisi SDM, layanan dan infrastrukturnya! Go Indonesia!
Another fantastic video! I think you really perfected all the animations, borders, and various details in this one. Glad to see some coverage on one of the most geo-strategically important, and yet very neglected, regions on the planet. Can’t wait for your next video on Russia, especially considering the tragic events unfolding in Ukraine.
Thank you for discussing Indonesia in your video. And if you want lots of views, you often make about Indonesia, because Indonesia is a potential market in the world of UA-cam.
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say damn to Europe who drew the world map so that Indonesia and Malaysia are different countries.If Indonesia and Malaysia were one country, Indonesia could have full power over the Straits of Malacca
@@carkawalakhatulistiwa Except without the Dutch, the Indonesia we know today wouldn't exist
@@AHappyCub If there is no God, then this world will not exist
17,508 islands
Please make a video on Indian Geography!
Spectacular video. I'm loving this channel's content more and more
Real life lore :0
Oo time to make a collab video to blow this channel up
Thank you so much🙌😭
Waaaa real life lore come here to see good video jahaha 😅
@@Mark-uh3un that would be awesome 👌
This only makes us a target. Foreign powers will do anything to prevent a strong independent state having such leverage.
I mean the current top hegemonic power will never let anyone compete with them... and any developing nation are in their target.
yeah mate, they did it back in '67 and they will surely do it anytime we show signs of strength
Yeah it will always be like that.
Sometimes it's a bad thing and sometimes it's a good thing it might be a tightrope balancing act but if managed skilfully can mean new opportunities wealth and power, don't underestimate your ability to make bank and to be the country those 'foreign powers' need to come to for favours.
That's why we need to be smart on our political diplomacy,
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Southeast Asia Always Have "Red" Colors On Theirs Flags
@@hansfury7003 if you open world flag chart. Pretty much all of them have red color
Another reason why Indonesia should maintain its non-alignment position in world political scenes knowing that it holds a lot of sea gates that are crucial for world trade. Imagine if Indonesia takes a side and blocks these chokepoints to harm their rivals, that will lead to more conflicts. Staying neutral not only maintains the Indonesian status quo but is also important for world peace.
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Yes true
So do a Singapore?
Yes, you are right stay neutral is better for world peace. Love From Indonesian~❤
or are you just worried the personal impact it will have on your life?
What is in Indonesia's best interests? What if they decided it was better for them to take a side? Are you thinking about what's best for Indonesia, or yourself?
You may be right that Indonesia is better off remaining in a neutral state, but what if it's not in their best interests? Should Indonesia place your interests over their own?
As a Filipino who grew up that seen the Americans influence our politics for many dacades. It is totally strange for me to know that Indonesia is neutral or favour the Russians than the Americans.
Indonesia politically is stable out of being strategically placed in the middle of ASEAN. The fact that Indonesia has its own decision in international Politics..
This also make Indonesia a future dominant nation in Asia, the fact that it does not relay on the outside for their domestic thing. Just show how can this nation bound to be powerful.
Indonesia is a staunch supporter and even one of the original founder of Non-Aligned Movement back in the 60s. In 2003 Indonesia condemn US invasion of Iraq and right now they also condemn Russian invasion of Ukraine. However I'm not sure if this neutrality will be maintained if somehow WW3 between China and US broke out. If they maintained the neutrality, I'm not even surprised if there'll be civil war or coup backed by US or China to secure it's strategic importance during war.
@@bas8792 Yeah, like it or not, when Chinese started to attack Taiwan and the war on Asia broke out. We must choose side or we gonna get punched left and right. We're simply not strong enough to stand our ground on our own. Even with the latest millitery shopping spree plans, it still not enough.
I cant speak english well but your point of few is so clear. I'm Indonesian and I think we try to find out our own identity. Your so understand the past.
As a fellow Southeast Asian, I hope that the Philippines and all ASEAN countries can become developed countries in the future.
@@davidvandenberg1438 yeah on track
Another angle to Indonesia's importance is the presence of rainforests and how the decision to exploit or preserve these resources marks a turning point in the future of the earth's climate. Indonesia appears to be taking "a wait and see" approach in regards to its climate policy which means that if the developed nations don't lead the way and present Indonesia with viable investment plans from which Indonesia can develop green energy and industry, Indonesia is at risk of selling off their resources to China or becoming an oligarchic agro-state like Brazil.
As an Indonesian i have little hope for the developed western nations to lead the way as you described. So far what i see from the developed western nations is nothing but hypocrisy at its worst form. Take a look the palm oil for example, its been getting bad rep in the west, the UE is planning to ban the import, Indonesia rightfully retaliate by stopping the export of nickles (prefer to build smelters with help from china), and what did the EU do? They SUE Indonesia to the WTO. It's obvious the west still see asian relationship as "masters to slaves relationship" where they can force any demand they want akin to the colonialization era.
Stephen, thank you so much for sharing! That's a really interesting point. I remember when I was in Singapore, there was the so called Haze and I then discover that all that smog was actually coming from the burning of huge patch of the Rainforest in Sumatra to make place for Palm plantation and other crops. The nature Indonesia has is unique and stunning. It must be preserved and protected.
I think there is a big knowledge gap in Europe of Asia in general, not even mentioning South East Asia. I really hope that these videos will help closing that gap even a tiny bit.
The west has always been so arrogant and selfish. They look upon all the Asian nations as just their slave lands. The problems of the jungle and its environment are just nonsense that they continue to perpetuate, in fact they are highly technologically advanced western nations constantly dredging up all the resources of poor countries to meet their own needs
As an indonesian i personally agree to your point about preserving the nature but if it come at cost of our future economic developent then we simply cannot afford that
we Indonesians are well aware of this strategic importance; it is one of many knowledge taught like mantras since our elementary school days: "Indonesia is the crossroad of the world ('silang dunia'), located between two continents and two oceans".
Thank you so much for sharing the "silang dunia"! I felt that perhaps Indonesia's strategic value is well known in Asia but not really in the West!
Same as Australia. Best to work with Australia more and you'll get very wealthy buying our resources..
@@paulfri1569 I don't know about that as the neighboring country to Indonesia on the same Borneo island. Australia making all these military pacts to work with Australia might just paint a target on our back.
@@paulfri1569 I think we'll stay neutral on both sides neither you or anyone else. We would love to establish economic cooperation with Australia. But we can't go even more further into political stuff. Even if we wanted to go even further, we can't. Because that's will make us a really good target for China or the US. Well our country motto is to be equal and we can't take one side, that's been implemented since President Soekarno.
@@reynardsetiawanz8778 Ok then. My Indonesian wife worries about Indonesia becoming a Red Chinese client state. Because of Indonesians indecisive actions from it's political elites.. This is why Australia had to get nuclear powered subs as we can't have Fairweather friends unfortunately 😔
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the fact is that Indonesia can be very advanced in the future beyond developed countries at the moment, it's just that outsiders are constantly putting pressure on and hindering all of that progress. But this time is different, Indonesia has dared to take concrete steps by turning it around and challenging those obstacles again.
Thank you for share your knowledge about my country, Indonesia 🇮🇩 from geography, history, until geopolitic. I hope your channel is growth 👍
Terimakasih!☺️ We will talk more about South East Asia in upcoming videos!💪
Finaly someone mention the geopolitical strategic reason of Indonesia moving its capital, aside from the bombastic title. Its location near the strategic sea lane 2, is an often overlooked aspect of this move.
Hahahahah I like the bombastic description! :P True!
Yeah unfortunately our navy are suck, our biggest ship are only outdated frigate. Heck even only have two submarine (one submarine are sinking last year unfortunately)
@@Fauzanarief-n7i If what you mean is the active submarines, then yes, but actually indonesia has 5 submarines, but 1 was sinked last year, 1 still is undergoing an overhaul, and the new one is still undergoing various test. And Indonesia start to build their navy power with iver huiltfeld class frigate that currently in production, and soon 2 scorpene class submarines and more chanbogo class submarines like Alugoro and another frigates, and many more. But the biggest challenge is the budget. But atleast now the government is trying to fullfill the minimum essential forces.
@@Fauzanarief-n7i Are you hear the news? Indonesian navy will get many new warship, including latest FREMM, Iver-Huitfeldt class, scorpene submarine, etc
@@elyaserbenguno5464 you and the person above are correct, its just that indonesia's navy is relatively weak for a country of its size. and its the biggest archipelagic country in the world, how does indonesia not have one of the strongest navy in the world? mind boggling tbh
Indonesia has perfect ingredients to become a maritime/thalassocratic empire. Regarding to the interesting historical background and possibly the numerical "coincidences", I believe the seven century cycle is on its way to become reality; the seven century cycle of maritime glory, the 7th century Srivijaya, 14th century Majapahit, and now 21st century Indonesia. We will once again become the master of seas, just like our forefathers did centuries ago.
I even just realized that there is a pattern, but there has always been a folklore circulating that in the 17th generation of Sunan (I forget the name) the fire will be lit again Or in Javanese it is called “Sumuping Geni” Which means the glory of this nation will come back again. And what's interesting is that the 17th descendant of Sunan was coincidentally also born in this era too
Terima kasih
Semoga kami bangsa Indonesia 🇮🇩 semakin maju & baik serta bisa menunjang perekonomian dunia
Salam sejahtera untuk semua
Never realized how fragile Indonesia has been all along, and why we (Indonesians) prefer to take the middle approach to pretty much everything. I mean I knew that our society are extremely heterogenic so I guess we need to compromise some things to keep our tolerance of each other afloat, but damn, how could I be so oblivious of these other things. Shouldn't we teach just a bit of international affairs in school?
Not all things are learned from school
lmao you bet. our youth even disliked basic history and geographical lesson, let alone adding international affairs to that lmao.
@@klauserji Well, it's not really the subjects, it's just that schools suck.
@@klauserji Just like in any other countries. It's really just the general school system, not the specific subject.
That's the school for you. School makes people turn into robots. Many analysts even from Western and America also from Indonesia itself told the truth about schools and the lacks of our Curriculum. But, what you guys said back then??? That there were all lies and just make Indonesian students more lazy??? Lol, it's not even been used, we still using the same old curriculum or old education system. Why you guys didn't think that the lazy problem that poisoning the students is from this stupid education system. Not the recommended system that analysts from all over the world including Indonesia suggested?
Did you know that current education system or curriculum is a place for politicians to do corruption??? 20% of national budget goes to Educational Minister, it's the largest budget compared to other divisions or ministry, but why our school is so bad compared to neighborhood country lol???
We all have been lied by politicians that our current school system is good, that *UN/USBN* makes students wiser and smarter. It's not lol, you've seen it. It's all propaganda to turn human into a machine for rich ppl or maybe rich countries like USA.
*WAKE UP*
This is why we respect our neighbor has full potential waiting to shine one day. Love from Malaysia.
Another important decisive factor for Indonesia is it has the largest reserve of Nickel in the world, used for batteries.
As the world pivots into oil-free world, the need for Nickel would only increase. It would give Indonesia a huge leverage geopolitically, but also liability of foreign meddling if not handled delicately.
stinlesssteel need nickel. not baterai alone
but Indonesia only controls 20% of nickel and the second largest country is the French colony. so monopolizing the price feels useless.
@@carkawalakhatulistiwa huh i thought indonesia has the most nickels
@@Mhaysac yeah right but . not the majority
almost imposible with how corruptor evrywhere in indonesia ..
if not carefull with bit of bribe benefit for their country mybe gone to foreign investor .
thats what always been happen there so indonesia never move on if corruptor rat still breed like crazy there
This man deserves more subs. Easily my favorite channel so far covering Geopolitics.
he is just getting started, give him some time
Thank you Micah!
That's it!!!🤩🙌
Thank you for your interest in our region. A lot of content only highlights Europe and the Middle East, it's refreshing to see renewed focus in topics concerning East Asia. Your videos are extremely insightful and high quality.
Bit of a stretch, but do you think you might be able to do a video on Russia's Far East and how it serves as a counterbalance to China's ambitions in the region? What it means for Japan, the Koreas and the rest of South East Asia?
Ken! Thank you for your kind comment! Wow, that's a great topic to focus a video on. I think the next video will focus on Russia's western border so it might be a good idea to create two different analysis on that! Anyway I'm writing this down! Interesting how you mentioned it being a counterbalance to Chinese amibtions!
No problem, I was about to say please do a video about the events happening in Ukraine and remembered this is the perfect time to bring up Russia's numerous plans for the future with regards to it's energy exports and the implications it will have on global trade, as the Asian Markets are heavily dependent on oil. Not to mention the obvious parallels between China and Taiwan.
@@Kamome163 How about adding the strategic goal of investment of Russia in the north pole and csto or defense pact in the south. This feels like Russia is making strategic goals in every direction.
Then compile them to make a map each detailing its pros and cons and their effects to the area.
It should be .. since SEA region is one of the place that have high possiblity of having world war.
If you want peace, prepare for war.
i said it before as a filipino Indonesia have huge potential to be world power like britain germany france. and im glad they are on the right path making this happens no bullshit politics stopping their progress.
As a native Indonesian myself, another thing Indonesia's lacking is Human Resources. I see a lot of people both offline and online easily get deceived by fake news and clickbait headlines. I see a lot of people either just read the headline or just read an article without fact-checking it multiple times, not to mention that some of us will also get easily provocated by news, articles, or posts that are purposely made to paint some other group of people in a bad light, which can lead to discrimination and increased hatred towards a certain group.
In my opinion, if us Indonesians manage to actually take the time to read and fact-check a lot of times and learn about stuff either through books or online, it'd be possible for us to become more united than ever before making us a more united and stronger country.
They're really bad at seeing other people perspective, too overly religious in my opinion, I hate the fact they would use this religious term for a reason to hate some outside country , most Indonesian are really closed off
True, Especially older people who just discovered news at the Internet
Indonesians known to be very bad at perspectives and checking the real truth, especially if it is need some reading
Same agenda here in the Philippines. 😁😅
That's everywhere. In Western Europe and America people can easily deceived by fake news. Trump knows it well. 😅 You should read more foreign news.
As someone who has been living in Indonesia for years now, I am glad to watch a video that highlights the significance of Indonesia as a future global maritime powerhouse and it's actually being the focus on current government to make Indonesia become more maritime-oriented
With decades-old vessels?
We know our ships are decrepits, but no effort is made about it. It's not a new knowledge. It's known for decades.
Indonesia is just concerned about "which politician can eat the most."
Yeah well even Singapore has a more advanced navy and air force, let alone richer countries like Australia.
I live in java island
And the human wasn't like you expect
Tiktod make them extremely stupid and we can't stop them.
(This is a fact and it was real)
Most of our leaders mostly build Indonesia oriented towards countries that live on the mainland that is why there is a significant difference between one island and another
@@tritium1998 lol, one missile and it's history. Singapore may be poisonous, but it's just a krill.
Its good to find someone who mentioned how Indonesia Govt rigid non allignment mindset has undermined its ability to build decisive security forces in the region. I think Indonesia really need to carefully synchronised its International ambition and its defence/security development
@@bas8792 not quite accurate. Indonesia annexed East Timor in 1975 with backup of US and Australian Govt. Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) was heavily armed with US made counter insurgency weapons such as OV-10 and C-47 gunship. US weapon systems supply continue in 80s such as F-16 & F-5 fighter aircrafts, ground radars, shipborne missile system and many more. The sanctioned only came in 1999 after an human right abused by TNI during East Timor referendum for independence
@@camovault correct.
Technically, it's non alliance stand not only undermined the security force ability it also undermined Indonesia economy itself. despite Indonesian have more favorable geography, Thailand, Malaysia & Singapore are heavily dependent on maritime trade while Indonesia economy is mostly due to domestic consumption. The lack of FTA with other countries create a situation where Indonesian foreign trade is 40% to china, way higher than regional neighbors who have a more balanced trade.
@@FaizalMohdMustapa it is true that unlike other large domestic economy such as China and India, Indonesia probably doesn’t have comparable export prowess just yet. But this is not because of Indonesia is non-alignment country but rather because of domestic politics issue and its also not wrong to blame complacency (for domestic consumption driven economy policy) as one of the causing factor. However, major shift has taken place during the tenure of Indonesia 7th President Joko Widodo. His aggresive infrastructure building policy has been spurred by the country willingness to attract foreign investment and pummel more export, not so much in rare commodities anymore, but also value added goods. This is evident in mining sector. During the pandemic time, Indonesia export has actually increased in most sectors and together with that large domestic market, has helped the country economy to stay afloat during the pandemic. Also under Jokowi tenure, I think there has been 2 Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement signed with Australia and South Korea, which obviously to stimulate much more balance trade. China is still inevitably the major trading partner with Indonesia, but this trend also occurse elsewhere around the globe even in Europe
@Yoga Simson no doubt Jokowi is a revolutionary leaders but whether the next president & the one after it would continue the reform agenda or goes back to the seclusion mentality is another matter.
Economics partnership do go hand in hand with militarily partnership. A lot of high value added industry for example relies on US components or IP and the US would usually refused to do so if the country is not allign with them.
Loved the video Kamome! Thanks for shining a light on a relatively unknown (globally) country of the world. Indonesia is in a critical position in the world physically and politically, I'm sure their power will continue to grow as they develop further!
That was such a smooth transition to AtlasVPN, congrats on the sponsor!
Dainomiite!!! Thanks bud! Indonesia is in such a critical location and its potential is so vast! SEA is general is a region that will be more and more relevant in the future IMO (Thus will be covering it quite extensively on the channel)! 🤩
Did you like the transition there? Wasn't it a bit too long?
@@Kamome163 You bet amigo! I fully expect Indonesia to continue expanding their navy and air force as they continue to play a greater role in the region (like the $22b purchase just announced a few weeks back of Rafale and F-15s by Indonesia)
The transition did feel a bit long, but i figure if folks want to skip it and fast forward the video they have that option lol. im not sure how that stuff is worked behind the scenes though
what's up with the rising sun flag?
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Since era of Srivijaya until now, Indonesia indeed been the most strategic point of world and has attracted every nation, both allied and/or hostile
and thats how we get colonoialize for ofer 350 years by dutch
@@divinedragon17 *346 yrs colonisation by Europe(if drawn from the early arrival of Cornelis de Houtman in 1596), the rest 3 yrs by Japan
It only looks important because it's between more important points. It was ironically the Dutch that united that many islands together.
Interesting video. To be honest Indonesia can be one of the next power house in the world. Because the resources, strategic position and also a huge population.
As an Indonesian hat inverted map making me dizzy because it's so different with how I usually see it but surely create interesting perspective how to look the map from a different angle
Sorry for the dizinness but hope you like the video!
HAHA
Since elementary school, students in Indonesia are taught about the country's geographical position. They are taught about the advantage of being in the most strategic position in the world, as Indonesia is located between two oceans and two continents since prehistoric times
It’s a good thing that’s taught in school!
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As the largest economic and military member of ASEAN, Indonesia plays a vital role in shoring up the bloc's independence and self-determination. Sooner or later it'll need to be a moderate power that, with the support of the whole bloc, can stand up to larger regional powers in the neighbourhood.
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Indonesia has always been a major trade hub since thousands of years ago, thats why portugese and dutch had a conquest here to monopoly stuff
India and china have always been our trade partner since thousands of years ago, we got hindu and buddhism from them, we had major hindu-buddha kingdom here such as srivijaya and majapahit, and our relationship with india is one of the most friendly one, we send each others cows and rice since way back then
I dont think our choke point is gonna be a major issue compared to suez and the south american ones because we are not as narrow
We hate both capitalism of west and communism of east, we had major events related to both parties, we were colonized by the dutch for 3 centuries and even they still came after we declare our independence after ww2 and they bring their british and indian allies, we also had a communist coup and massacre back in the 60s which made communism got banned forever here, we are the founder of not aligned movement, we want none of your political bullshit, we have our own ideology and identity, and boi you aint gonna conquer a 270 million people country even with your most advanced military arsenal, we will fight like the heroes of stalingrad did, we have more people than you have bullets, and since 90% of us are muslim you better expect some jihad when you mess with us
But we have the advantage of terrain and we are accustomed to the hot climate tho, with many rural area and the vastness of our jungle i dont see food becoming an issue, as for the terrain we can still launch guerilla tactics and the forest will be to thick to be shelled
maritime blockade will be a problem tho
@banagher In other words we're completly fucked against any country that has the capability to blockade our resources
I never lived in java so i dont know if people have enough food there or not
As for the tactics of war i think we can loot or steal from enemy forces to use their equipment for ourself
Yes the first thing to do in war is to cripple the air defences, but we are not some poor country as we were back in the 40s right? We do have surface to air missile now, and we also have solid air forces despite the old age of equipment
Now comparing to russian invasion of ukraine i think they rather perform poorly based on the days have passed and they still havent taken over significant territory of kyiv
I think as a defending side we can give our opponent a formidable challenge, and given the mob mentality of our people we can blitz through ground forces and they wont stand a chance of securing an area for long
Although if we did got crippled on our air defences and somehow people got no weapon to fight then i agree that we are screwed
@@jamesmarco516 One thing you forgot is morale, the Russian performs poorly in Ukraine is because their troops have low morales, while the Ukranians their morale are so high even their own people abroad (mostly men) came back to aid their country's defence.
Keep in mind The Ukranians weren't really known for their nationalism and they don't really have that big of a manpower but as we can see they give the Russian a run for its money. Now imagine 200+ Millions Indonesian with a shit ton of resources compared to Ukraine and a difficult terrain we'll make sure the war will be 10× as worse than Vietnam.
I only hope our government can manage to retain Indonesia's regional position. Historically speaking being in the middle of a power struggle between two foreign global powers haven't been kind to our nation
Its a good position,you can get the best things from both powers if you play the game right!
I think the problem with indonesian territory is that it can be invaded from literally every direction from the sea, and their military budget is mostly given to land army instead of naval or airforces which i think are more important for maritime nation like indonesia,
Its easier and cheaper to train average Indonesians to use rifle than driving airplane or ship and they have 270 milions of them.😂😂😂
@@harukrentz435 so you just wanna shoot some attack helicopter or some fighter jets in the sky just using a rifles??..mmkayy
@@releasethekraken8503 In this age tank and ship already obsolete against air superiority, they all be sitting duck no different. Much better to invest on land as invading army still need ground troop to capture it.
@@asyfer729 your argument is a literally a example of non suquitor fallacy
The enemy can just blockade the island and bomb major logistics networks and wiat till the troops starve
Land forces lacks mobility, unlike air and naval. For example is during the Napoleonic Wars, French able to blast through all the Europe except for Britain due to their Naval Forces.
Edit: also it can cut off most of the supply (granted, Indonesia's resources are probably enough to sustain on its own, but still not enough to win a war)
Great storytelling - A complex topic explained so effortlessly
Thank you so much Alex!! That means so much!
Hi, from Malaysia here. Yes definitely.
We are seeing a gigantic Asian economy is born. Might wait and see what will happen in the future Indonesia when they completed their new capital Nusantara, how will it effect the Borneo.
That's a great point. Borneo is set to become a quite central piece in SOuth East Asia
Probably lot of deforestation. Eventually we will lost our rainforest.
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@@dewantoroo The locations used are production forests and shrub plantations so they don't harm the ecosystem there and with the new capital, if the plans are good, the forests might be repaired.
Very well said and spotted accurately on how strategic the region is. Love the perspective of this presentation 🙏🏻
Never change kanome huge fan of neos videos, the fact real life lore commented on this channel shows the appropriate level of attraction you're getting and that you're off to do great things.
Keep the good videos coming
I'm so honored by Real Life Lore's comment and that pushes me imrpove even more! I want to get better and better!
Indonesian Muslims are one of the most influential, Indonesia is the 3rd largest democracy after India and America, the leader of the G20 in 2022, one of the originators of the non-aligned movement , the OIC and Asean,
and a country that often sends its soldiers to become UN troops, Indonesia also often enters into resolving conflicts in other countries by means of diplomacy. compared to other countries. using the military, for example, Indonesia has invited Taliban leaders and Afghan leaders at the Indonesian presidential palace to discuss and Indonesia is the largest supporting country for Palestine and Yemen, Indonesia often provides assistance
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@@henkam1016 kan die bilangnya indonesian muslim influence... muslim di indonesia mempengaruhi apa ke dunia??? contoh nyata?
@@nagawahyudi 1 Muslim of Indonesia can make malay in total bankruptcy. He's the RI1.
This channel is so underrated, subbed!
Thank you so much Joseph!!
"Indonesia could be Asia's most strategic country."
Me seeing Indonesian history from 7th century until today: "...we didn't?"
Indonesia has been well-known for its strategic location, not to mention about natural resources, we have almost everything here, problem is, our government is too corrupted to guarantee our welfare, 76 years of independence, we're still a developing country.
Indonesia is a great country and has a lot of islands. Fm Philippines
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Yes, we have known since the days of the Majapahit and Srivijaya kingdoms, we already know that Indonesia is the most strategic region in the world, especially since Indonesia does not side with the western and eastern blocks. problems in Indonesia due to political chaos and infrastructure that was lacking in previous years, but it is only a matter of time when the problem is resolved, Indonesia will release all its power like America
The potential is there, and Indonesia has all the cards to be a powerful regional power!
😂 hardly
that's too optimistic, might take decades for us to actually become a super power like the US (I can't even see this happening tbh). Centralized government along with vast territory makes it hard to take care of the whole country and to make each Islands/territory equally advanced. Let's just hope by moving the capital it would make it easier for our country to make better progress.
@@JS_Gaiserik nah centuries
@@Kamome163 Needs to be close Allie's with Australia for this to happen..
I love this video..
Thanks a lot man
Best wishes for your channel from Indonesia
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Terima kasih, David!
I love how he inserted VPN promo seamlessly on-topic in the video.
Love Indonesia from timor leste 🇹🇱
Meskipun terlambat izinkan saya menyampaikan rasa cinta saya kepada saudara kami Timor Leste..semoga kita semakin maju dan makmur 🇮🇩🤍🇹🇱
In term of geography, assuming ww3 happen and Indonesia stay neutral it will be logistic hell for allies or other countries like China is forced to take round outside indonesia territory that have size of Europe. Basically supersize of Swiss buffer state.
Not to mention, that Indonesia is biggest in term of strategic commodity like coal, nickel, etc. I have read some news that because recently Indonesia did temporary ban coal export, it's soar production price in china
In the Electricized Future, Indonesia will play an even more strategic role. It has the largest reserve of Nickel (used for battery). The region in general, is important. 3 of the 6 largest nickel deposits are in Indo-Pacific region (Indonesia, Australia, Philippines)
That's why in WW3, there's no way Indonesia will remain neutral. Every single warring party will have an interest in controlling our islands. We will have to choose
@@coconutmuncher and we will choose Russia ofc
@@chabashiratenko4lyfe no, we'll choose the aliens
@@coconutmuncher LMAO LET'S CONQUER THE WORLD, IT'S INDONESIA'S TIME NOW
I love my country❤
Always in my heart everybody🇮🇩
Thanks for your information admin..
Very Good ❤
As Indonesian, i think we should develop our naval capability. Illegall fishing and piracy will continue as long as our navy is weak. This is embarrassing for the heir of Sriwijaya and Majapahit. We have a saying/song here in Indonesia: "My ancestors are sailors"
Nenek moyangku seorang pelaut
because they are focus killing their own people, the military budget mostly goes to land army which is stupid.
The heir of srivijaya is malaysia lmao 😂
@@protocetus499 Srivijaya capital is in Palembang though. But really, Malaysia and Indonesia are brothers the thing that made us different is just British or Dutch colonization
@@steppedonmyglasses well the last of srivijaya line escape and make even glorious trading city called Malacca, which become Malaysia today. Indonesia is more lean towards Majapahit with its javacentric culture.
Indonesian students are always told by their teacher about how strategic Indonesia geographic location, because it located between two continents & two oceans...
fun fact: even though Indonesia has 4th largest population, their people rarely emigrate.
"raining stones in our country is more comfortable than raining gold in other countries" -indonesian proverb
my uncle and cousins were work and study overseas, but once they have enough money or experience they came back to Indonesia for opening their own business here or search for a better job in our country.
Betul di luar kagak ada nasi uduk pagi pagi
@@itsmarsh6 jangankan di luar pak, di Riau aja nasi uduk cuma jualan malam pak. Pagi gak ada (belum jumpa)
@@keongdarat7171 kita orang melayu bos mana makan nasi uduk 😂
@@protocetus499 aku juga orang Melayu pak. Disini susah nyari orang jual nasi lemak, nasi uduk jadi lah. Tapi yg jualan selalu malam🤣
@@protocetus499 mungkin kalau di Malaysia mudah nyari nasi lemak pagi hari, kalau di Riau? Yg jual tu kali yg susah di cari. Yg ada nasi uduk, itu juga jual nya malam hari.
Hoog and kamome are producing really best quality videos on terms of everything , they should be recognized more like gtbt & Caspian report .
Thank you so much Ullash!!!😭 I (and I guess @Hoog too) really appreciate!
It's sad that lots of Indonesians don't know or understand about these strategic points. As a result, our trade is very weak compared to Malaysia and Singapore, and our maritime power is very weak despite our large coastline. The government instead gave the most money to the army instead to the army (ask the British how stupid that is to not invest in naval power as a maritime nation). The army had lots of connections and lobbying power in the government due to their past (especially in Suharto reign).
Instead of the navy you mean.
Frigate or corvette or submarine is more expensive than tanks. Even naval units are more expensive then aircrafts
Nah, i believe they know all of that but they also know the risk. Since a long time ago Indonesia is a non block country so they don't want to "choose side" as long as they don't get disturb from another country. Also instead thinking about such things they more interesting about their economy and GDP
Well i did mean in maritime trade too. Our shipping industry is very weak and broken. For example, only recently that we can actually ship out with our own ships registered here. Before, we have to ship out with ships registered in Singapore, if you can believe that. It's because the workers there are corrupt, incompetent, and unprofessional that it can't reach the required standards. Shipments inside nation too is still very expensive that a good shipped from Europe is cheaper than a good shipped from Jakarta to Papua.
Non aligned or aligned, Indonesia has no excuse to undersell their maritime powers. It's vital militarily and economically
@@srash8854 true, how I wish Indonesia could grow their maritime endeavour. A nation with rich maritime backgrounds should have no excuse to grow their navy. Hope one day Indonesian people could realize this.
thanks for visualizing the content in such a way I can easily understand it.
you bring the animation into the next level, love it.
Hello from South Borneo Indonesia, (Most Middle land in Indonesia)
Geopolitics of Indonesia, my country, is one of my favorites hahah. thank you for the video, mister!
and congratulation for your first advertisement sponsor!
I like the way the video turning globe upside down and back continuously.... in a way (I guess) it helps reshapes the perception of the viewers.
Thanks you very much from CentralJava cool video👍
Indonesia big land big economi big population
The US has known how important Indonesia is since they backed a genocide of percieved communists and continued to fund and support suharto until the day the Indonesian people overthrew him
Yoo this channel is underrated as hell man. Keep up it up!
Yet another incredibly high quality video. Love the content man, keep it up!
Thank you Hona!!!🙌 I hope to keep getting better at this!
This is one of my favourite channels
Thank you Justin!
Your channel is a hidden gem 💎
Thank you Grumpy dragon!
Very informative video. Thank you for making this. Greetings from Indonesia
Hi @Kamome! I've just stumbled to your channel, and I really like the various information you give about our country. It really is a place with numerous potential if taken carefully. Oh yeah, just a tip, TNI stands for Indonesian National Military . If what you meant is the Indonesian Navy, it's called Indonesian National Military-Naval Forces.
Indonesian navy's name is TNI-AL (tentara nasional indonesia - angkatan laut). TNI is the name for the whole armed force.
Laut means sea? Sea in Filipino is Laot
Thanks for the info @kamome, and im so proud of my country 🇮🇩 indonesia even tho im born in moscow 😣😭🙏
Be always proud of who you are and where you come from!
Indonesia has the most and most active mountains in the world. So almost every day it experiences small and large earthquakes. Like my house is in the middle of the mountains🏞️😉
Like japan 🤣
@@selaipisang_ there are still more mountains at once active in Indonesia than in Japan
@@royal5786 tdk ada yg harus di banggakan dgn itu.. -_-
@@antoverstappenburik3711 emang iya
@@antoverstappenburik3711 dia bukan bangga.tapi cuma ngasih tau...
Kenapa anda bilang tidak ada yang harus di banggakan? kenapa?....
Bruh this video is too good, the graphics and source included. You deserve more if you continue this dude.
Internal division is indeed a very big issue in Indonesia. Other than the geographic division, if you look at the surface, national identity and patriotism is strong among the population. But if you look further, tension between races, religion, and social class is a major problem until today and makes this unity and nationalism very fragile, that any major crisis will divide the population instead of uniting it, like what happened in 1998.
Live this channel, you’ll have a million subscribers in no time I’m sure!!!
Thank you so much, Robert!
Great video mate, very professional. I like the constantly moving map and border visuals, very smooth and easy to follow
Indonesia is also a very beautiful country and the people are very kind, I like living in Indonesia
As an Australian having a stable and politically strong Indonesia is in our massive interest, that I'm happy to see them strong. We are not threats to each other and so many benefits to gain together
Pffttt.. You are like a child who doesn't know anything, so many problems are involved in Australia such as the cases of Timor Leste and Papua
Indeed. Not many Indonesians realise how commonly Indonesian is taught in Australian schools.
Tapi bagaimana dengan keberedaan AUKUS yang sangat menganggu kesetabilan kawasan INDOFASIVIC Termasuk negara Indonesia 🇮🇩
Australia should join non alignment, so our region will be the area of peace and prosperous, not war
As Indonesian citizen im actually surprised how this country still exists despite having the most difficult geography, maybe because of its ideology?
If a country is located at a globally important geographical location, no great power is able to seize it because the other great powers need the country too. So because China is unwilling to let US dominate such important maritime routes, and of course US will not let China dominate either, it becomes a "nobody can own this important place--it must be neutral grounds" situation.
However, the country cannot be too weak either. If Indonesia were to split apart into several small countries, there would be arguing between the islands over who controls the straits, what laws to follow, etc. Such chaos is not acceptable to global powers who need to pass through quickly and safely. So in the event of internal fracturing, global powers are incentivized to support a centralized government.
@@georgebrantley776 that's why there's undying belief of Bhinneka Tunggal Ika. We know what happened to Timor Leste. We already experienced 3 nations existing at once.
Papua is almost in the brink of collapse. We know USA & Australia wants Papua gold. But we know the aftermath of Timor Leste.
They only want the gold, and gold only.
@@georgebrantley776 Well as long this centralized power keep an unbalance development between Java and outside Java, Non Javanese Indonesian will do anything they can to overthrow a centralized government
Also ,thanks to the Dutch that Indonesia exist nowaday if not,there will a plenty of island and many ethnic that cannot unite
this is what we learned at primary school. our country is very stategic because it's in between two oceans and two continents.
but many Indonesians never realize it. even the officials only focus on internal affairs. 5 year election cycle. only a few Indonesians with New Thoughts have ever tried to tell others about this. thanks for the video.
Srivijaya majapahit soekarno relize that. see what soekarno say before 😭
I honestly worried about our geographical position. If we ever made stupid decisions like what Ukraine did, we will end up like them. Crushed by the big power interest.
The current government have started to realize our importance in global politics. We have started millitery shopping spree lately. Our major shopping is we planned to bought 42 Rafale, 36 F-15, about 14 frigates from Europe and Japan, and additional 4 more submarine.
This shopping mostly caused by our concern of China's threats on our Natuna EEZ and Natuna island itself when Chinese war against Taiwan broke up. Moreover, if the war did happened, others millitery vessels will moved through out our sea, and we need our own military power to secure our territory to make sure they played by the rules and not just thrashing our territory as their fighting sites.
It already happen to your country around 1960s
@@SaretGnasoh absolutely yes.. You're right about my country. I worried that backwards again..
Well, when USA's orange h*tler wanted to do land invasion on N.Korea because their pissing contest in 2017,did you know that australia aimed their ballistic missiles to us because we reject to give passway through sunda and malaka strait?
@Google America supported, financed and was involved in several rebellions that occurred in Indonesia (if I'm not mistaken around the 1950s).
After a failed uprising, the CIA finally succeeded after backing one of the generals to stage a coup (if I'm not mistaken around the 1960s)
Berkeley Mafia (Indonesia) and Chicago Boys (Chile)
Thank you ! This really helped my thesis research a lot 🔥
Semoga dikemudian hari pemerintah dan rakyat bisa besinergi untuk memperkuat keutuhan NKRI dan bersinergi dalam membangun segala aspek dalam bidang apapun supaya indonesia bisa menjadi negara yang maju
FINALLY, OUR STRATIGIC GEOGRAPHY IS RECOGNISED
Because the territory of Indonesia is located in a strategic and advantageous position for several reasons, such as the location of Indonesia between the Asian continent and the Australian continent. Indonesia is located between the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. And its benefits This strategic position affects various things, ranging from economic activities, such as trade routes, natural resources, such as fertile land, to cultural diversity.
Semoga Indonesia & Nusantara sentiasa maju & aman. Salam MY
I would say, the transition from the video to the sponsor is really smooth, I’m watching the whole sponsor
Just want to put a mark here, subscribed when this channel had 30.4k. Looking forward to more videos. Good luck!!!
Very informative❤❤
Indonesian's let's go you can do it🇮🇩🇮🇩✊🏻✊🏻
Back in school we always are told how our geographic position is strategic
That's so important!
Thanks this is a good documentary on the geopolitics and maritime policies of Indonesia.
as indonesian i think the new generations need to know more about their country.. thanks for the video
the fun things it's I'm Indonesian trying to understand and it's work sometimes when they have the auto subtitles, thanks n greetings from Yogyakarta🇮🇩
Great video and discussion! The only thing I could note for future videos is reducing by the strange globe and text angles, they were rather distracting
Jimmy! Thank you so much! What do you mean by strange globe?
@@Kamome163 you’re welcome! I was referring to the timestamps of 9:37 and 13:17 as both being somewhat distracting. The way you began spinning the videos top down view of SE Asia at 9:37 timeframe distracted me a little (guess I’m not used to looking at the globe that way). Then at 13:17 the sideways text seemed a little unnecessary. I loved the video and your talking points overall and appreciate you replying to see what I meant!
Indonesia our brother! Love from the Philippines 🇵🇭🇮🇩
Salamat Pagi Filipino, You're Have Great Leader as Presiden Bong Bong Marcos...
love watching videos with the story told while showing the maps 😊
13:26
TNI is the name of the Indonesian National Armed Forces. (Tentara Nasional Indonesia)
The Indonesian Navy is called TNI-AL (Tentara Nasional Indonesia - Angkatan Laut)
thank you for making this video. I live in the northernmost part of Sumatra island (sixth largest island)
Yeah bro, i like your explain about Indonesia conclution, our country can be a major source in Asia if we build our navy, just like our Elder said with their slogan "nenek moyangku seorang pelaut" its mean "our anchestor was a sailor", but sadly until now our military only interested by land force, but since now the challenge for change our mindset already build up and right now going to balance TNI force, wasallam
nah maka dari itu TNI AL kita harus lebih kuat dalam menjaga keadaulatan, pelabuhan" diperbagus baik dari sisi SDM, layanan dan infrastrukturnya! Go Indonesia!
Hey rempong!
Another fantastic video! I think you really perfected all the animations, borders, and various details in this one. Glad to see some coverage on one of the most geo-strategically important, and yet very neglected, regions on the planet. Can’t wait for your next video on Russia, especially considering the tragic events unfolding in Ukraine.
Thank you for discussing Indonesia in your video. And if you want lots of views, you often make about Indonesia, because Indonesia is a potential market in the world of UA-cam.