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Indonesia’s potential role at the regional and international level post AUKUS agreement
On 15 September 2021, Australia, the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US) announced a three-way technology sharing agreement called AUKUS. The primary purpose of AUKUS is to provide Australia with nuclear-powered submarines, but it also includes a commitment to jointly develop other military capabilities and capacities. According to a joint statement, the deal underscores the three countries’ commitment to deepen diplomatic, security and defense cooperation in the Indo-Pacific so as to meet the “challenges of the twenty-first century”.
At the regional level, the continued discourse of ASEAN existence since its early development is that, its member states have been torn between deep divisions, distrust and animosities when it comes to proxy’s rivalries of extra regional major powers such as AUKUS. Rather, it has never been a smooth sailing for ASEAN to deal with challenges and the growing tension in the region. Meanwhile, at the international level, the announcement of AUKUS have sparked much debate and commentary on the “loophole” for naval fuel reactors (nuclear powered submarine) in the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safeguards Agreement, particularly on the consequences for the non-proliferation regimes.
This paper will attempt to elaborate Indonesia foreign policy under the new current development of the AUKUS agreement and what policy Indonesia shall determine to revamp its “leadership" in the Southeast Asia Region through ASEAN and at the international level vis a vis Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and to an extent IAEA.
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