Wawasan Nusantara

For other uses, see Nusantara (disambiguation).
Modern Wawasan Nusantara, the Indonesian archipelagic baselines pursuant to article 47, paragraph 9, of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)

Wawasan Nusantara, or Indonesian Archipelagic Vision, is the national vision of Indonesia towards their people, nation, and territory of the unitary state of the Republic of Indonesia (including its land and sea as well as the air and space above it) as a unity of political, economic, social, cultural, defensive and security-driven entities.[1]: 29  This national insight subsequently serves as the perspective or vision of the nation towards its national goals and ideals.[2]

Wawasan Nusantara is meant to be adopted as the Indonesian geopolitical stance,[2] or the geographic effect of the archipelago on regional politics and international relations, regarded from an Indonesian perspective that advocates for the national interest of the entire republic. The wawasan nusantara geopolitical stance is often used by the Indonesian government to argue for national maritime integrity in some issues of territorial disputes with neighbouring countries.

Since the mid-1980s, the concept of wawasan nusantara has been included in the Indonesian education curriculum and taught within geography education in high school. The subject of wawasan nusantara is also taught in kewiraan (civics and citizenship) education in universities to educate about citizenship, nationalism and Indonesian geopolitical standpoints.[3] In 2019, the Indonesian Geography Community (Komunitas Geografi) submitted a proposal to teach geography as early as elementary school, a wawasan nusantara concept with emphasis on disaster mitigation, management and response processes as part of national resilience; it would be in accordance with Indonesian geography and geology as an archipelagic nation located right on top of the Ring of Fire, which is prone to natural disasters.[4]

  1. ^ "Swantara" (PDF). Lembaga Ketahanan Nasional (Lemhanas) (in Indonesian). December 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Tujuan Wawasan Nusantara Sebagai Geopolitik Indonesia, Fungsi dan Dasar Pemikirannya". Liputan 6 (in Indonesian). 17 January 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  3. ^ Pasaribu, Rowland B. F. "BAB 7 Wawasan Nusantara" (PDF). Universitas Gunadarma (in Indonesian). Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  4. ^ Ika (10 January 2019). "Komunitas Geografi Usulkan Mata Pelajaran Geografi Diajarkan di Tingkat Dasar dan Menengah". Universitas Gadjah Mada (in Indonesian). Retrieved 22 June 2020.