ANALISIS GEOPOLITIK KEBIJAKAN PERTAHANAN INDONESIA DALAM VISI POROS MARITIM DUNIA PEMERINTAHAN JOKO WIDODO TAHUN 2014-2019

This research aims to analyze defense policy within the vision of Indonesia as a global maritime axis from a geopolitical perspective. Geopolitical developments create complex dynamics in the fields of defense and security. At the same time, Indonesia has undergone a government transition with the election of President Joko Widodo for the 2014-2019 term. As the President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo launched a national development ambition to position Indonesia as a global maritime axis. With the dynamic geopolitical developments, the role of defense has become extremely crucial. Consequently, this impacts the formulation of defense policies by a country. Based on this, to identify the relationship between geopolitics and the national interests of the country in formulating defense, this research examines the geopolitical factors that may influence Indonesia's defense, particularly the impact on defense policy. In this study, the concept used is geopolitics, referring to the Heartland Theory proposed by Sir Halford Mackinder. The author also adopts the concept of maritime dominance introduced by Alfred Mahan in his book "The Influence of Sea Power upon History" to explain the direction of defense policy within the vision of Indonesia as a global maritime axis. The method used in this research is descriptive explanatory to provide an overview of the cause and effect of the social dynamics occurring in the life of the state.