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8 Technium Soc. Sci. J. 583 (2020)
The Rationality of Indonesia Free-Active Politics Facing Chinese Aggressiveness in the Claims of the North Natuna Sea

handle is hein.journals/techssj8 and id is 587 raw text is: Technium Social Sciences Journal Vol. 8, 583-597, June 2020 ISSN: 2668-7798 SOCIAL SCIENCES JOURNAL www.techniumscience.com The Rationality of Indonesia Free-Active Politics Facing Chinese Aggressiveness in the Claims of the North Natuna Sea Faridh Ma'ruf1, Tri Legionosuko2, Helda Risman3 Indonesia Defence University maruffaridh 11@(!gmail.com', tn.legionosuko!idu.ac.id2, rismancan!gmail.com3 Abstract. China's claim to the North Natuna Sea is a manifestation of the South China Sea conflict. For this action, Indonesia responded with diplomatic rebuff either through political means or the presence of national defense and security stakeholders in the North Natuna Sea. The Chinese government responded that the claim of the Nine-dash Line that intersects with the North Natuna Sea EEZ is legal. This aggressive action of China is a threat to Indonesia's sovereign rights over the North Natuna Sea. This paper analyzes foreign policy as the political position of Indonesian interaction in responding to Chinese aggressiveness. The author uses descriptive analytical qualitative research methods using the Hedging Strategy and Dependency theory. The Chinese claim is a potential challenge to the interests and sovereignty of Indonesia, which is contested with the principle of a free and active foreign policy based on soft diplomacy and independent approach. The approach and steps of Indonesian politics become relevant if faced with conditions of asymmetrical power and Indonesia's National interest in China. So that Indonesia needs to build a more flexible foreign policy by maneuvering to emphasize China's aggressive attitude either directly or indirectly through hedging strategies. Keywords. Foreign Policy, Dependency, Hedging Strategy, Dispute Introduction South China Sea dispute between China and four countries in Southeast Asia is one of the lingering disputes. The settlement of disputes through International Arbitration, which establishes the Philippines as the owner of the Spratly islands, is one of the efforts in resolving this problem (VOA Indonesia, 2016). The results of this decision refute Chinese claims based on a historical approach and are considered to have no firm foundation in claims to the southern China sea area (Koemawardhani, 2016)- China responded negatively to the Arbitrase International decision by not considering the decision as illegal and illegal (Koemawardhani, 2016). On February 25, 1992, China announced the claims on the territory of the South China Sea, which confirmed the Spratly Islands as part of the territorial on the nine-dash line map. Officially, claims to the islands are also confirmed in Chinese law on the Territorial Sea and additional Zones (Jia, 2013). Concerning Indonesia, the nine-dash line map of China has intersection lines in the EEZ region in the North Natuna Sea Indonesia shows a rejection of the nine-dash line since 1994, and this attitude has not changed in Indonesia's foreign outlook on this issue (BBC Indonesia, 2019). The base of Indonesia's foreign policy on the basis that 583

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