Nationalism as a Hindrance to Indonesia-Australia Economic Cooperation

I. Gede Wahyu Wicaksana

2018

Abstract

Recent advances in economic relations between Indonesia and Australia have not been impressive. Despite the fact that the Indonesian and Australian governments promote multilateral and bilateral free trade agreements to facilitate information exchange, coordination of developmental policies, and to further regional market integration, structural impediments in the form of nationalistic trade and investment regimes remain in place to limit Australian businesses operating in Indonesia. This article examines how the nationalist roots of Indonesia’s international relations, and recent developments in domestic and bilateral contexts, have hindered the essential components of ongoing economic collaboration with Australia. The argument is that since economic nationalism has been an inseparable element of Indonesia’s foreign policy, it has conditioned the Indonesian government to take inward-looking position on external economic relations. Nationalist sentiment has gained traction because local elite political economic interests dominate the state’s rulemaking. Protectionism leads to contradictions and disruptions within Indonesia-Australia economic cooperation, particularly with the FTA implementation.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Wicaksana I. (2018). Nationalism as a Hindrance to Indonesia-Australia Economic Cooperation. In Proceedings of Airlangga Conference on International Relations - Volume 1: ACIR, ISBN 978-989-758-493-0, pages 124-129. DOI: 10.5220/0010274100002309

in Bibtex Style

@conference{acir18,
author={I. Gede Wahyu Wicaksana},
title={Nationalism as a Hindrance to Indonesia-Australia Economic Cooperation},
booktitle={Proceedings of Airlangga Conference on International Relations - Volume 1: ACIR,},
year={2018},
pages={124-129},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010274100002309},
isbn={978-989-758-493-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of Airlangga Conference on International Relations - Volume 1: ACIR,
TI - Nationalism as a Hindrance to Indonesia-Australia Economic Cooperation
SN - 978-989-758-493-0
AU - Wicaksana I.
PY - 2018
SP - 124
EP - 129
DO - 10.5220/0010274100002309