AUSTRALIA’S COUNTER-TERRORISM STRATEGY IN SUPPORTING INDONESIAN NATIONAL POLICE TO DEAL WITH TERRORISM IN INDONESIA (2002 – 2012)

Abstract

The threat of terrorism has spread in Southeast Asia as the bomb blast that rocked at Kuta, Bali on 2002 killed 202 people from domestic and international. The perpetrator of the explosion was Jemaah Islamiyah as the descendent of radical Islamic group, Darul Islam that born in Indonesia. To prevent the threat the government of Indonesia has taken steps forward to deal with terrorism by releasing terrorism act through the Indonesian Constitution and Indonesian National Police. Thus, Indonesian National Police creates Detachment 88/AT as a new division to deal with terrorism in Indonesia. However, the capability of Indonesian National Police in dealing with terrorism has not reached perfection. Moreover, the bomb blasts that hit Indonesia had killed many foreign people including Australian. Since the location of Australia is as the border with Indonesia, in order to protect the country, the people and its interest from the threat of terrorism, the government of Australia has established Counter-Terrorism Strategy White Paper to show that Australia has taken a strong initiative to deal with terrorism. Therefore, since there have been Australian travelled to Indonesia for some purposes, in order to protect them, the government of Australia encourages Indonesian government to work closely in countering terrorism. Thus, through this thesis, the author tries to show the reader that the Australia’s Counter-Terrorism Strategy has a role play in dealing with terrorism in Indonesia which is through the supports.