MANAGING INDONESIA’S INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT THE ACHIEVEMENT OF BLUE ECONOMY IN JOKOWI'S GLOBAL MARITIME FULCRUM (GMF) VISION: A CASE STUDY ON MARITIME ECONOMY AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT (2014-2017)

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Title: Managing Indonesia’s International Strategies to Support the Achievement of Blue Economy in Jokowi's Global Maritime Fulcrum vision: A Case Study on Maritime Economy and Infrastructure Development (2014-2017) Elsari Primadini, International Relations 2014, President University Advisors: Prof. Anak Agung Banyu Perwita, Ph.D. and I Gusti Bagus Dharma Agastia, MSc. The idea of Global Maritime Fulcrum brought by President Joko Widodo further states that Indonesia wants to restore its glory at sea and play an important role in the maritime sector. Looking at the situation, in which the geo-economic and geopolitical center of gravity has now shifted from Western countries to the East Asian countries, has positioned Indonesia in the midst of a strategic change process. This provides an opportunity for Indonesia to realize the vision of Global Maritime Fulcrum. As the largest archipelagic country in the world, Indonesia is endowed with enormous marine potential with a great economic value which needs to be supported by the development of maritime infrastructure and connectivity. Indonesia's efforts to realize the vision of Global Maritime Fulcrum by conducting maritime diplomacy and one of them is through an international strategy in the form of international cooperation with partner countries and international organizations (IO) at bilateral and multilateral levels. Using the application of the blue economy concept that aims to generate profits from the results of marine potential yet still preserve the sustainability of marine ecosystem is perceived as one of an appropriate step. A qualitative analytic research method is used in this thesis and aims to provide an analysis of the application blue economy concept in the international cooperation as a form of international strategy of Indonesia‟s maritime diplomacy to realize the vision of Global Maritime Fulcrum under the President Jokowi Dodo and Jusuf Kalla administration from 2014 to 2017