About 10 Indonesian-US Partnership

By: Harith Abu Ulya (Lajnah Siyasiyah-DPP Hizbut Tahrir Indonesiaan )

An official release from the meeting U.S. Secretary of Hillary Clinton and Secretary of RI Marty Natalegawa along with their respective delegations within the framework of the Indonesia-United States Comprehensive Partnership in Washington DC, issued on on 17 September. And in the release also described the implementation of Action Plan as a guide Comprehensive Partnership. (Details can be viewed: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/09/147309.htm) From the substance of the partnership, there are some important notes as follows:
1. This step is the formalization and the provision of a framework for cooperation that have been discussed even in some areas has reached the technical level, for example in the problem of increased trade, investment, defense and security, health and science. Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa on Friday, 03.19.2010 delay in commenting on Obama's visit stated, "The delay did not disrupt all the preparations that have been done. All the preparation substance is ripe, among others Comprehensive Partnership Agreement, the agreement in the field of investment, agreements on technological cooperation, etc., of the substance is ready all. " In the health sector according to Advisor to the Minister of Health Makarim Wibisono, strategic partnerships are planned to be signed during the visit of U.S. President Barack Obama to Indonesia, also includes the areas of health, namely the field of biomedical research and health sciences, including viruses. He stated: "But we get the job done in public health research cooperation that baseball should be before Obama finished his arrival. We must work properly, freely, looking for formulas that are win-win ". While in the ain, the meetings part of the preparation for Comprehensive Partnership in each area also have occurred, among others listed in the U.S. embassy release issued June 28.

2. Preparation of Comprehensive Partnership toward this was planned long ago and even look at the selection of cabinet ministers and other officials are now choosing people who are close and well liked "American" for example, be a minister Purnomo, Endang became Minister of Health, Minister of Trade Mari Elka remain so, SMI so although the middle of the road forced Finance Minister Agustin Martowardoyo replaced, Marty previously much engaged in the UN and the U.S. became Foreign Minister, then Dino Pati Djalal so plenipotentiary ambassador to the U.S..

3. The above was stated by Thomas B. Pepinsky, assistant professor of government at Cornell University, who wrote in the Asia Pacific Bulletin number 42, August 17, 2009: "In preparation SBY for both periods, the U.S. and Indonesia plan" Comprehensive Partnership "new to strengthen bilateral relations. At the same time Indonesia is facing a number of challenges, including acute challenges of the global economic crisis, the challenge of developing a chronic set the country a large and diverse, and the renewed threat of terrorism-will test the government of SBY. SBY response to the challenges that will shape the way Indonesia-US bilateral relations forward. All the signals indicate that SBY platform to continue economic development, reform and domestic security is only right to forge new partnerships with the U.S. Indoneisa. "He also stated that the selection of vice president Boediono, and Minister of Trade Mari Elka Pangestu and Minister of Finance SMI, more to strengthen the market approach in regulate the economy. According to him, a policy focused on market-oriented and out will be the center of the most important part of Indonesia's economic relations with the United States. According to him, attention to security also will be forming Indonesia-US relations. He concluded that the policy Yudhoyono in the second period would only experience a small change compared to the first period. Indonesia will continue to out-oriented development model in accordance with the unique conditions of Indonesia SBY government-and will continue to prioritize security and stability in the country while continuing some of the important agenda of government reform. This is a priority shared by the Obama administration to Indonesia. Besides all of the policy, Obama's personal connections with Indonesia, the election of SBY and Vice President Boediono, Yudhoyono's cabinet election officials, etc. will be influential in shaping the Indonesia-US relations. With all these reasons he thought the administration should look at the second period as a result of the election of SBY best to build a U.S. partnership with Indonesia. He ended up writing "SBY and his new team is an ideal partner for a new comprehensive partnership with the Indonesian government Obama." (Source: EastWestCenter.org / APB)

4. The signing of Comprehensive Partnership is the institutionalization of commitments SBY-SBY is the first time called for Indonesia-US strategic partnership in November 2008 and later changed to a Comprehensive Partnership Obama-and Obama-SBY welcomes calls and direct follow up by sending Hillary Clinton in February 2010. Clinton immediately after the inauguration of Obama stating that the Obama administration is committed to working towards such a partnership is guided by a concrete agenda to strengthen and deepen-RI-US cooperation is long term and make the RI-US friendship as friendship eternal. You could say this deal perpetuate RI-US relations. In other words perpetuate U.S. hegemony and control over Indonesia. Whoever the President of post-SBY, then this agreement shall run and not be out of the corridors. This is a signal that the president should be someone who post SBY accept and fully support this agreement. If not, then it would be "annihilated" by the U.S. and its people in Indonesia.

5. The Joint Commission is chaired by U.S. Secretary of State and Secretary of RI is a key component of the implementation of the Comprehensive Partnership. This means that all implementations of this Comprehensive Partnership under the control of the foreign ministry. This is also in line with the annual report foreign ministry where many dialogues, seminars and so forth such as seminars conducted by ICIS, the dialogue of tolerance, dialogue between religions, etc., are all foreign ministry project.

6. Comprehensive Partnership is a real form of the Obama administration's use of soft power. Of course the goal is to deepen U.S. influence and control over countries that were targeted soft power was in this case is Indonesia. If the Bush's term of office twice, hard power approach is more prominent and produce tremendous resistance from the world, especially Muslim countries, the different case with soft power is relatively not get resistance from the world even welcomed with open arms and hearts and is regarded as a good American - except by ideological parties in the Islamic world. So it happened with this Comprehensive Partnership. Many people in this country do not regard it as an intervention and U.S. control over Indonesia. Instead they regard as good the U.S. to Indonesia. They also menggangap Comprehensive Partnership is already located in the right direction.

7. U.S. hegemony over the country will run on systems designed-by-didektekan U.S.. But implementation is still run by the U.S. people in the target country that became their stooge either consciously or not. In the Bush era regeneration problem this person did not receive significant attention. So this Comprehensive Partnership primarily in education, and human resource capacity development, can also be interpreted to guarantee the formation of a new generation successor of U.S. agencies that already exist.

8. In general and overall, this Comprehensive Partnership will deepen and sustain the intervention, the U.S. influence and hegemony over Indonesia. All of that with this partnership will become more comprehensive, view the scope of partnership which is so vast and the readiness to expand into sectors and areas of other activities.

9. Ummah need to be aware, the existence of U.S. hegemony over Islamic countries (Indonesia in particular) can walk almost without a hitch because of the contribution and hypocritical attitudes of its rulers. And the U.S. giving reward (prize) with full support to put the "comprador" This strategic position of power in various Islamic countries.

10. Indeed physically independent Indonesia, but still in the armpit of Western colonial nations (the U.S. and its allies) in various aspects (economic, political security, social culture, and law). In this context, people need to be "literate" and voiced the true independence for Indonesia. Exempt from Western imperialism (U.S. cs), and returned to life with the appropriate disposition system, satisfactory reason, and inner peace can give birth (heart) and it was none other than Islam. The system Sohih, media reach Sa'adah (happiness) and kamal (perfection) living in the world and the hereafter. Wallahu a'lam bisshowab