The Political Dilemma of Defence Budgeting in Indonesia

The enhancement of Indonesia's defence capability is accomplished by a strategy and defence planning aimed at forming a minimum essential force. There are several steps taken in that direction. Firstly, the procurement, maintenance, and decommissioning of main defence equipments. Second, the lack of personnel is being met, while qualitatively efforts to increase TNI's professionalism are made. There are also several steps to increase the welfare of the soldiers.