TY - JOUR T1 - Indonesia in the South China Sea Dispute: Balancing the US and China, Workshop and Zero Draft AU - Haryanto, Agus AU - Bainus, Arry JO - The Social Sciences VL - 11 IS - 24 SP - 5928 EP - 5936 PY - 2016 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1818-5800 DO - sscience.2016.5928.5936 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2016.5928.5936 KW - South China sea KW -Indonesia KW -balancing strategy KW -workshop KW -zero draft AB - This study seeks to answer the Indonesia’s stance in the South China Sea (SCS) dispute. The South China Sea dispute, which four of Southeast Asian states involved is Indonesia’s priority agenda to maintain stability of the Southeast Asia region. In the context of Indonesia’s status as the largest country in Southeast Asia and has reputation in mediation process in the region, this paper will discuss Indonesia’s stance in the dispute uses structural realism. Then, this stduy attempts to answer the Indonesia’s strategy to mediate the conflict. This paper argues that Indonesia tends to promote the strategy of balancing between the two big countries, China and the US, in oder to maintain stability in the region. This study also attemps to draw an Indonesian strategy in the SCS dispute through balancing the US and China through ASEAN, promotes informal workshops which held since 1990 and takes initiative to unify ASEAN by proposed the zero draft in 2012. ER -