Short Studies: An Overview of Empowering Global Maritime Technology on Indonesia Seaweed Industries Innovations in 2045

Abstract

Republic of Indonesia as an archipelagic state actor within the international system plays its significant role to build, secure, and use its maritime domain in the most strategic sense to protect and advance its national interests within the cooperative, competitive, and conflictual setting at the world stage. To reach the 2045 vision, Indonesia as the world's maritime axis in Golden Indonesia 2045, the realization of this vision cannot be carried out without the help of technological advances. Younger generation as human resources also play an important role to support this mission. This research is using a qualitative study based on open sources data using the strategic policy as the unit of analysis. Furthermore, the study results show several strategic policies that were compiled based on the 9 main agendas from the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Investment of the Republic of Indonesia; linking to technology and innovation needed. The strategic policies using PEST analysis, empower Indonesian youth and seaweed cultivation towards 2045 were analysed in these studies. This research presents several recommendations that can be implemented in encouraging the interest of the younger generation as the main actors in realizing Indonesia's World Maritime Axis in 2045 through the latest technology and innovation.