PROCESS TRACING TERKAIT AKSI KEBIJAKAN LUAR NEGERI AUSTRALIA DALAM TIMOR SEA TREATY 2018

Abstract

The Timor Gap is a disputed area in the waters of the Timor Sea that has been a struggle for a long time between Timor-Leste and Australia. Historically, the Timor Gap dispute began in the 1970s. However, due to changes in jurisdiction in the region, there were a variety of actors who involved in this dispute providing complex conditions for negotiations. After Timor-Leste declared officially as an indepent state in 2002, both Australia and Timor-Leste firmly maintained their respective positions on this territory. This maritime dispute then came to an end by dividing maritime boundaries under UNCLOS compulsory conciliation in 2018 within Timor Sea Treaty 2018. With the signing of this agreement, Australia failed to expand its territory optimally, and based on its dynamics Australia seen to had some decreased economic gain from year to year. Running from this picture, this study aimed to understand the Australian foreign policy action at the 2018 Timor Sea Treaty using Tripartite Approach to Foreign Policy Analysis in Walter Carlsnaes’ Agent-Structure Problems.