Indonesian Context
To connect Touraine and Plato to the concept of the modern Indonesian, it is good to re-look at the historical origins of Indonesia itself. Where did the idea Indonesian name? In his book, "The name of Indonesia: discovery Communist?", Mohammad Hatta trying to straighten history that the Indonesian word first used by J.R. Logan, an Englishman in 1850, long before a German, Bastian, write it down in 1884. Indonesia's experience in the conflict in the history of the kingdom of the archipelago and the colonial era became one of the Bung Hatta thought young to formulate the future of Indonesia into two concepts, " Freedom "and" Democracy ".
To complement the brilliant idea Mohammad Hatta, the authors propose the concept again, that "Modern Indonesia". Indonesia is independent, already a democracy, but not modern. Modernism and religion was as separateda priori because it is assumed that modern man is synonymous with secularism. But it is where the peculiarities of Indonesia. Indonesia may be modern, but it can never be a religious state because of the fact that Indonesia has a religious identity that is different, even the author has friends who hold religious beliefs "Sedulur Sikep" unrecognized in the Act.
Indonesia, which became modern Indonesia which means it does not mean to forget religion. Indonesia precisely modern Indonesia increasingly religious and increasingly religious practices were increasingly raised the real life of honor and human dignity. But to get a sense of religion that is good as it is, Indonesia faces the challenge of a democratic system.
To be modern Indonesia, Indonesia must dare to think further than other nations and become a pioneer religious state has the perspective of religion that lifts the honor and dignity of the human being as an individual that modern it actually never use religious reasons to suppress, compare, degrading the honor, much less deadly human dignity.
Indonesia conditions that modern religion not as the end of the Order of the Templars, not like the unification of West Germany and East Germany, and not like the election of President Salvador Allende in Chile. Indonesia is Indonesia. In the case of modern Indonesia, disseminating religious flavor that lifts the honor and human dignity, then Indonesia can start with cheap capital, the holding of an official statement of 5 (five) pages,succinctly discussed by thinkers of modern Indonesia, addressed from the President. The speech then became the official introduction Focus Group Discussion inviting all parties to formulate the Law on Sharing Knowledge and Information of Research Results of MEA.
Additional value in this essay is modernism as an understanding that is deeply entrenched in every civilization, because religion is central to the response to the social changes that exist through extensive knowledge and understanding of the better life, because sciences is made to make people’s life getting more easier.
Perhaps Plato does not know that in the concept of Sistem Pertahanan Negara Indonesia, Indonesian always regards Pancasila as the backbone of Democracy. Pancasila is also a filter to choose Democracy model and Modernity thoughts, so that transferring knowledge and information of research results within MEA must be followed by the clear National Law mentioning that procedures. Each transferring knowledge and information process of research result is part of Indonesian Intelligence social capital for the sake of indonesian people. Once the knowledge and information of research result is transferred, one part of Indonesian defense body is being also transferred. Remember, nowadays, globalization of political system has been modernised to face non-state actors and non-conventional threats, that leading to the decision of non-military intervention (in the worst condition).
On the other hand, Indonesians are popular with its generousity, but regarding to the sharing values, I urges that Indonesia must be really careful to share everything. It is true that the mentality of archipelago states must be open, not to create a border, but by being open-minded, does not mean by doing open-sharing intelligence data. Badan Intelijen Negara (Indonesian National Intelligence Unit) has a significant role to prevent such conflict of interest among ASEAN members and for Indonesians researcher themselves.
To prevent intelligence conflict, as the bad effect of sharing system in MEA, this paper has some recommendations. Firstly is ASEAN must be defined once more with clear statut of MEA and its limit of sharing Democracy values of each countries. Second is that by measuring the impact of such transferring knowledge and information of research result for the sake of ASEAN people. If it is felt that the sharing is dangerous, than it is wise to reject the sharing. Third is by focussing on economic sector. If countries other than ASEAN needs MEA’s transferring knowledge and information of research result, it is better to know first the historical background of each politic, so that ASEAN could be more careful to choose partners.
Finally the last recommendation is by knowing clearly who are the researchers, who are they, where they are coming from, and to whom they are working for, because the product (or research) of their researchers is also regarded as a new threat. Please remember Edward Snowden and Wikileaks cases. This is why I can conclude that BIN needs more intelligent people who understand deeply about ASEAN/MEA system, social sciences, and military role.