Tesis ini berusaba menjeiaskan bagaimana strategi kebijakan pengelolaan keamanan di Perbatasan darat antara Indonesia dengan Timor Les.le. Tesis ini berfokus pada kondisi wilayab perbatasan di Indonesia yang berbatasan iangsung dengan negara Timor Leste, khususnya di provinsi Nusa Tenggara Timur, Penerapan kebijakan pemerintab yang berbasis pada pendekatan kesejahteraan dan keamanan temyata tidak beljaian optimaL Hal ini te!jadi karena adanya sejumiab pennasaiaban di wilayab perbatasan yang beium terseiesaikan hingga sa.at ini. Sejumlah permasalahan tersebut antara lain belwn selesainya penentuan batas v.ilayab darnt di empat segmen, terbatasnya pembangunan inftastmktur di wilayah perbatasan, adanya upaya pengambilan kedaulatan teritorial terhadap pulau-pulau kecii di perbatasan, dan adanya eksodus pengungsi warga Timor Leste yang semakin mernperburuk kondisi perekonomian di perbatasan Indonesia. Tujuan penelitian ini adalab untuk mengetabui dan memabami berbagai ancaman yang ada di wilayah perbatasan Indonesia dengan Timor Leste serta mencoba mencari strategi yang tepat dalam mengelola keamanan di perbatasan Indonesia­ Timor Leste. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian kualitatif dengan desain deskriptif analisis. Penelitian ini memberi rekomendasi agar keempat persoalan-persoalan yang menghambat berjalannya kebijakan pemerintab berbasis pendekatan kesejabteraan dan keamanan harus segera dise!esaikan dan ditangani dengan baik. Kombinasi antarn pendekatan kesejabternan dan pendekatan keamanan dalam pengelolaan keamanan di daerab perbatasan merupakan kebijakan yang tepat untuk diterapkan saat ini. Di samping itu, pemberian peran inteiijen yang cukup besar di daerab perbatasan akan memberikan manfaat yang besar bagi Pemerintah

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This thesis attempts to explain how the policy strategies of security management on land border between Indonesia and Timor Leste. This thesis focuses on conditions in Indonesian border areas directly adjacent to the state of Timor Leste. especially in Nusa Tenggara Timur Province. The implementation of government policies based on the approach to welfare and security was not running optimally. This happens because of some problems in border areas which have not been resolved until today. These problems include, have not completed the determination of land bonndaries in four segments, the limited development of infrastructure in border areas, the effort to capture the territorial sovereignty of smaU islands on the border and the exodus of East Timor refugees are increasingly worsening economic conditions in Indonesia border.

The purpose of this research is to know and understand the various threats on border areas between Indonesia and East Timor as well as trying to find the right strategy in managing the security on the border of Indonesia and Timor Leste. The study was a qualitative research design with descriptive analysis.

This study recommends thet the fuur issues that inhibit the passage of government policies based on the approach to welfare and security must be resolved and handled properly. The combination of welfare and security approaches in the management of security in border areas is an appropriate policy to be implemented at this time. In addition, the provision of substantial intelligence role in border areas vvitl provide great benefits for the Government in formulating and establishing a policy for the achievement of public welfare of the border. The intelligence sensitivity in seeing the action or policy made by neighboring countries that East Timor must be very necessary for the Indonesian government to avoid strategix surprises of state of East Timor.