Government plan to expand its Komponen Cadangan (Komcad) program by training thousands of civil servants marks a subtle but consequential shift in how the state imagines security. Proposed under Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin, the initiative is officially framed as an effort to strengthen national resilience, discipline, and patriotism. Yet beneath this benign narrative lies a far more troubling question: is Indonesia drifting toward the militarization of its civilian bureaucracy? To subscribe please click here
