aw as an ▁means ▁" vision ", ▁" ins ight " ▁or ▁" con cept ", ▁while ▁N us ant ara ▁generally ▁refer ▁to ▁the ▁Indones ian ▁arch ip el ago , ▁ ▁W aw as an ▁n us ant ara ▁is ▁the ▁fundamental ▁stand point ▁of ▁Indones ian ▁ge opol it ics . ▁Liter ally , ▁w aw as an ▁n us ant ara ▁means ▁the ▁" arch ip el ag ic ▁concept "; ▁context ually ▁this ▁term ▁is ▁more ▁accur ately ▁translated ▁as ▁" Ind ones ian ▁arch ip el ag ic ▁vision ". ▁W aw as an ▁n us ant ara ▁is ▁a ▁way ▁for ▁Indones ia ▁to ▁look ▁at ▁itself ▁( ge ograph ically ) ▁as ▁a ▁unity ▁of ▁ide ology , ▁politics , ▁economy , ▁so cio - c ult ural , ▁security ▁and ▁defense ▁aspects . ▁ ▁The ▁concept ▁attempts ▁to ▁overcome ▁Indones ia ▁inher ent ▁ge ographic ▁challeng es ▁— ▁a ▁state ▁that ▁compr ises ▁thousands ▁of ▁islands ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁thousands ▁of ▁so cio - c ult ural ▁background s ▁of ▁its ▁people . ▁Vis - à - vis ▁the ▁state ▁that ▁eager ▁and ▁fighting ▁for ▁a ▁national ▁un ification , ▁the ▁waters ▁between ▁the ▁islands ▁must ▁be ▁considered ▁as ▁the ▁connect ors ▁rather ▁than ▁separ ators . ▁ ▁Furthermore , ▁w aw as an ▁n us ant ara ▁is ▁related ▁to ▁the ▁ide ological ▁and ▁constitution al ▁basis , ▁namely ▁as ▁a ▁perspective ▁and ▁attitude ▁of ▁the ▁Indones ian ▁people ▁regarding ▁themselves ▁and ▁their