This paper discusses the concept of Pacific Elevation introduced by the Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs and argues for the importance of developing cooperative economic diplomacy projects to support the policy concept. The paper uses SWOT analysis on the project of an International HUB Port in Depapre, Papua, and discusses the critical elements of business shipping in ports and funding o…
As Indonesia took the mantle of ASEAN Chairmanship this year, it aims to put Myanmar's conflict resolution as its priority. During the recent ASEAN Summit in May 2023, the Leaders reiterated their support in addressing the situation in Myanmar through the Five Points Consensus (5PC) as the main reference of ASEAN in engaging with Myanmar. However, Myanmar remains a challenge for Indonesia…
ASEAN Charter provides that as a basic principle, decision-making in ASEAN shall be based on consultation and consensus. It further dictates that when consensus cannot be achieved, the ASEAN Summit may decide how a specific decision can be made. Yet, there has not been any guidance as to how such arrangement could be operationalized, especially when the Summit is faced with a situation that req…
Indonesian Language for Foreign Speakers (Bahasa Indonesia bagi Penutur Asing-BIPA) Program has been introduced to foreign students across the world through Indonesian Embassies as a part of soft diplomacy. Since the start of the BIPA Program, numerous Indonesian embassies have worked in tandem with the Ministry of Education and Culture to send out Bahasa Indonesia teachers to teach the languag…
This study aims to examine how to utilize the climate change agenda as a tool to enhance Indonesia’s leadership in climate diplomacy toward achieving foreign policy priorities, particularly Indonesia’s global leadership and sovereignty diplomacy. Climate change has brought challenges to sea level rise pertaining to territorial loss, maritime boundaries, and sovereignty, and yet efforts to a…
Referring to Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 1961, the functions of a diplomatic mission consist, inter alia, of representing, protecting, negotiating, reporting, and reporting. Then, some countries including Indonesia add one more function of a diplomatic mission which is managing, particularly managing the internal affairs of the mission. The Foreign Services Officers or Diploma…
Globalization and technological advances are forcing changes in the way we work. This paradigm ushered the 4.0 industrial revolution by transforming digitization in the working system. In essence, digital transformation is included in the national agenda through the President’s regulation Number 95/2018 regarding the electronic-based government system. Referring to the regulation and supporti…
In the dynamic of international relations, sovereign states as the subject of international law, practice their sovereignty by establishing diplomatic relations. The establishment of diplomatic relations arises more frequently when a new state is admitted into the community of nations as a fully sovereign state. Additionally, a diplomatic relation established with mutual consent between the sen…
Indonesian language in its development has attracted many foreign speakers, with various motives, such as political, cultural, or educational motives. To support the rapid development of the Indonesian language, Indonesia provides support for the Foreign Language Program for Foreign Speakers or BIPA since 2015. Indonesian language education itself is not only limited to schools in the country r…
With respect to the rights of a person to move and migrate, the Indonesian government has never restricted its citizens from settling in other countries. The currents of globalization and technological developments have contributed to the migration of Indonesian citizens with new patterns, increasingly varied goals, and toward previously unimaginable places. The existence of Indonesian citiz…