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Science partnerships as foreign policy instruments: Leveraging the Indonesia–CERN partnership to strengthen Indonesia’s diplomatic capital
This policy paper examines Indonesia's strategic opportunity to convert the December 2025 Indonesia–CERN International Cooperation Agreement into lasting diplomatic capital by addressing the structural gap between scientific capacity and foreign policy architecture. Using systems thinking, design thinking, and soft power theory, the analysis identifies broken coordination loops between scientists and diplomats as the core constraint limiting Indonesia's effectiveness in science-intensive multilateral negotiations. Two policy options are evaluated: establishing a high-visibility Indonesia–Europe Science Diplomacy Forum, and building national capacity through a joint MoFA–BRIN Science Diplomacy Coordination Unit with embedded training programs. The latter is recommended as the primary direction, implemented through a five-year sequenced strategy beginning with institutional setup and pilot training in Year 1, culminating in hosting the forum by Year 5. This approach aligns with MoFA Renstra 2025–2029 and President Prabowo's Asta Cita on science and human resource development, transforming the CERN agreement from a legal instrument into a durable national science diplomacy framework.
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