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For decades, the relationship between Indonesia and the Pacific Islands region is unkempt. Indonesia is still recognized as a ‘new friend’ to its eastern part neighbors, while the Pacific Islands region is still perceived as a ‘far away land’ that Indonesia barely looks into it let alone has a warm and meaningful relationship. Although in the 1970s, Indonesia situated the Pacific Islands region in the second layer of its concentric circle, right after Southeast Asia’s countries, as mentioned in the State Policy Outline/Garis Besar Haluan Negara (GBHN), Indonesia has never been given adequate attention to the region. Therefore, Indonesia cannot acquire as much as is proper either influence or recognition in the region.

Meanwhile, the rising importance of the Pacific Islands region as well as the dynamic of Indonesia’s domestic dimension, demands Indonesia to ‘pivot’ to the east and revisit its foreign policy toward the Pacific Islands countries. Despite some positive moves indicating the rising intention of Indonesia to get closer to its (other) neighboring region, the core concentration of Indonesia’s foreign policy toward the region is still hovering around the effort to change the positions of some countries in the region on the Papua issue by implementing greatly the economic approach. The purpose and the diplomatic strategy are not only perceived as too pragmatic but also as less strategic.

This paper suggests that Indonesia should no longer target the close engagement with the Pacific Islands region limited for such short term and pragmatic interests, rather go for a long-term, beyond, and larger than that. Indonesia with its Middle Power status should commence to anchor its influence and grab decent recognition from the Pacific Islands countries as its deserved decades ago. By applying the middle power roles theory, the paper argues that with a well-crafted policy, supported by effective programs and activities, and paid attention to the pre-condition factors, Indonesia can appear as an alternative regional power in the Pacific Islands region by manifesting its middle power’s roles either as an advocator, an assembler or as an enforcer.

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Ketersediaan

2022-0025

Sesdilu 72-2022

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Sesdilu 72-2022

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Jakarta : Kementerian Luar Negeri., 2022

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English

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NONE

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computer

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online resource

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UPT Sekolah Staf Dinas Luar Negeri

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