Being a diplomat in the 21st century takes more than just suits and gowns. It is also making you wear boots, a traditional dress, tactical trousers, and even a helmet. The realm of a diplomat’s task is expanding, yet the space is shrinking. The work tide is moving faster than the time itself and sometimes it feels like they are burning a candle on both ends. To address this challenging rea…
This paper aims to analyze the role of Indonesian Aid and technical assistance as soft power to achieve diplomatic objectives in Africa. Since its establishment in 2019, Indonesian Aid is trying to reformulate the exercise of Indonesian soft power with the ideal to centralize all grants and technical assistance to beneficiaries. However, it has not yet fulfilled its full potential because there…
As the rate of globalization continues to increase, there has been a multiplication of international issues occurring. Indonesia, as one of the largest countries in the world, both physically and economically, is very much heavily affected by these global issues as evident by the COVID-19 pandemic, the current Russia-Ukraine conflict, and climate change, among others. Indonesia must have good n…
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…
The Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs considers film to be a valuable asset of popular cultural diplomacy. The film industry has the potential to contribute significantly to a country's brand, image, soft power, and creative economy. Through film, Indonesia can promote its nature, culture, values, history, tourism, products, and economy. Indonesian films can compete with foreign films in t…
Buku Catatan 50 Tahun Hubungan Diplomatik Indonesia–Meksiko diterbitkan oleh Kedutaan Besar Republik Indonesia di Mexico City pada tahun 2004 sebagai dokumentasi resmi peringatan setengah abad hubungan bilateral kedua negara. Buku ini menyajikan ringkasan perjalanan diplomatik, kerja sama politik, ekonomi, kebudayaan, dan hubungan masyarakat sejak pembukaan hubungan diplomatik pada 1954. Dile…