We have witnessed the development of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) over the past decade. The world is moving towards the digital era, where activities are influenced by internet. Whether we like it or not, the digital age has affected the conduct of diplomacy in so many ways. The digital diplomacy is multifaceted through digital platforms including website and social medias, …
Since early 2020, the world has been facing Pandemic COVID-19. Restrictions and policies followed the Pandemic COVID-19 has also affected all countries in the world. The pandemic has given great recession to all economy countries in the world. In this regard, it is hoped through Indonesian economy diplomacy, Indonesia could recover together with other countries. For this reason, international d…
Countries engage in nation branding strategy to attract tourists, increase export and encourage investment. As such, the underlying purpose of nation branding converge with Indonesia’s economic diplomacy objectives. Indonesia has started its journey on nation branding, but it lacks a unifying element in doing so. At the outset, it has several ‘brands’ to promote for different purposes, as…
Strengthening economic diplomacy is one of the highest priorities and main agendas of the Foreign Ministry (MoFA). The economic instruments of diplomacy have become more important since post-cold war. In the era of digitalization (4.0), the needs to utilize the internet and technology to optimize the work of economic diplomacy is unavoidable. The internet has become vital to public and brought …
Strengthening economic diplomacy is one of the highest priorities and main agendas of the Foreign Ministry (MoFA). The economic instruments of diplomacy have become more important since post-cold war. In the era of digitalization (4.0), the needs to utilize the internet and technology to optimize the work of economic diplomacy is unavoidable. The internet has become vital to public and brought …
The link between food and beverage tourism enables sustainability, innovation, and inclusivity by bridging barriers between communities and encouraging the development of partnerships and mutual learning through public diplomacy, also known as soft power. Gastrodiplomacy is one of the new types of soft power diplomacy that have emerged in response to the necessity for more creativity and innova…
In almost a decade of cooperation under the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance, and Trade (FLEGT) Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA), Indonesia and the EU have achieved considerable positive results, notably in the environmental sector. However, from the economic perspective, there was untapped potential. The statistics on trade value between the two partners provide that Indonesia’s wood …
The Indonesian diplomacy priorities under Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, Retno LP Marsudi as announced in 2019 highlights outward investment as one of the key elements in the Economic Diplomacy. However so far, there were no significant progress on achieving the objective through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic Indonesia programes. This paper proposes…
The promotion of SMEs is mentioned within Kemlu’s Renstra 2020-2024 as one of the strategies to propel economic development and post-pandemic economic recovery. This is in line with the fact that SMEs absorb around 97% of employment in Indonesia, and hence helping SMEs is in conjunction with helping the livelihood of the people in general. However, it seems that promotion of SMEs is beginning…
In the past years, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic Indonesia (MOFA RI) has refocused its priorities, including to further advance economic diplomacy to help accelerate the recovery of Indonesia’s economy. To achieve this, various policies to further boost trade and investment ties have been actively pursued in recent years. Moreover, numerous breakthroughs have also been under…