Strengthening economic diplomacy is one of the priorities of Indonesian Foreign Policy of 2019-2024. In this regard, Indonesia will focus on strengthening its traditional markets and entering new markets in Africa, Latin America, Central Asia, South Asia, the Middle East and the Pacific for goods and services, investment and infrastructure development. One of the often overlooked but most …
The Indonesian Government and various stakeholders have formulated the Indonesia Spice Up the World (ISUTW) Program as one of our national strategic programs of the government with the aim of increasing economic value in the fields of tourism, trade, and investment through the gastronomic industry. Considering the abundance of culinary choices and spices in Indonesia, a concerted and comprehens…
This paper will analyse the importance of confidence building and prioritize the culture of dialogue to prevent hostile relations to escalate into military conflict in the Indo-Pacific Region. Lesson learned from Europe which neglected confident building measures and preventive diplomacy has escalated into military conflict. The situation in Korean Peninsula has been and always be a challenge i…
While Indonesia is not a claimant state in the South China Sea, China’s actions have increasingly encroached into Indonesia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. This has necessitated a new stance with regard to China. Related to this, there appears to be growing realization that Indonesia cannot be reactive and defensive when it comes to repeated Chinese incursions into its territory, a…
The rapid development of information technology, namely since the start of the 21st century, has altered numerous aspects of everyday lives. Information technology has brought about fundamental changes throughout society, driving it forward from the industrial age to the networked era. In our world today, global information networks are vital infrastructure. With the digitization of information…
Tourism village is among the most essential instruments of tourism diplomacy. After defining the concept of a tourism village, this paper will examine how tourism village diplomacy is necessary as a complementary element of a nation's foreign policy. This paper will further argue that tourism villages will support sustainable development that can preserve the environment, culture and history, e…
Global food security are facing multiple challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and the climate change has causes a series of shocks and have causes a reversal of progress in several economic and social dimensions, including food security and agricultural productivity. Indonesia is definitely not immune to this, Indonesia's food secur…
Indonesia submitted the updated NDC and the Long-Term Strategy on Low Carbon and Climate Resilience 2050 (LTS-LCCR 2050) documents to the UNFCC. Indonesia set its vision to achieving net zero emission no later than 2060. Carbon pricing considered as the most effective alternative from economic perspective. Carbon pricing is increasingly recognized as important source of funding as it can gen…
This paper tries to analyze how to optimize Indonesia’s public diplomacy by strengthening the Indonesian Language for Foreign Speakers Program (Bahasa Indonesia bagi Penutur Asing/BIPA). The Indonesian language is spoken by about 269 million people of the total of Indonesia’s population (Badan Bahasa, 2022). The Indonesian language is the national language of Indonesia, where it is spoken n…