Since 2015, Indonesia started eyeing the creative economy as its growing role in boosting domestic consumption and export. As the 4th largest population country in the world, Indonesia’s creative economy sectors have become very diverse and categorized into 17 sub-sectors. Its performance in recent years demonstrates its strong growth potential, as in 2020 creative economy sector has contribu…
The ongoing negotiations of the International Legally Binding Instrument (ILBI) on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) is aimed at ensuring the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas that make up two-thirds of the world’s ocean. Guided by UNCLOS, ILBI BBNJ needs to safeguard the duty to protect marine environment, one of which is through Environmental Im…
The economic diplomacy efforts conducted by the Indonesian government through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have yielded significant results, such as Indonesia’s successful leadership in the G20. However, the country’s economic strength in the semiconductor sector is not yet evident. Indonesia is now behind other Asian countries in the semiconductor field. The question arises: how can eco…
International law has recognized the concept of an archipelagic state based on the provisions of Part IV of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS, 1982) which was later ratified by Indonesia through Law Number 17 of 1985 concerning Ratification of the UNCLOS. Thus, the sovereignty, sovereign rights, and jurisdiction of the Republic of Indonesia over water space…
In November 2016, Indonesia became the world's first VPA partner country to obtain the right to issue FLEGT licenses to accompany exports of verified legal timber and timber products to the EU. This critical milestone in implementing Indonesia's VPA with the EU reflects growing global recognition of Indonesia's timber legality assurance system: the Sistem Verifikasi Legalitas Kayu, or SVLK. Thi…
As a tropical archipelagic state, Indonesia is more likely to experience the most substantial impacts and facing the threat of losing its low, small islands to the warming temperature of the planet. By signing the Paris Agreement and ratifying in national law, Indonesia affirmed its commitment to combat climate change. The Updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) has been submitted to …
In 2021, Indonesia and The United States has formed Indonesia – United States Joint Climate Task Force to boost the effort to achieve The Paris Agreement. The United States itself demonstrated its commitment to climate change concerns in 2021, a day after Biden's Inauguration as President of the United States, by re-joining the Paris Agreement after withdrawing its pledge in 2017. Under Biden…
Economic diplomacy has been one of the 4+1 foreign policy priorities 2020-2024 set by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) of the Republic of Indonesia. Unfortunately, recent reports in 2020 show that Indonesia's GVC participation still relies on upstream production and limited manufacturing. Thus, despite all the potentials in Southeast Asia, Indonesia still needs to catch up with its lag in…
The emergence of COVID-19 pandemic has further emphasized health as a non-traditional security threat exacerbating global security dilemmas and complexity on various aspects of life. The contestation of countries in the world to protect their respective conditions as a priority is inevitable. Many pharmaceutical supplying countries prioritize the allocation of their products to mitigate the pan…