In line with the main priorities of President Joko Widodo in foreign policy to focus on economic diplomacy with the aim to bring economic benefit for Indonesian through trade and investment, as well as to support national development programs, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia has been actively pursuing policies, activities and initiative within the corridor of econom…
As economic diplomacy constitutes Indonesia’s foreign policy priority, advancing Indonesia’s economic diplomacy in Suriname fits this agenda setting by tapping into potential non-traditional markets. By conducting a literature review research and interviews with related stakeholders of both countries, the policy paper aims at presenting policy recommendations to the Ministry of Foreign Affa…
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…
Foreign public and private entities have been utilising the Metaverse for economic purposes. However, Indonesia has not fully utilised it. This paper argues that Indonesian Foreign Ministry and diplomats should explore utilisation of the Metaverse to advance Indonesian economic diplomacy. Not doing so may trap Indonesia as a mere market and hinder Indonesia from economic innovation. This pap…
Support for the advancement of Indonesian SMEs, which number around 65 million, is a main priority for the Government of the Republic of Indonesia, which is also Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ (MOFA) main priority in carrying out the economic diplomacy. The economic diplomacy is expected to create business opportunities of businessmen, especially for SMEs. MOFA played roles with various promoti…
Diverse issues faced by the missions have to be addressed effectively and efficiently, to reach the optimum goals for economic diplomacy. All aspects of organization need to be addressed to achieve organizational best outcome. An organization would not achieve its goal effectively and efficiently if they focused only on one of the issues. This paper would try to assist the enhancement of Indone…
Economic Diplomacy is one of Indonesia’s foreign policy priorities. Among it’s various forms and mechanisms, trade, investment, export and import are the most recognized terms. As a priority, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) have encouraged many stakeholders to be involved, and the recent one is Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises (MSOEs). It is expected that by collaborating with the MSOE…
Space is becoming more vital for the interest of humankind. Its importance cannot be understated in the coming future, where space will become even more crucial for international security and global prosperity. There are several aspects of the importance of space: i) space has abundant potential for material natural resources; ii) countries can use outer space to help life on Earth, for example…
The Indonesia Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) recognizes the importance of maintaining and increasing Indonesia's positive image as part of its foreign policy. The success in achieving this target has been made possible by a comprehensive and multi-actor policy strategy, which includes the Friends of Indonesia as one of the essential elements. Friends of Indonesia plays a significant role in…
As a party to the Paris Agreement, Indonesia is committed to the global goal of limiting earth temperature to 1,5 degree Celsius, pre-industrial level, to achieve an even broader goal of Net Zero Emission (NZE) by 2060 as a response to a warmer earth and climate change. Furthermore, Indonesia has taken its own measures to contribute to this goal by establishing several Government Regulations an…