Indonesian cuisine represents the country’s cultural diversity and offers significant potential to strengthen its international image through culinary diplomacy. However, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Indonesian diplomatic missions have yet to achieve sustainable results due to the lack of an integrated marketing strategy, a unified promotional theme, and effective nation branding. Othe…
The overseas assignments of diplomats in the Indonesian Missions in Sub-Saharan Africa remain one of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' human resource issues. The lack of interest among diplomats to be deployed to the region has resulted in lengthy vacancies, which has a negative impact on the performance of the affected missions. The situation is ironic, given that the Indonesian government has …