INDONESIA’S FOREIGN POLICY (4 Credits)

Learning outcomes:

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to: identify key actors, issues, and determinants in the past and present Indonesia’s foreign policy; discuss the evolution of Indonesia’s foreign policy; apply concepts and theories of foreign policy to cases of Indonesia’s foreign policy.

Topics:

1. Introduction to Indonesia’s foreign policy;
2. The evolution of Indonesia’s foreign policy Pre-Democratization;
3. The evolution of Indonesia’s foreign policy: Post-Democratization;
4. Key factors in Indonesia’s foreign policy: The Bebas Aktif Principle;
5. Key factors in Indonesia’s foreign policy: The Democratic Identity;
6. Key factors in Indonesia’s foreign policy: Maritime Identity;
7. Domestic Politics of Indonesia’s foreign Policy;
8. Indo-Pacific as Indonesia’s Regional Context;
9. Indonesia’s Emerging Power Status Signalling;
10. Indonesia’s ASEAN-Plus and Post-ASEAN Trajectories;
11. Indonesia’s Great Power Management and Strategic Partnerships;
12. Indonesia’s foreign policy in international organizations and global governance;
13. Recap.