Indonesia’s Foreign Policy Strategy in Line With the Foreign Policy of ASEAN

Abstract

In the article author writes about Indonesia's foreign policy, strategies and its links with ASEAN. Historic observes to Indonesia's foreign policy, the state ideology. Besides these author draws attention to the directive of the state since the beginning of the new century, Indonesia aims to achieve a strong foreign policy and diplomacy; increase foreign economic cooperation; to participate in the bilateral, regional and multilateral cooperation. The article also analyses the role of politicians in developing foreign policy of Indonesia. Their qualities played main role in formulization of Indonesia's foreign policy. Various factors which led Indonesia to determine its foreign policy are shown by author. Moreover, legal basis of foreign policy of Indonesia made the government's goals possible to reach which are identified as measures of achieving directives. In whole, this article is an attempt to explore how Indonesian diplomacy is seeking to strengthen collective efforts of ASEAN member states to establishing a bridge between developed and developing countries which serves to mutual prosperity. Keywords: foreign policy strategy, ASEAN, the directive of the state, bilateral, regional and multilateral cooperation, regional players, inter*religious di alogue. As proclaimed in the mid 1940s The Indonesian state was able to finally complete its institutionalization process as an independent actor, despite the fact that Indonesia's Sukarno proclaimed independence on 17 August in 1945, which was mainly caused by a desire to reach a compromise between secular and Muslim nationalists. Many of the ideas and views expressed by Indonesian leader significantly outperformed the period. He