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ABSTRACTDiplomacy as a foreign policy instrument of certain states to attain its national interest has traditionally been the authority of the central government regarding to its adequate capability and authority than other actors. Indonesia has high rank on disaster vulnerability in the world. Disasters always have been more understood as lost factors than social capital factors. The 2004 earthquake and tsunami in Aceh was a monumental history how managing disasters became a source of productive political and economic diplomacy. This paper will explain how the issue of natural disasters drove some new actors especially local government which has disaster prone areas to participate on disaster diplomacy activities and develop new strategy to manage and capitalize natural disaster into positive social capital to solve social problems, economic, political and social culture in disaster prone areas. The result of article show transformation of actor perceptions on disasters will affect disaster governance.Keywords: Indonesian disaster diplomacy, local government, para-diplomacy and International cooperation

Highlights

  • The state as an institution that holds sovereignty and assessing power in international politics faces increasingly complex global challenges

  • Natural disasters are understood as domestic or local issue, but in some cases have become international or even transnational issues. This is characterized by the incidence of disasters in Indonesia - such as the Aceh Earthquake and Tsunami and the 2006 Bantul Earthquake - has become a concern of the international community especially when the media play a role in disseminating information and news of disasters throughout the world. 3

  • Refleksi Pasca Gempa Dan Tsunami Di Aceh’, Local and the central government in the case of natural disaster in Yogyakarta are trying to develop the institutionalized reasons diplomacy, which characterized by the management of disaster diplomacy that was more programmed and systematic, so aids come because the practice of disaster diplomacy do not make many social, economy, and security problems

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Introduction

The state as an institution that holds sovereignty and assessing power in international politics faces increasingly complex global challenges. The Aceh earthquake and tsunami transform the central government of Indonesia to evaluate the performance of disaster management It is too state centric and natural disaster is no longer commonly regarded as a domestic disaster that limited to territory of the state sovereignty. Disaster diplomacy in Aceh tend to use sympathy reasons, which recently known as “crying diplomacy”, besides institutionalized reasons This case is reflected from the respond of central government, which The President declared the petition of assistance towards International society by expose humanity and massive damage infrastructure problems. Refleksi Pasca Gempa Dan Tsunami Di Aceh’, Local and the central government in the case of natural disaster in Yogyakarta are trying to develop the institutionalized reasons diplomacy, which characterized by the management of disaster diplomacy that was more programmed and systematic, so aids come because the practice of disaster diplomacy do not make many social, economy, and security problems.

37 Provincial Human Development Report Aceh 2010
39 Laporan Akhir Analisis Indeks Pembangunan
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