Ratih Indraswari, Korean and ASEAN Studies Expert Earlier this month, on the 4th of April. South Korea has finally received the Constitutional Court’s verdict on the fate of its impeached president. The court ruling ousted the president and mandated that an...
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South Africa’s G20 Presidency Under Threat from Trump-style De-Multilateralism
On December 1, 2024, South Africa officially assumed responsibility as chair of the G20 for the year 2025, replacing Brazil, which had held the position since December 1, 2023. There are high hopes for South Africa's presidency, but concerns about the effectiveness of...
Enhancing Indonesia’s Diplomacy Infrastructure Through Smart Diplomacy
Elizabeth Manalu The Significance of Diplomacy Infrastructure Indonesia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Strategic Plan (RENSTRA KEMLU) 2020-2024 primary focus is the 4+1 Priority. These priorities consist of strengthening economic diplomacy, diplomacy, protection,...
Rejuvenating Indonesia’s Foreign Policy: Dino R Kusnadi @ICON-IR 2024
The following is an excerpt of speech delivered by Dino R Kusnadi, Senior Diplomat, MOFA RI at ICON-IR 2024 The Relevance of Independent and Active Principle in Today's Context I would like to translate into ‘Independent and Active’. Sometimes scholars and journalists...
Academia must engage decision makers on ASEAN process: Sidharto Suryodipuro @ICON-IR 2024
What do you think about the Panel on ASEAN Scepticism @ICON-IR 2024? The presentations and the work that I do are actually of the same subject matter, and therefore, these are–we come from different perspectives. I innovated from the views and the presentations, and...
The Biggest opportunities to thrive capital to the most needed: Rino S. Donosepoetro @ICON-IR 2024
The following is the excerpt of presentation by Mr. Rino Santodiono Donosepoetro, CEO, Standard Chartered Bank as keynote speaker at International Conference on International Relations 2024, 26 August 2024. Climate Change as urgent global agenda I think, we all know...






