Republic of Korea-Indonesia Relations: Middle Power Diplomacy in East Asia

Poetri, Devi Anggraeni; Govindasamy, Geetha; Akhir, Nasrudin Md

doi:10.22452/ijeas.vol7no1.4

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“…25 Even individual members of ASEAN have engaged successfully in middle-power diplomacy, as evidenced by Indonesia that, together and along with South Korea, has promoted and maintained regional peace and CWR stability through good relations with both China and the US. 26 ASEAN has made much effort to leverage its status and capabilities as a collective institutional middle power through the initiation, formation, and ongoing institutionalization of the RCEP. Through the lens of neo-middle power diplomacy, ASEAN has seemingly succeeded in further enmeshing and hedging on China with the other partners not just to temper its economic and geopolitical ambitions, but also to advance common advocacies in trade and economic affairs.…”

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Negotiating RCEP: The Role of ASEAN in Middle-Power Diplomacy

Magno¹,

Vivo²

2023

China and WTO Review

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Zealand, to develop the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a comprehensive free trade agreement streamlining all previous agreements among the participating countries. This article applied the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) method in assessing the RCEP and the key role played by the ASEAN in the negotiation process through middle-power diplomacy. The RCEP's strengths in economic integration and weaknesses in certain policy areas encapsulate ASEAN centrality and its strategy of hedging on China, the sole great power in the agreement. The opportunities and threats to the RCEP posed by the increasing geopolitical tensions between China and the US amid the COVID-19 pandemic, meanwhile, demonstrate the complex regional and global geopolitical situation that ASEAN should navigate to ensure the success of the RCEP and maintain centrality in the process.

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Negotiating RCEP: The Role of ASEAN in Middle-Power Diplomacy

Magno¹,

Vivo²

2023

China and WTO Review

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“…Therefore, South Korea needs to cooperate and collaborate with middle powers in ensuring the stability of peace. Poetri et al (2018) stated that Indonesia is quite assertive in its implementation as the middle power without declaring it publicly. It facilitates developed and developing countries through regional grouping, multilateral institutions, and international assistance.…”

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Analyzing the practice of South Korea’s public diplomacy in Indonesia: An approach with communication pyramid of public diplomacy

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Giffari

Falah

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The dissemination of South Korean culture in Indonesia becomes prominent as it attracts lot of people and creates many fans. The penetration of its spread in Indonesia is supported by some institutions which emphasizes on advocating and developing the South Korean culture and practice. The phenomena are not incidentally occurred, but it is well-managed by the government of South Korea as the advocate country of public diplomacy in collaboration with the target country which is Indonesia in achieving this mission. Public diplomacy is positioned as an approach of the advocate country to influence the public of foreign country to support the advocate’s country position which can be implemented through their state and non-sate actors in achieving mutual benefits. This paper observes the practice, impact, and challenges of South Korea’s public diplomacy in Indonesia based on Communication Pyramid Public Diplomacy framework. The findings show that the practice of public diplomacy allows cultural hybridity and increase enthusiasm of Indonesian in understanding the culture of the advocate country while the challenge is asymmetric direction between state and non-state actors of South Korea in the implementation of public diplomacy.

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Republic of Korea-Indonesia Relations: Middle Power Diplomacy in East Asia

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Negotiating RCEP: The Role of ASEAN in Middle-Power Diplomacy

Negotiating RCEP: The Role of ASEAN in Middle-Power Diplomacy

Analyzing the practice of South Korea’s public diplomacy in Indonesia: An approach with communication pyramid of public diplomacy

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