Three candidates have been submitted their application to run as the new leader of Indonesia in 2024-2029. Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka is one of the three candidates. This episode will cover the summary of Prabowo-Gibran's Visions and Missions on Indonesia's international relationships.
The short summary is only based from the document that has been shared publicly from their campaign team. Follow @foreignpolicytalks on Instagram to ask more questions.
Listen to my conversation with two recipient of Schwarzman Scholarship, Ryan Kueh and Hans Sebastian on the importance to understand China more in the future. Considering the consequential influence that China has to global politics and economy, these two guests have some thoughts on the ways China has been misunderstood.
For your information, Schwarzman Scholars supports up to 200 Scholars annually from the U.S., China, and around the world for a one-year master’s in global affairs at Beijing’s Tsinghua University — ranked first in Asia as an indispensable base for China’s political, business, and technological leadership.
Scholars chosen for this highly selective program will live in Beijing for a year of study and cultural immersion — attending lectures, traveling around the region, and developing a better understanding of China.
Please enjoy the Year-End Review of Southeast Asia in 2022 from the perspectives of Foreign Policy Talks members (specifically from our unit "Southeast Asian Society of Foreign Affairs (SASFA)". Coming from different countries with various expertise, we provide to you our candid thoughts on interesting moments that happened this year in the region!
Please enjoy the Year-End Review of Our World in 2022 from the perspectives of Foreign Policy Talks members. Coming from different countries with various expertise, we provide to you our candid thoughts on interesting moments that happened this year!
Happy Europe Day!
In celebration of Europe Day, Foreign Policy Talks Podcast collaborates with the European Union (EU) diplomatic missions in Jakarta to bring a series of special episode podcast interviews to our loyal listeners. In this episode, H.E. Igor Driesmans, the EU Ambassador to ASEAN shared his views on the future of regional peace and unity, the implementation of EU's sustainability efforts to ASEAN, the Global Gateway initiative, the EU's stances on the Myanmar crisis, and many more!
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Happy Europe Day!
In celebration of Europe Day, Foreign Policy Talks Podcast collaborates with the European Union (EU) diplomatic missions in Jakarta to bring a series of special episode podcast interviews to our loyal listeners. For this special episode, we had the opportunity to have a discussion with H.E. Maria João Lopes-Cardoso, Ambassador of Portugal to Indonesia, the Philippines and Brunei Darussalam. We explored an interesting discussion on the shared cultural values between Portugal and Indonesia, Portugal-Indonesia historic bilateral partnership, the ocean economy, sports, energy transition and Portugal's role in promoting peace and unity. Enjoy!
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Happy Europe Day!
In celebration of Europe Day, Foreign Policy Talks Podcast collaborates with the European Union (EU) diplomatic missions in Jakarta to bring a series of special episode podcast interviews to our loyal listeners. For this special episode, we put a spotlight on a number of important topics with H. E. Dan Adrian Balanescu, Ambassador of Romania to Indonesia. We had meaningful talks regarding the trust in diplomacy amid geopolitical shock, sovereignty and territorial integrity, ambitious energy transition and how to enhance tourism cooperation between Indonesia-Romania. Listen now!
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Happy Europe Day!
In celebration of Europe Day, Foreign Policy Talks Podcast collaborates with the European Union (EU) diplomatic missions in Jakarta to bring a series of special episode podcast interviews to our loyal listeners. For this special episode, we are delighted to have a conversation with H.E. Vincent Piket, Ambassador of the EU to Indonesia and Brunei Darussalam. We discussed the EU's ambitious efforts in the EU-Indonesia relations, the EU's support for the G20 Indonesian Presidency, the EU's contribution to the worldwide economic recovery, and of course this episode shares the EU's views regarding the Russia-Ukraine war. Enjoy the conversation!
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We have listened a lot of distinct views on Ukraine-Russia war, and the big question is how to find the best solutions to solve the crisis immediately The spillover impacts of Ukraine-Russia war is everywhere, not only in Europe, but across the globe. Not only in the political sphere, but also economy, and even the state of a multilateral forum like the G20. Indonesia as the G20 President is pushed to take a part in resolving the crisis, with its diplomatic and political resources the group has.
Could Indonesia as G20 President help de-escalate the Russia-Ukraine war? I talked to Professor Hikmahanto Juwana, Indonesia's leading international law expert and Chancellor of Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani to explore that question. Check it out!
In this episode, I talked to Carina Joe, a Senior Scientist at the University of Oxford (AstraZeneca vaccine). Carina shared her experiences on how did she get involved in the vaccine invention and production We explored further on the issue of covid mutation, vaccine nationalism, and Indonesia’s vision to develop a vaccine manufacturing hub. Enjoy!
India was abstain at the United Nations votes over Ukraine-Russia crisis. There is a speculation that India is in a difficult position to against Russia’s attack to Ukraine. In this episode, I talked to Ambassador Gurjit Singh, former Indian Ambassador to Germany, Indonesia, Ethiopia, ASEAN and the African Union on why India abstained when the world condemned Russia, the same topic that Amb Gurjit Singh wrote recently at the Jakarta Post.
Listen to my conversation with Radityo Dharmaputra, PhD Student & Junior Research Fellow in Political Science at the University of Tartu, Estonia and Lecturer of Russia-East European Studies and Foreign Policy Analysis at Airlangga University on why do many Indonesians back Russia's position in the case of Ukraine crisis. Since the first attack of Russia to Ukraine, many Indonesians also experts offered their sympathy to Putin's decision as it is reasonable to protect their national security, why is it so? What makes them have this stance?
In this episode, I talked to Sang Kim, Director of Public Affairs at the Korea Economic Institute of America on South Korea's newly elected conservative Yoon Suk Yeol set to become South Korea's next president after Lee Jae-myung, from the ruling Democratic Party, conceded defeat. In a nail-biting vote, the opposition leader won very tight with the democrat. Some big questions appeared, will he bring changes to Seoul's foreign policy? How is the future of South Korea- Southeast Asia relationships?
