Hassan Wirajuda on Indonesia’s Foreign Policy
8 Jul 2013
On 20 June, our colleagues external pageNCCR Democracycall_made and the external pageForum-Aussenpolitik (FORAUS)call_made hosted a presentation at the University of Zürich by Indonesia’s former Foreign Minister and current member of the country’s Presidential Advisory Council (Wantimpres), Hassan Wirajuda. In the following podcast, he 1) outlines the thinking behind Indonesia’s current ‘free and active’ foreign policy (bebas aktif) and how it is shaping its relationships with the US, China and other ASEAN states, and 2) as already noted, how the policy might impact the country’s 2014 presidential election.
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