Albert Triwibowo is Assistant Professor at Parahyangan Catholic University in Bandung, Indonesia. He is also a researcher at the Parahyangan Center for International Studies (PACIS). His research interests cover diplomacy, digital diplomacy, foreign policy, and East as well as Southeast Asian regionalism.
Chapter 1 Introduction: Indonesian Foreign Policy, Diplomacy, and Technology
Chapter 2 Analytical Framework: Understanding Digital Diplomacy
Chapter 3 Methodology
Chapter 4 Indonesias Trajectory to Digital Diplomacy
Chapter 5 Indonesias Digital Diplomacy
Chapter 6 Conclusion: Added Value of Indonesias Digital Diplomacy
This book introduces the developments and practices of digital diplomacy in Indonesias foreign policy to support diplomatic practice.
The analysis focuses on Indonesias digital diplomacy, specifically its implementation by the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its Missions in selected locations, to achieve the countrys foreign policy objectives. Specific case studies on palm oil, the Rohingya crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic are used to show how Indonesias digital diplomacy is executed and performed. Arguing that Indonesian digital diplomacy follows a bottom-up approach model in its development, the author demonstrates that Indonesias digital diplomacy is related to state-to-state communication as well as state-to-public communication. It is also utilised for communicating sensitive issues, as Indonesia is still in the first stage of digital diplomacy and is influenced by domestic interests, counternarrative interests, and information dissemination motives.
The book is a valuable addition to the study of digital diplomacy, specifically from the experience and perspective of a middle-power country. It will be of intereslóþ
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