Foreign Policy Talks

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?