15. Indonesian Interests in Bali Democracy Forum

Abstract

The end of the Cold War is marked by the changes of issues related with the dynamics of the international political constellation. The urgency of traditional issues such as the military, have begun to change to non-traditional issues such as humanity, environment, and democracy. The existence of these issues will certainly become an attention to foreign policy of a country that run with the diplomacy activities, so the country should adapt and focus more on non-traditional issues. Democracy today is understood as one aspect to show the image of the nation. In diplomatic activity, the image of a democratic country plays an important role in order to achieve the goals of the diplomacy and Indonesia itself embarked on a democratic diplomacy activity in the ideas of the implementation Bali Democracy Forum. This study attempts to examine Indonesia's national interest in developmentalism as a third world country in diplomatic activities at Bali Democracy Forum.