ANATOMI KERJASAMA BILATERAL INDONESIA-CHINA DALAM PENGEMBANGAN VAKSIN COVID-19

Abstract

Each country in the world began to put their struggle to cope the COVID-19 Pandemic in their top priority since early 2020. They have been using all possible resources, particularly through their foreign relations to support their effort to tackle the pandemic. Since the pandemic is a global problem, all country in the world need to cooperate each other and gain the best solution for their people. In this particular case, we do a research on the international cooperation in developing COVID-19 vaccine. This research aims to see how the bilateral cooperation between Indonesia and China in COVID-19 vaccine development. We do a critical study on this case, such as Indonesian government’s side interests, business interests of several ministers, public questions regarding unsafe vaccine, vaccine monopoly, out of procedure of the vaccine development process, and also transparency and open access about the development of the vaccine. This research uses a qualitative method with bilateral cooperation as the concept. Data collection is using literature study, observation, and interview. The result found out that the cooperation not only on vaccine development, but also economy recovery and others.