YAYAN GH MULYANA

ASSISTANT TO THE SPECIL STAFF OF THE

PRESIDENT FOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY CIPUTAT, JAKARTA,

13 DECEMBER 2012

APEC IN INDONESIAN

FOREIGN POLICY

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BOB HAWKE, Seoul, 31 January 1989

“I believe that the

time has come for

us substantially to

increase our efforts

towards building

regional

cooperation”

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TIDE OF REGIONALISM IN 1990S

Trade Imbalances (US – Some Regional

Countries): Pressures on Bilateral Trade.

Tensions within the GATT Framework of

Multilateral Trade: The Montreal Deadlock.

Continued growth of regional economy.

Increase in regional interdependence and

interlinkage.

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PILLARS OF INDONESIAN FOREIGN POLICY

1994

BILATERALISM

REGIONALISM: ASEAN – APEC

MULTILATERALISM

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OPPORTUNITY FOR APEC LEADERSHIP IN 1994

NAM CHAIR: 1992 –

1995

ECONOMY IN GOOD

SHAPE

POLITICAL STABILITY

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THE BOGOR GOALS

“Free and open trade

and investment in the

Asia-Pacific by 2010

for developed

economies and 2020

for developing

economies”

STRATEGIC

GOALS

IN THE ECONOMIC

AGENDA OF

INDONESIAN

FOREIGN POLICY

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THE SIGNIFICANCE OF APEC IN THE PRESENT CONTEXT

Gographical Imperatives

New Tide of Regionalism

Commitment Depth

Leadership Opportunity

Strategic Priorities

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GEOGRAPHICAL IMPERATIVES

Deeper Regional

Interdepenence

The need for

conducive

environement

The Asia-Pacific

Century

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NEW TIDE OF REGIONALISM

ASEAN Community

East Asia Summit

TPP

APEC

ACD

SCO

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COMMITMENT DEPTH: AN ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT

PERSPECTIVE

HIGH

ASEAN

G20

APEC

MODERATE

NAM

D8

NAASP

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OPPORTUNITY FOR APEC LEADERSHIP IN 2013

Regional Power

Growth Market

Emerging Economy

Robust Economy

One of the Elders

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STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

1994

Trade and Investment

Liberalization

Business Facilitation

Economic and

Technical Assistance

2013

Attaining the Bogor

Goals

Acheiving Sustainable

Growth with Equity

Promoting

Connectivity

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CHALLENGES AHEAD

Competing regionalism (APEC – TPP):

The challenge of staying focused and

strategizing viably.

The challenge for Indonesian leadership.

Keeping the threshold or raising the

commitment depth?

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TERIMA KASIH

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