BALI DEMOCRACY FORUM AS INSTRUMENT IN ENHANCING THE IMAGE OF INDONESIA AS THE ROLE MODEL OF DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY

Abstract

The transformation of democracy in Indonesia since Reformasi in 1998 has transformed Indonesia into the third largest democratic country in the world. This change influenced the direction of Indonesia's foreign policy to more emphasize the success of democratic transformation of Indonesia. The government of Indonesia intended to promote the positive image of Indonesia as the role model of democratic country by establishing Bali Democracy Forum and partnered it with Institute of Peace and Democracy. The government of Indonesia involves Indonesia's soft power, first track diplomacy, and second track diplomacy approaches to optimize its effort. BDF is proven as the right instrument to obtain the national interest of Indonesia as evidenced by many remarks or recognitions from many country's leaders in the world.