Indonesia’s Economic Diplomacy of Creative Economy Under Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Administration Toward Indonesia’s National Income (Study Case: Craft Export Indonesia to United States 2011-2014)

Abstract

Galuh Atikasuri, 016201400066, International Relations 2014, President University Thesis Title: Indonesia’s Economic Diplomacy of Creative Economy Under Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Toward Indonesia’s National Income (Study Case: Craft Export Indonesia to United States 2011-2014)

Creative Economy is one of the programs from the government of Indonesia that relies on ideas, creativity and innovation derived from human resources and it is the main production factor. During the Presidency of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY), Indonesia adopted the slogan “a thousand friends, zero enemy” on Indonesia’s foreign policy, where the slogan means that Indonesia focused on increasing partnerships with other countries in the stand up for its national interests. In an effort to develop the country’s economy, Indonesia maximize the function of the Creative Economy program through export activities. In marketing its products, Indonesia cooperates with several major countries, including the United States. Using economic diplomacy instruments and based on good relations between Indonesia and the United States that have been established for a long time and cooperation in various fields, Indonesia and the United States agreed to increase cooperation through comprehensive agreements, where the agreement bring the benefit to Indonesia to do export activities to the United States. In 2011, the United States became the main destination for Indonesia in exporting craft, which craft was one of the subsectors that highly contributed to the Indonesia’s economy. The craft subsector is also one of the subsectors with the most employment. Therefore, this study will focus on Indonesia’s economic diplomacy under the leadership of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono with the United States as a destination country, through the Craft export cooperation (creative economy sub-sector) from 2011 to 2014. Indonesia's economic diplomacy through Craft export cooperation to the United States then contributed to increasing export value from year to year, as well as increasing employment, especially in the Craft subsector itself. This research was conducted in the period of November 2018, until January 2019, using a qualitative descriptive analysis method, to provide analysis of the sources obtained, in the form of news articles, books, and scientific journals.