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Islamic International Relations as a Potential Tool to Indonesia’s Soft Power Diplomacy
Abstract
ABSTRACT
This article aims to analyze the development of Islamic International Relations in Indonesia developed by
several International Relations departments under the auspices of Islamic Universities, which are incorporated
in the INSIERA (The Indonesian Islamic Studies and International Relations Association). The development
of Islamic perspectives in the study of International Relations in Indonesia occurs in an international situation
that is filled with internal or international conflicts, which can be seen from the political situation in several
Muslim countries, such as Sudan, Egypt, Iraq, Libya, and several other Muslim countries. It is clear evidence
of how the diplomatic process of democracy did not work as it should. From this hope, the results of studies
from thinkers of Islamic International Relations in Indonesia can crystallize into Islamic International
Relations concept and method, as Indonesia's soft power diplomacy capital in the international sphere, as well
as alternative solutions, to reduce the potential for world conflict. By using both qualitative-quantitative
approaches, this research reveals that Indonesia as the largest Muslim country in the World, with the slow but
sure progress of the study of Islamic International Relations, Indonesia in the future can use religious and
cultural diplomacy as the main bargaining value with the strong academic basis. The development of the
international world which is always changing has also changed the paradigm of diplomacy; If previously the
ability of hard power was the main bargaining value in diplomacy, but soft power is a strategic medium of
diplomacy between countries. Indonesia as the country with the largest Muslim population in the world has
the cultural superiority and Islamic identity to then be used as the main diplomacy media.
Keywords: Islamic perspective, international relations, international relations department, Islamic university,
Indonesia
Publication Details
Journal1st Borobudur International Symposium on Humanities, Economics and Social Sciences (BIS-HESS 2019)
Pagespp. 954-959
ISSNISSN: 2352-5398, ISBN: 978-94-6252-961-8
Item ID1745
Deposited10 Nov 2022 05:55