Evaluating Indonesia's Disaster Diplomacy Practices Under The Jokowi Administration In 2018

Abstract

This article evaluates Indonesia's disaster diplomacy practices in 2018, where several successive disaster events caused enormous casualties and material damage. On the one hand, international assistance is one of the important variables that can play a role in reducing the risk of disasters. On the other hand, international assistance is considered a factor that can reduce the legitimacy of the government in dealing with disasters. This article uses a qualitative method with a case study approach to understanding the disaster and foreign aid policies and their implications for state and human security. This article finds that the orientation of the Indonesian government in the President Jokowi era in managing disasters tends to be an inward-looking policy that is conservative in which the government's priority in the aspect of state security actually endangers the aspect of human security (human security).