The active means that Indonesia does not maintain a passive or reactive stand on international issues but seeks active participation in their settlement. Therefore, in other words, Indonesia’s independent and active policy is not a neutral policy, but it is one that doest not align Indonesia with the super powers nor does it bind the country to any military act.

Essentially, it is a policy designed to serve the national interest while simultaneously allowing Indonesia to cooperate with other nations to abolish colonialism and imperialism in all their forms and manifestations for the sake of world peace and social justice. This explains why Indonesia was one of the founding members of the Non-Aligned Movement.

The Primary Objectives

Any country’s foreign policy is a reflection of its national aspirations is vis-a-vis the rest of the world. It is a component of the country’s geopolitical strategy. Based on these premise, the primary objectives of Indonesia’s foreign policy are:

a.      To support the national development with priority on economic development, as set out in the Five-Year-development Plans;

b.      To preserve internal and regional stability conducive to national development;

c.       To protect the territorial integrity of Indonesia and safeguard the people’s place of abode.

Consolidating Foreign Policy and Enhancing International Cooperation

On of national target in regard to the implementation of foreign policy is participation in establishing an order world based on independence, immortal peace and social justice. Constellations of international politics continually changes and are full of uncertainty has been born a lot of problems, changes and challenges. This development demands Indonesian state and the nation to settle its implementation of foreign policy and promote its cooperation with regional and international fora in order to achieve national target.

In global scope,ot of problems occured, inter alia, unilateral trends conduted by super powers in international relations and globalzation impacts that have been widened disparities between developed countries and developing countries as well as creating lot of trans-national crimes. Meanwhile, in regional scope, some problems are developing, inter alia, decreased strategic role and leadership of Indonesia in South East region; border issues with neighboring countries, either terrain border or sea border, which is not only threats the integrity of Unitary State of Republic of Indonesia but also creates trans-national issues; as well as, more problems faced by Indonesian workers abroad such as legal aspect of their documents and breaking law.