Indonesia's New Foreign Policy

Dinna Wisnu

President Joko Widodo appointed Ambassador Retno Marsudi to be the new and the first Indonesian female foreign minister for the 2014-2019 term. What can we expect from her administration?

November 4, 2014

Dinna Wisnu

President Joko Widodo appointed Ambassador Retno Marsudi to be the new and the first Indonesian female foreign minister for the 2014-2019 term. What can we expect from her administration?

Retno Marsudi is cut from the same cloth as her predecessor, Marty Natalegawa. She is energetic, a bright and skillful negotiator who rose fast in her diplomatic career. She was assigned as a junior diplomat to Australia at a time when the embassy

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