UPON her return from Sofia, Sri Astari Rasjid, who served as Indonesian ambassador to Bulgaria, Albania, and Macedonia between 2016 to 2020, brought home the Art of Diplomacy, a book that she authored. It contains her recollection of the four years she spent in those countries. As an artist, she had her own way to foster close relationship between Indonesia and the three foreign nations. “I used art,” she said.

Astari Arrived in Sofi...