Lestures of prof.dr.Yayana Ganda Hayat Mulyana
Prof.dr. Yayana Ganda Hayat Mulyana (47) is a member of advisin team and special assistant of the President of the Republic of Indonesia. He lectured twice about Indonesian foreign policy in South East Asia.
He first lectured on December 18, 2013 at the Faculty of Political Sciences in Belgrade, where he talked about Indonesian view on Non-Aligned Movement. The second lecture was held on December 20, 2013, when dr.Yayan talked to students form Diplomatic Academy of Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The topic was Indonesian foreign policy during the last 10 years, since President SusiloBambangYudhoyono leads the country.
The transformation and dynamics of Indonesian foreign policy during Yudhoyono’s last two mandates, have made Indonesia a regional power with global interest and responsibility. This world’s biggest archipelago, with 250 million inhabitants,have become a big economy in fast economic boom, 16th in the world.
As one of the founders of Non-Aligned Movement, Indonesia believes that this forum survived The Cold War and that it plays an essential role in international relations today. Indonesia, who was hosting the 1992 Non-Aligned Movement, thinks that the movement is facing new realities in 21st century. Dr.Yayan was considering seven important aspects which would ensure the movement’s role on the world stage.
Dr.Yayan was a member of delegations in many international conferences. He was two times in the Indonesian diplomatic mission in UN in New York. He also served in the Indonesian embassy in Singapore.
After graduating from the Panjajaran University in Jakarta, prof.Yayan continued his studies in universities in USA, Netherlands and Singapore.
“If we look back to the history of international relations during The Cold War, we see the clear divergence between two blocks. In these circumstances, many nations realize that they don’t belong to neither of those groups, which leads to The Non-Aligned Movement.” These were the words of introduction to prof.dr.Yayana Ganda Hayat Mulyana’s lecture entitled „The Future of Non-Aligned Movement: the Indonesian perspective”.
Professor reminded us about Indonesian situation after its independence from Holland 1945. He also referred to those tensions that came from different directions and that formed Indonesian policy of non-alignment. “Non-Aligned Movement was founded in Belgrade in 1961, with the means of promoting peace, prosperity and social justice. The movement soon became the corner stone of each member’s policy”, Mulyana stressed.
Mulyana also stressed the importance of Non-Aligned Movement in the Cold War. He thinks that the role of the movement isn’t so influential today because there are many more options and international interests now. “The world is today still far away from peaceful, just and safe place. The movement, together with the international system itself, is facing many challenges, such as conflicts in the Middle East, global economic situation and upraising needs for resources in a world that now numbers seven billion people.”
Muliyana suggested several strategies that could improve the position of Non-Aligned Movement in international relations. Among those are giving leadership chances to all of the member countries, more visibility in global solutions, and improvement of working methodology. “The movement still plays an important role in Indonesian foreign policy, and I am quite optimistic about its future and further development”, Mulyana concluded.
The lecture was attended by the president and the members of Association of Serbian-Indonesian Friendship Nusantara, as well as many students from the Faculty of Political Sciences in Belgrade.
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