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Indonesia’s foreign policy has committed to pushing ASEAN centrality amid intensifying great power rivalry. How does this translate into Indonesia’s strategy for the Indo-Pacific? In this interview, Associate Professor Mohamad Rosyidin from the Department of International Relations at Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang, Indonesia, offers a nuanced perspective on this question. 

Associate Professor Mohamad Rosyidin is a lecturer in the Department of International Relations at Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang, Indonesia. His research interests include Indonesia’s foreign policy, constructivism in IR, ASEAN and Southeast Asian security, and non-Western IR theory. A recent research project focuses on Indonesia’s great power mentality and its impact on foreign policy. He has published 10 books, including “Indonesia’s Foreign Policy During the Yudhoyono and Joko Widodo Administrations.” His latest book is “Theories of International Relations: From Classical to Non-Western Approaches” published in 2022.  

This interview with Associate Professor Mohamad Rosyidin is the third in a series exploring the Indo-Pacific strategies of various actors in Asia and the West. The series is presented in cooperation with the Montreal Centre for International Studies (CÉRIUM), University of Montreal, the Asian Studies Centre (CETASE), University of Montreal, and the Institute for Research on Contemporary Southeast Asia (IRASEC).