Assessing Indonesia’s Diplomacy on the Regional Conflict Management: Lessons from the South Thailand Conflict Settlement

Arifi, Arifi and Mulyana, Deddy (2011) Assessing Indonesia’s Diplomacy on the Regional Conflict Management: Lessons from the South Thailand Conflict Settlement. Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi Terakreditasi, 9 (1). pp. 102-113. ISSN 1693-3029

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Abstract This article illustrates the problems and the prospects for a comprehensive durable conflict settlement in South Thailand, and how far Indonesia has played its significant role in helping the said conflict settlement process. The fact shows the sources of contemporary conflict in South Thailand derive not only from the internal environmental factors, but also from the external enviromental factors, such as the growing influence of jihadist ideology in the regional and global arena. The conditions lead to the complexity of conflict issue and then attract the attention and concern of the international community. Indonesia has so far taken the lead in addressing conflict in South Thailand through a mediation approach at both the Track One (state actor) and Track Two (non-state actor) levels. The 2008 Bogor peace talks and the conflict mediation measures carried out by NahdlatulUlama and Muhammadiyah in this context are a milestone in the course of Indonesia’s total diplomacy. Indonesia is challenged to play a more active role in the quest for durable peace in the Southeast Asian region. Lessons learned from the past mediation process are expected to strengthen the Indonesia’s diplomacy in supporting the immediate settlement of the South Thailand’s conflict. Abstrak Artikel ini menjelaskan masalah masalah dan prospek bagi penyelesaian konflik secara komprehensif dan langgeng di Thailand Selatan, dan bagaimana Indonesia memainkan peranannya secara signifikan.Faktamenunjukkan bahwa sumber konflik kontemporer diThailand Selatan tidak hanya berasal dari faktor lingkup internal semata, namun juga berasal dari faktor lingkup eksternal, seperti perkembangan pengaruh ideologi jihadis ditingkat global dan regional. Faktor-faktor tersebut membawa kepada kompleksitas persoalan konflik diwilayah inidan selanjutnyamengundang perhatian dan keprihatinanmasyarakat internasional, khususnya kalangan negara-negaratetanggaThailand. Sejauh ini Indonesia telahmempelopori upayamenyikapikonflik diThailand Selatanmelalui pendekatanmedia si baikmelalui jalur pemerintah (track one)maupun jalur non-pemerintah (track two). Perundingan perdamaianBogor tahun 2008 dan upayamediasikonflik yang dilakukan olehNahdlatulUlama dan Muhammadiyah dalamkonteks inimerupakan tonggak sejarah dalamperjalanan diplomasitotal Indonesia. Indonesia tertantangmemainkan peran lebihaktif lagidalammendukung terwujud nya perdamaian langgeng di wilayahAsia Tenggara, khususnya diwilayahThailand Selatan yang dirundung konflik. Pelajaran yang dari prosesmediasi dimasa lampau diharapkanmemperkokoh diplomasi Indonesia mendukung penyelesaian konflik Thailand Selatan. Key words: Indonesia’s diplomacy, conflict management, the issue of Patani

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