Abstract

Indonesia has developed an internal model of reconciling the values of democracy and Islam; therefore it could pursue international activities for bringing the West and the Islamic world together. However, Indonesia’s international role as a bridge-builder between democratic values and Islam has limited effectiveness. In this paper the attempt is to investigate why Indonesia’s international activity as a bridge-builder between the West and the Muslim world is ineffective? The analysis shows, and this is the argument, that its limited effectiveness results from a conflict between the country’s conception and prescription roles. The assumptions are that Indonesia’s underlying objective in its foreign policy is to provide a tool for reconciling the West and the Muslim world (role conception); however an enactment of this role is affected by a dissonance between the authors of this role. The paper examines three empirical case studies at different levels of Indonesia’s external engagement: (1) civilizational and interfaith dialogues at the international level; (2) the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and Developing-8 at the inter-regional level; and (3) the Bali Democracy Forum at the regional level.

摘要

印度尼西亚已经建立了调和民主与伊斯兰价值观的内部模式；因此，它可以开展国际活动以使西方和伊斯兰世界团结在一起。但是，印度尼西亚在民主价值观和伊斯兰之间架起桥梁，在国际上的作用有限。本文试图调查为什么印度尼西亚作为西方与穆斯林世界之间的桥梁建设者的国际活动无效？分析表明，这是有论据的，其有效性有限的原因是该国的概念和处方角色之间存在冲突。假设印度尼西亚在其外交政策中的基本目标是为和解西方与穆斯林世界提供一个工具（角色概念）；但是，此角色的制定受到该角色作者之间不协调的影响。本文考察了印度尼西亚对外参与不同层面的三个经验案例研究：（1）国际层面的文明对话和信仰间对话；（2）跨区域一级的伊​​斯兰合作与发展组织-8；（3）区域一级的巴厘岛民主论坛。