(Re-)Asserting Indonesias Role to (Resume)the Six-Party Talks:Creating the Region Conducive

Abstract

Abstract (Re-)Asserting Indonesias Role to (Resume) the Six-Party Talks: Creating the Region Conducive

ADHY BUWONO PUTRO International Area Studies Graduate School of International Studies Seoul National University

The Six-Party Talks has yet to resume since 2008. Each and every party was yet to share the view to reconcile the divergence. Differences in stakes and interests deem to be the main impediment in crafting the peaceful resolution on the Peninsula. Impartiality is therefore a key to approach the Six-Party Talks, in particular, and the Korean Peninsula, at large. It has been missing on the deliberation. The emerging role of the Middle Power offers a promising alternative to help resuscitate the stalemate. With its impartiality, Middle Power could assert its Third-Party and mediating role on the Talks. Through Hopmanns four-pronged approach, Indonesia, as among the prominent middle power, may give a new hope to the Peninsula constellation.

Keywords: Six-Party Talks, Korean Peninsula, Impartiality, Middle Power, Stalemate, Third-Party, Mediating Role, Hopmanns Four-Pronged Approach

Student Number: 2015-25101