Diplomasi Soft Power Indonesia dalam Melanesian Spearhead Group terhadap United Liberation Movement for West Papua

Abstract

Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu are countries in the South
Pacific that share ethnic, racial and cultural similarities. With historical burden that had been
colonized by the western nations, they formed the MSG to take their own sovereignty. Papua
which is part of Indonesia have Melanesian ethnicity are considered to have no sovereignty of
their own. So ULMWP wants to get independence from Indonesia and got supported by several
MSG member countries. Therefore, Indonesia has an interest to cease ULMWP by
approaching MSG members using Soft Power. Soft Power is a way to get the desired results
through cultural, domestic values and foreign policy. This research argues that Indonesia use
cultural and foreign policy that have succeeded in reducingsome member of MSG support to
ULMWP