Celebrating 75 Years of Turkey–Indonesia Relations-Strategic Cooperation for a Changing World
The forum commemorating 75 years of Turkey–Indonesia diplomatic relations brought together distinguished speakers to explore the evolving partnership between two dynamic middle powers. The discussion examined historical foundations, current collaborations, and future strategies for strengthening bilateral ties amid global transformations.
Dr. Dinna Prapto Rahardja, a leading scholar and practitioner of international relations, provided a comprehensive analysis of how both nations can leverage their shared values and complementary strengths to navigate today’s shifting geopolitical landscape. She emphasized that Turkey and Indonesia, as emerging middle powers, are uniquely positioned to contribute to a more balanced and multipolar world order through diplomacy, innovation, and inclusive cooperation.
Dr. Dinna highlighted several key points:
Strategic Middle-Power Alignment: Turkey and Indonesia share a similar diplomatic philosophy in promoting peace, dialogue, and justice within a multilateral framework. Both can act as stabilizing forces bridging regions and ideologies.
Defense and Technology Partnership: Moving beyond a buyer-seller dynamic, defense collaboration such as the Harimau tank and Khan fighter jet projects illustrates a shift toward joint research, co-production, and technological innovation, enabling self-reliance and regional security.
Sustainable Energy Cooperation: Turkey’s advanced geothermal technology complements Indonesia’s vast renewable resources, offering a model for green energy transition and sustainable development within the Global South.
People-to-People and Educational Diplomacy: Dr. Dinna underscored the significance of cultural exchange, youth engagement, and academic cooperation as soft-power pillars that sustain long-term trust and mutual understanding.
Multilateral Engagement: Through frameworks such as ASEAN, the G20, and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, both countries advocate for an inclusive, rules-based order that reflects the aspirations of developing nations.
In her view, the future of Turkey–Indonesia relations depends on deepening institutional frameworks, strengthening civil society participation, and expanding cooperation into new areas like maritime security, artificial intelligence, and the blue economy. Dr. Dinna concluded that the partnership serves as a living example of South–South collaboration, bridging Asia, Europe, and the wider global community through shared commitment to peace, equity, and sustainable progress.
[Working Paper] Indonesia-Turkiye Bilateral Relation
Indonesia-Türkiye Bilateral Relations:
Pathways and Scenarios for Cooperation to 2050
Working paper ini membahas dinamika yang terus berkembang dalam hubungan Indonesia–Turki, serta merumuskan langkah-langkah strategis untuk meningkatkan kerja sama bilateral di bidang politik, ekonomi, keamanan, dan sosial-budaya. Kajian ini menegaskan bahwa kedua negara memiliki relevansi geopolitik yang semakin besar dan kepentingan nasional yang saling melengkapi, menjadikan kemitraan keduanya semakin penting di tengah ketidakpastian global.
Dalam pembahasannya, kajian ini mengidentifikasi tiga lapisan prioritas kerja sama strategis, regional, dan teknis untuk memastikan keselarasan jangka panjang antara Indonesia dan Turki. Pada tingkat strategis, diusulkan pelaksanaan program bersama dan dialog terstruktur yang didukung oleh kedua Kementerian Luar Negeri melalui kolaborasi dengan lembaga think tank guna memperkuat ketajaman analisis kebijakan. Pada tingkat regional, disarankan agar Turki dilibatkan dalam mekanisme dialog ASEAN seperti SOM, AICHR, dan ACWC untuk mendorong pemahaman bersama serta koordinasi multilateral. Sementara pada tingkat teknis, paper ini menekankan pentingnya membangun jembatan institusional di bidang kepabeanan, perbankan, perizinan, dan sistem pembayaran guna memperlancar interaksi bisnis dan kerja sama ekonomi antar pelaku usaha.
Lebih lanjut, temuan utama dalam makalah ini menyoroti pentingnya percepatan kerja sama di sektor industri pertahanan, dengan tetap memperhatikan tekanan geopolitik eksternal yang dapat mempengaruhi proses alih teknologi. Kajian ini juga menekankan perlunya keterlibatan awal antara bank sentral kedua negara untuk memastikan kelayakan perjanjian perdagangan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) di masa depan. Di luar bidang ekonomi, makalah ini mendorong penguatan hubungan antar parlemen, akademik, dan think tank, serta kolaborasi media antara ANTARA dan Anadolu Ajansi untuk memperkuat hubungan antar masyarakat dan kerjasama berbasis soft power.
Melalui analisis yang terstruktur dan berbasis kepentingan strategis, paper ini memberikan rekomendasi kebijakan yang berorientasi jangka panjang untuk memperkuat hubungan Indonesia–Turki secara menyeluruh saling menguntungkan, berkelanjutan, serta mampu menjembatani koordinasi jangka pendek dengan visi kemitraan strategis di masa depan.
Sunnyland Initiative
Statement in Indonesia
Thought leaders from Australia, Japan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor
Leste, and the United States met in Indonesia on February 24–25, 2025 to discuss challenges, opportunities and action plans
for advancing democratic norms and governance in the Indo-Pacific.
In marking five years since first meeting in California in 2020, the participants agreed that the Sunnylands Initiative on
Enhancing Democratic Partnership in the Indo-Pacific remains vital and the democratic dividend is clear: democracies
deliver greater security, economic growth, stability and global prosperity than any other form of governance.
​
Dinamika Konflik Thailand–Kamboja:
Analisis Dampak dan Potensi Peran Indonesia serta ASEAN
Synergy Policies, yang diwakili oleh Dinna Prapto Raharja, Ph.D, berpartisipasi dalam acara Dinamika Konflik Thailand–Kamboja: Analisis Dampak dan Potensi Peran Indonesia serta ASEAN. Acara ini diselenggarakan oleh Kementerian Luar Negeri Republik Indonesia di Perpustakaan Nasional pada 30 Juli 2025. Diskusi ini diselenggarakan secara hybrid.
INDONESIA DI BRICS:
Optimalisasi Kerjasama Regional dalam Menyikapi Dinamika Ketegangan Global
Synergy Policies, yang diwakili oleh Dinna Prapto Raharja, Ph.D, berpartisipasi dalam acara INDONESIA DI BRICS: Optimalisasi Kerjasama Regional Dalam Menyikapi Dinamika Ketegangan Global sebagai pembicara. Acara ini diselenggarakan oleh Ikatan Sarjana Ekonomi Indonesia (ISEI) pada Senin, 23 Juni 2025, pukul 09.00-12.00 WIB, yang diselenggarakan secara online.
Workshop on Advocacy Strategy for Migrant Workers’ Protection and Prevention of Trafficking in ASEAN Mechanisms
To support the adoption of ASEAN Vision 2045, Migrant CARE organized a two-day workshop titled “Strategi Advokasi Perlindungan Pekerja Migran dan Pencegahan Perdagangan Orang dalam Mekanisme ASEAN” on June 3–4, 2025, in Depok. The event aimed to strengthen the initial training held earlier in the year by improving its module and expanding outreach.
Synergy Policies participated in the workshop alongside civil society groups, experts, and policymakers to discuss how ASEAN Vision 2045 can be used to advance regional protection for migrant workers and prevent trafficking. Dr. Dinna Prapto Raharja represented Synergy Policies as a key speaker, offering insights to help make advocacy strategies more inclusive, grounded, and regionally connected.
Refleksi 17 Agustus: Politik Luar Negeri Indonesia di Mata Negara Sahabat
The webinar “Reflections on August 17: Indonesia’s Foreign Policy in the Eyes of Friendly Nations,” held on August 31, 2022, was a collaboration between Synergy Policies, ISDS, and ILUNI FISIP UI, featuring five speakers from different countries. The event aimed to broaden public understanding—especially among youth and journalists—of how Indonesia’s foreign policy is perceived internationally, and to gather recommendations for its future direction. Attended by more than 100 participants, the webinar received positive responses and was widely covered by various national media outlets.
The Sunnylands Initiative
The Sunnylands Initiative was established in January 2020 to advance a vision for cooperation on strengthening democratic governance norms in the Indo-Pacific region. Recognizing a lack of regional infrastructure to defend freedom, human rights, democracy, the rule of law, and an international rules-based order, thought leaders from Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, Samoa, Taiwan, Timor-Leste, and the United States gathered on the lands of the Gayamagal People in Sydney, Australia, to reaffirm the Sunnylands Principles on Enhancing Democratic Partnership in the Indo-Pacific Region, and to launch action plans in pursuit of an Indo-Pacific region governed by respect for universal democratic values.
Joint Statement to ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting in The 43rd ASEAN Summit 2023 From The ASEAN People Centrum
Going into the 43rd ASEAN Summit 2023 in Jakarta, civil society elements from no less than 40 groups across Southeast Asia and Indonesia joined hands thru a non-state regionalism called the ASEAN People Centrum to voice out deep concerns to ASEAN Leaders: We saw a growing discrepancy between the state-centric orientation of current state practices with the desired emancipated people-centric outlook as stipulated in the ASEAN Charter. We express our deep concern over the continuous signs of discrepancy between the rhetoric and products by ASEAN and the needs of people. ASEAN has grown more into an elitist and state-centric rather than a people-centered entity. [31 August 2023]
ASEAN People Centrum: Civil Society Working Network to Challenge Systemic Problems in ASEAN
There are quite systemic problems developing and being maintained in ASEAN. ASEAN as a nation-based organization (“a gathering of nations”) is now moving away from civil society. The various struggles felt by civil society and fought for solutions through ASEAN have found an impasse. This was revealed at the National Meeting "ASEAN People Centrum: How ASEAN Matters?" which was held in hybrid by Synergy Policies and attended by participants from various regions in Indonesia. Present at this National Meeting were elements of civil society that deal with issues of workers, migrant workers, women, children, people with disabilities, human trafficking, anti-corruption and democracy, environment, education, reproductive health, prevention of cruelty in politics, and youth. From the journalist element, there were representatives from six (6) digital, TV, and mass media. This event was supported by Heinrich Böll Stiftung Southeast Asia Regional Office in Jakarta, Wednesday (9/8/2023). This National Meeting is a continuation of several previous meetings initiated by Synergy Policies. There is a common thread that can be drawn that civil society chooses to voice the real conditions of society so that ASEAN country leaders and the political and economic elite can develop cooperation and policies that respond to these real conditions. The results of this reflection and joint agreement will be brought to the regional level to the civil society networks of neighboring countries in Southeast Asia.
FGD Review and Revise Training Modules for Sesdilu and Sesparlu Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The FGD Review and Revision of Training Modules which took place on 9 May 2023 for Sesdilu and 11 May for Sesparlu was attended by speakers from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and external speakers for Sesdilu, namely Mr. Yoyo Budianto, Mr. Wibawanto Nugroho, Ms. Curie Maharani Savitri, Mr. Muhammad Edhie Purnawan. On May 11 2023, the external speakers who attended were Mr. Wahyu Susilo, Mrs. Karen Tambayong, Mrs. Indrasari Tjandraningsih, Mr. Budi Setyarso, Mrs. Wahida Maghraby, and Mrs. Atnike Nova. Synergy Policies was trusted to be the main speaker for this activity which was hosted by Dinna Prapto Raharja.
Side Event ASEAN Summit Labuan Bajo, 6 Mei 2023
Synergy Policies yang diwakili oleh Bu Dinna Prapto Raharja, menjadi Keynote Speaker dalam acara "Side Event ASEAN SUMMIT" yang akan terselenggara selama tiga hari dengan empat sesi oleh pembicara yang ahli di bidangnya.
Agenda ini dilaksanakan pada 6-8 Mei 2023 di Hotel Flaminggo Avia, Labuan Bajo.
Side Event KTT ASEAN (ASEAN Summit) 2023 yang diselenggarakan oleh Migrant Care, diadakan dalam pertemuan hybrid mengundang perwakilan pegiat perlindungan pekerja migran di kawasan, baik yang ada di Indonesia maupun di mancanegara. Pertemuan ini bertujuan untuk merumuskan masukan dari sisi perlindungan pekerja migran untuk Indonesia dan Presiden Joko Widodo selaku Ketua ASEAN dalam acara KTT ASEAN 2023 yang sedang berlangsung di Labuan Bajo.
Dalam keynote speech tersebut, Bu Dinna menyampaikan cara kerja ASEAN, signifikansi KTT ASEAN secara umum dan konteks dalam penanganan isu pekerja migran, update terkini mengenai geopolitik yang berkembang yang berdampak pada pekerja migran, serta merumuskan rekomendasi untuk KTT ASEAN.
Synergy Policies Forum 3 yang diadakan pada 4 Mei 2023
Synergy Policies Forum 3 yang diwakili oleh para senior advisor seperti Pak Marzuki Darusman, Pak Faisal Basri, dan Ibu Dinna Prapto Raharja mengadakan FGD yang berlangsung pada 4 Mei 2023, mengundang kelompok masyarakat sipil yang terdiri dari berbagai organisasi dan Think Tank.
Peserta yang hadir dalam kegiatan ini adalah Pak Taufiq Hidayat (Yayasan Autisma Indonesia), Pak Cornelius Hanung (Forum-ASIA), Bu Nadine Sherani (KontraS), Bu Ika Agustina (Kalyanamitra, Bu Emmy Astuti dan Bu Yohanna (ASPPUK), Pak Ah Maftuchan (The PRAKARSA), dan Pak Andrew Mantong (CSIS). Kemudian masukan menyusul dari Pak Wahyu Susilo (Migrant Care) dan Pak Hariyanto Suwarno (SBMI)
Tujuan kegiatan ini adalah untuk mengumpulkan pandangan masyarakat sipil menuju High Level Task Force on ASEAN Community Post-2025 Vision (HLTF-ACV) menuju ASEAN vision 2045. Nantinya masukan ini akan disampaikan sebagai bahan penyusunan dokumen kerja HLTF-ACV melalui Sekretariat Nasional ASEAN di Kementerian Luar Negeri RI.
WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP IN PUBLIC HEALTH 23 March 2023
Co-organized by Takeda Pharmaceutical & Pusat Kajian Jaminan Sosial UI that Dinna Prapto Raharja helped founded & served as expert in politics of healthcare.
Women needs to connect and organize initiatives together. Not just during the International Women's Day or Month but all thru the year. From left to right: Agustine (Senior VP Partnership, Alodokter), Dettie Yuliati (Secretary PERSI, Indonesian Hospital Association, compartment pharmacy, health facilities and the use of drugs), Suci Arumsari (Co-founder & President Director Alodokter), Ati Nirwanawati (IAKMI, Indonesian Association of Public Health), Dinna Prapto Raharja (Co-founder & Executive Director Synergy Policies), dr. Asih Ekaputri, MPPM, MM (member of National Social Security Council 2019-2024
Webinar by WHO Geneva and Alliance for Healthy Policy and System Research, 23 March 2023 on Making National Health Insurance Responsive for Citizens
23 March 2023, Synergy Policies team lead by Dinna Prapto Raharja presented the findings of research published at BMJ Global Health, 2022 on Informal Patient Navigation Initiatives to Empower Patients and generate National Health Insurance Responsiveness in Indonesia. We discussed the operation of BPJS Watch, Jamkeswatch, Posko JKN-KIS amid the lack of effective formal initiatives (Lapor.go.id, Care Center, Mobile JKN, BPJS Satu). 535 participants from 112 countries attended the webinar organized by WHO Geneva.
Synergy Policies Forum: Menjajaki Solusi Politik atas Konflik Di Myanmar (28 Februari 2023; Pemetaan Sistem Pemerintahan yang Paling Optimum untuk Mynanmar Melalui Dasar-Dasar yang Ada di Tahun Ini (17 Maret 2023)
​Synergy Policies has been hosting a series of dialogs on Myanmar within Indonesia’s Foreign Policy & ASEAN. We sketch the new phase for the Five Point Consensus & recommend steps to track 1 diplomacy. Follow our recommendations in our publication
ASEAN SEMILOKA, 14 MARCH 2023
Tema yang diusung Indonesia ‘ASEAN Matters: The Epicentrum of Growth’, Indonesia berharap ASEAN penting dan relevan bagi masyarakat ASEAN, juga penting dan relevan bagi Kawasan khususnya Indo Pasifik dan dunia. Meskipun begitu, sejumlah tantangan dalam mendorong partisipasi masyarakat sipil di ASEAN menjadi agenda yang penting dibahas. Salah satu tantangan yang ada adalah belum adanya mekanisme resmi pelibatan ASEAN dengan masyarakat sipil. Tema ASEAN Semiloka ini diambil dari urgensi pelibatan, koordinasi, dan tantangan yang dihadapi oleh masyarakat sipil ASEAN.
Dinna Prapto Raharja, PhD (expert in public policy) is appointed by the Indonesian Coordinating Ministry of Human Development to serve as Member of Jury Panel to give Employment Social Insurance Award Paritrana 2022-2023 to companies and local governments. This is her second time serving in Paritrana Award.
Global Development Initiative Think Tank Network
On Wednesday, September 14, 2022, Asian Institute of Eco-civilization Research and Development (AIERD) of Pakistan launched the Global Development Initiative Think TankNetwork. The launch of this wide-ranging network of think tanks from several countries was spurred by the announcement of Global Development Initiative (GDI) by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the General Debate of the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly GDI is an initiative that calls the international community to place development high on the global macro policy agenda, accelerate the implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda, and work together to steer global development towards a more balanced, coordinated, and inclusive phase.
​
