Dari Druzhba ke Mirnoye Sosushyestvovaniye: Diplomasi Uni Soviet-Indonesia dalam Era Stalin dan Kruschev, 1945-1964

Abstract

The dissertation examines the dynamic of diplomatic relations between the Soviet
Union and Indonesia in the period of 1945-1964, which, focus of Soviet
perspective, covers the last decade of Stalin’s post-world war II period until the
end of Khruschev’s leadership in 1964. This research is a historical research using
qualitative methodology. Geopolitical and international relations approach is used
in this study to examine role of diplomatic tradition in strenghtening Soviet
influence in the Third countries during the last decade of Stalin and the whole of
Khruschev periods. The conceptual frameworks druzhba (friendship) and mirnoye
sosushyestvovaniye (peaceful coexistence), and spaseniye mira (world salvation) are
used to get better understanding of the picture of the period. In the Russian
perspective, the value of druzhba (friendship) that containes vernost’ (loyalty) and
iskrennost (honesty) shape the basis for Russia’s attitudes, which implemented in
different ways in different time. The results of this study indicate the influence of
‘druzhba’ and mirnoye sosushyestvovaniye values, rooted in the tradition of Russian
thought, in diplomatic relations between both countries.