Образование как инструмент мягкой силы России в Индонезии

Russia and Indonesia relation was there since the Soviet Union in 1950 because the Soviet Union is one of the very few countries that notice Indonesia independence from the Netherlands’ and since then the bilateral relation between the two countries increasing followed by a new strategic partnership agreement in Moscow by ministers Sergey Lavrov and Retno Marsudi for 2017-2019. This paper examine how Russia implement its soft power in South East Asia countries especially Indonesia. This study also trying to know the change of Russia’s foreign policy during last twenty years, what made Russia’s analysts study and explore the prospect to adopt, in alternative the hard power to soft power. This study will examines Russia’s soft power resources from the origin till today especially Russia soft power in South East Asia especially Indonesia, also its instruments and institutions. Special attention is given to the education dimension of soft power and its application within Russian foreign policy framework. The study also suggests that historical memory plays an important role to smoothing Russia’s intention to Southeast Asia specially in Indonesia.