About Foreign Policy for Indonesia
Foreign Policy for Indonesia (fp4indo) is an independent initiative by Allan D. Saputra dedicated to making Indonesia's foreign policy more accessible through reliable, searchable, and organized information. By bringing together diplomatic engagements, key actors, official documents, and other public records in one place, we aim to support research, learning, journalism, and a broader public understanding of Indonesia's engagement with the world.
We believe that foreign policy should not be confined to government institutions or academic circles. As Indonesia's international role continues to grow, so too should public access to the information that helps explain it. It shapes Indonesia's economy, security, technology, education, and relationships with the world, making it relevant to anyone seeking to understand the country's place in international affairs.
Why We Build This
Indonesia's diplomacy unfolds every day. State visits, bilateral meetings, summit diplomacy, joint statements, strategic partnerships, and international negotiations shape the country's relationships with the world. Yet much of this information remains scattered across government ministries, embassies, international organizations, and official press releases, making it difficult to discover, search, and understand as part of a broader picture.
Foreign Policy for Indonesia was created to help bridge that gap. Rather than replacing official sources, we organize publicly available information into a structured, searchable, and interconnected platform that makes Indonesia's diplomacy easier to explore, understand, and revisit.
Our Approach to Data
The information featured on fp4indo is gathered from publicly available sources, including official government websites, diplomatic records, public documents, and other open sources. Using a combination of data collection methods, including web scraping, we bring information that is often scattered across different platforms into one structured and searchable resource.
Artificial intelligence (AI) assists in processing, organizing, and structuring the information. However, fp4indo is not an entirely automated project. These processes are monitored and reviewed by human researchers, whose work helps ensure that information is handled with care, context, and attention to accuracy. Human judgment remains central to how the database is developed and maintained.
By combining technology with human oversight, we aim to make Indonesia’s foreign policy information more accessible and useful while recognizing that automated systems can make mistakes and that public sources may vary in completeness and reliability.
Collaborate With Us
Foreign Policy for Indonesia is built independently and continues to grow through curiosity, collaboration, and feedback.
Whether you've identified missing information, found an error, have ideas for new features, or would simply like to contribute to the project, we'd be delighted to hear from you. Every suggestion helps improve the platform and makes it more useful for everyone.
Support Us
Keeping Foreign Policy for Indonesia free and accessible takes time and resources. If the platform has been useful to your work, studies, or curiosity, consider making a contribution to support its continued development.
With your support, we hope to secure our own domain, expand the foreign policy dataset, increase AI tokens and capacity for better search and analysis, and develop new features and resources to make the platform more comprehensive and useful.
Every contribution, big or small, helps us move closer to building a more accessible and searchable resource on Indonesia’s foreign policy.
Thank you for supporting the project and helping make Indonesia’s foreign policy more accessible to everyone.