Diplomatic Relations
The Ambassadors Round Table: Edition 8
This is the eighth in the Ambassadors Round Table Series with NOW! Jakarta Founder Alistair Speirs meeting and interviewing ambassadors from all over the world to find out the breadth and depth of their country’s relationship with Indonesia. Having covered much of North, South America, and many countries in Europe it was time to come
The Ambassadors Round Table: Edition 7
This insightful series of interviews with ambassadors from all the world continues into the seventh in the series with sixteen countries featured so far. In this session, NOW! Jakarta Founder Alistair Speirs meets and discusses the current focus of the relationships with the Ambassador of Canada and the relatively new Dutch Ambassador. Introducing the Ambassadors:
The Ambassadors Round Table: Edition 6
NOW! Jakarta’s series of Ambassador interviews, which started back in 2023, continues with another incredible roundup of diplomats sharing their thoughts on their home countries’ relationship to Indonesia. There is so much activity in diplomatic, commercial and cultural interactions that goes unnoticed and unappreciated that we are proud to be able to help to assist
Ambassadors’ Travel Tales of the Archipelago: UK, Ireland, & Denmark
We all love to travel, but perhaps ambassadors, by their very job obligations, get opportunities to see very special places, which we may not have such easy access to. Or perhaps, because of all the work-related travel, they also really love to find somewhere to get away from the constant demands of diplomacy? This was
The Ambassadors Round Table: Edition 5
NOW! Jakarta’s series of Ambassador interviews which started back in 2023 continues into 2025 with another fascinating glimpse into the diplomatic world. This is where the representatives of the world’s greatest countries operate, coming to Indonesia to bring their expertise and experience to work with their counterparts in both the government and the private sector
The Ambassadors Round Table: Edition 4
The Now! Jakarta Ambassadors’ Round Table now reaches its fourth edition in the series having already hosted the Ambassadors of Austria, Germany and the Netherlands in the first, Argentina , Brazil and Chile in the second, and Peru, Spain and the Czech Republic in the third. Founder and Publisher Alistair Speirs was delighted to host
The Ambassadors Round Table: Edition 2
In our last issue we featured the first of our series of Ambassadorial interviews, aptly named: “Ambassadors’ Round Table” where our Founder Alistair Speirs interviews and discusses the challenges facing Jakarta, Indonesia and the world over a delicious lunch in Amuz Gourmet Restaurant. The first Ambassadors to be interviewed were from Austria, Germany and Holland
75 Years of UK-Indonesia Relations, with H.E. Dominic Jermey, British Ambassador to Indonesia
NOW! Jakarta Founder, Alistair Speirs, sits down with H.E. Dominic Jermey, British Ambassador to Indonesia and Timor Leste. The topic at hand: the 75th Anniversary of the relationship between Britain and Indonesia, a milestone moment in diplomatic relations. His excellency shares on historic royal visits of the past, including of Her Late Majesty the Queen,
The Ambassadors Round Table: Edition 1
The Ambassador’s Round Table highlights the important diplomatic relationships Indonesia has with the global community, made possible through well-established, Jakarta-based embassies. Hosted by NOW! Jakarta Founder, Alistair Speirs, this forum gives a platform for prominent Ambassadors to Indonesia to share more about their respective country’s programmes and on-going objectives here in Indonesia. Edition 1 welcomes