ANALISA PERAN AKTIF INDONESIA DALAM PEMBENTUKAN REGIONAL COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP (RCEP)

This research was initiated by Indonesia's initiation in forming the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) in 2011, when Indonesia served as the chair of ASEAN. This research aims to explain the background of the establishment of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), explain why Indonesia plays an active role in the establishment of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), and explain what Indonesia's role is in the establishment of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). This research uses a qualitative explanatory research method with a case study approach, namely Indonesia as a country that initiated the formation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) in ASEAN. This research analyzes based on theoretical studies with data sources obtained through searches of scientific journals, books, reports of related institutions and other articles. The results of this study indicate that Indonesia's active role in the formation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is based on the existence of a foreign policy orientation that determines the national role so that these two things make Indonesia play an active role.