Intelijen dan Diplomasi Internasional

• Main Author: Tangguh Chairil
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universitas Indonesia 2016-04-01
• Series: Global: Jurnal Politik Internasional
• Subjects: intelligence; diplomacy; espionage; covert action; clandestine diplomacy
• Online Access: http://global.ir.fisip.ui.ac.id/index.php/global/article/view/23

Abstrak Tumpang tindih antara intelijen dan diplomasi merupakan salah satu area yang merupakan dimensi yang hilang dari kajian stratejik intelijen maupun ilmu hubungan internasional, walaupun ia bersifat krusial terhadap pemahaman atas hubungan politik antarnegara. Berangkat dari pertimbangan tersebut, tulisan ini membahas hubungan intelijen dan diplomasi dalam hal bagaimana tiap-tiap bidang memengaruhi bidang lainnya dalam lingkup yang lebih luas terkait upaya negara memenuhi kepentingan nasionalnya. Tulisan ini juga membahas bagaimana aktivitas organisasi-organisasi intelijen melengkapi serta merumitkan praktik diplomasi, begitu pula sebaliknya. Dari pembahasan tulisan ini, disimpulkan bahwa terdapat tumpang tindih yang krusial antara intelijen dan diplomasi dalam hubungan politik antarnegara, dan terdapat kecenderungan bahwa aktivitas intelijen merumitkan praktik diplomasi. Oleh karena itu, hubungan intelijen dan diplomasi internasional sudah sepantasnya memperoleh pengkajian yang lebih sering dan serius. Kata kunci: intelijen, diplomasi, spionase, tindakan terselubung, diplomasi klandestin   Abstract The overlap between intelligence and diplomacy is one of the lost dimension of strategic intelligence and international relations studies, despite being crucial to understanding the politics among states. Departing from these considerations, this paper discusses the relationship between intelligence and diplomacy in the areas of how one affects another in a wider scope related to the states' efforts to meet their national interests. This paper also discusses how the activities of intelligence organizations complements and complicates diplomatic practice, and vice versa. From the discussions, this article concludes that there is a crucial overlap between intelligence and diplomacy in political relations among states, and there is a tendency that intelligence activities complicate the practices of diplomacy. Therefore, the relations between intelligence and international diplomacy requires more frequent and serious assessment. Keywords: intelligence, diplomacy, espionage, covert action, clandestine diplomacy