The research, usually shorten as “Update 2013”, was part of a long-term vision of EUROS. It mainly collect both government’s press release or mass-media expose on Indonesia and EU bilateral relations during 2013. In the report, EUROS made several commentaries andreview, especially on how EUROS put the dynamics of their relations in academic context, how we underline which would be the salient issues during 2013, and what it could bring to the future of Indonesia-EU relations.On a long-run, the research could be serves as a basis for EUROS to analyze the nature ofIndonesia – EU relations. EUROS planned to design a research or policy paper constructedfrom 5-years or 10-years basis of this “Update”research.

Riset ini mengumpulkan informasi mengenai hubungan bilateral antara Indonesia dan Uni Eropa yang terdapat pada media maupun rilis pers oleh pemerintah kedua negara selama tahun 2013. Selanjutnya, informasi yang dikumpulkan dianalisis dengan argumen akademis yang kemudian diberi catatan khusus untuk isu-isu penting dan masa depan hubungan Uni Eropa dan Indonesia.