“We do not seek to defend the world we know: we seek to build a new, a better world! We seek to build a world sane and secure. We seek to build a world in which all may live in peace. We seek to build a world of justice and prosperity for all men. We seek to build a world in which humanity can achieve its full stature.” (Sukarno, To Build the World Anew, speech at the UN General Assembly, September 30, 1960).

The Bandung Conference and the Bandung Era entered History. Yet, the Bandung Principles, Spirit, and Dream have continued to live in the minds of different peoples, nations, states and institutions worldwide. The Bandung Principles were well formulated and established at the end of the Bandung Conference in 1955, known as the “Ten Bandung Principles of Peaceful Coexistence”. The Bandung Spirit has never been officially formulated and is open to interpretation. One possibility is translating it into five ideals centred around Peace, Independence, Equality, Solidarity and Emancipation. As for the Bandung Dream, it has never been officially formulated either. Inspired by the Bandung Principles and Spirit, it is possible to formulate the Bandung Dream as “A Global and Sustainable Prosperity based on Peace, Justice, Cooperation, Solidarity, and Diversity.” 

Seventy years after the Bandung Conference, how far has the Bandung Dream been concretised? What are the assessments and the perspectives of the Bandung Legacy for the Global Future? What are the challenges and the opportunities to make the dream come true?

This book is an attempt to answer those questions. It is written by scholars from diverse countries and scientific fields, alphabetically: ATY Mourad (Algeria), BAKRIE Connie Rahakundini (Indonesia/Russia), BAZIÉ Isaac (Burkina Faso/Canada), BEGGAR Abdel (France), BISSIO Beatriz (Uruguay/Brazil), CIMEK Gracjan (Poland), DJUMALA Darmansjah (Indonesia), DRWESKI Bruno (France), FAHLEVVI Mohammad Rezza (Indonesia), FASOLA Pietro (Italy), GIRI Ananta Kumar (India), HOU Xiaochen (China), HUHN Jan Niklas (Germany), INDRAYANI Etin (Indonesia), KHUDORI Darwis (Indonesia/France), MISHRA Pramod Kumar (India), MOHANTY Manoranjan (India), MOKAM David (Cameroon), NETSWERA Fulufhelo (South Africa), PANGOP Kameni Alain Cyr (Cameroon), RAI Dhananjay (India), REDIX George (USA), SANTOS Jamille Macedo Oliveira (Brazil), SEIXLACK Alessandra Gonzalez de Carvalho (Brazil), SHI Qing (China), STOICA Diana Sfetlana (Romania/Hungary), TAHULELA Aifani (South Africa), TIBURZI Fabio (Italy), VOLOSYUK Olga (Russia), WARDAYA Baskara T. (Indonesia), WARGADINATA Ella L. (Indonesia), WILKINSON T.P. (USA/Portugal), ZHUKOV Nikita (Russia).