Abstract This article analyzes how and why contemporary Global South countries’ South–South cooperation (SSC) exhibits a convergence between normative and material interests. The normative approach underlines that SSC is driven by a country’s experience with colonialism and underdevelopment. SSC is perceived as a mechanism to alter the Global South’s asymmetrical relations with the dominant Global North. The material approach highlights the strategic values of SSC for Southern powers. Through SSC, Southern countries desire to improve their reputation, garner support from other South countries in international fora, and pursue their own broader economic agendas. By utilizing domestic politics analysis, Indonesia’s experience shows that a more pragmatic approach to SSC reflects a broader transformation of Indonesia’s domestic political configuration. While Indonesia’s early practices of SSC prefer normative over material interests, the country’s current policies display a convergence of its material and normative interests, which signifies the emergence of ‘interest-based Third World solidarity’.

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印度尼西亚的南南合作：当规范利益和物质利益融合时

摘要 本文分析了当代全球南方国家的南南合作（SSC）如何以及为何表现出规范利益和物质利益之间的趋同。规范方法强调，南南合作是由一个国家的殖民主义和欠发达经验驱动的。SSC 被认为是一种改变全球南方与占主导地位的全球北方的不对称关系的机制。物质方法突出了南南合作对南方大国的战略价值。通过南南合作，南方国家希望提高自己的声誉，在国际论坛上获得其他南方国家的支持，并追求自己更广泛的经济议程。通过利用国内政治分析，印度尼西亚的经验表明，对南南合作采取更务实的做法反映了印度尼西亚国内政治格局的更广泛转变。虽然印度尼西亚早期的 SSC 实践更喜欢规范而非物质利益，但该国目前的政策显示出其物质利益和规范利益的融合，这标志着“基于利益的第三世​​界团结”的出现。