#Politics
Rice politics: From New Order to Reformasi
By Nikolaus Loy, a lecturer on international relations at the UPN Veteran, Yogyakarta
Indonesia can no longer be pacifist on the South China Sea issue
By Nikolaus Loy, a lecturer on international relations at the UPN Veteran University. Yogyakarta
What if China, Russia take profit from oil trading?
Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Central Asia in a post-COVID-19-pandemic series of meetings of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on September 15 and 16, 2022. Xi's choice to make his first visit to the SCO showed the importance of the event.
Ex-Terror Convict Abu Bakar Ba'asyir attended Independence Day Ceremony
Ex-terror convict Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, known as the spiritual leader of shadowy militant group Jemaah Islamiyah that aims to establish an Islamic state in Indonesia, did the unthinkable on Wednesday as he participated in the Independence Day ceremony at his boarding school in the Central Java district of Sukoharjo. It was also the first ever August 17 ceremony to be held by the Al Mukmin Islamic Boarding School since Ba’asyir founded it in 1972.
Indonesia, US hold Super Garuda Shield amidst growing concern on China military rise
Indonesia, the United States and their 13 allies are holding a joint military drill that reflect their responses on the China's military rise. The Super Garuda Shield (SGS) exercise takes place on August 1-14, 2022.
Jokowi visits South Korea, Japan to boost investments, hinders future conflicts
Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo made a series of visits to East Asian countries to boost investments and hedge future conflicts. Widodo and his entourage started their visit to China followed by Japan and South Korea.
What if Elon Musk controls cyber, space?
Conventional discourse defines geopolitics as the projection and implementation of bargaining positions in international relations in terms of the geographical position of a country or region relative to other countries and regions (Ratzel, 1897; Kjellen 1917). It is in that context that the concept and doctrine of military superiority as a symbol of land control (Mackinder, 1904; Haushoffer (1941), sea (Mahan, 1890), and air (Doughet, Francis, 2020) gets its accentuation.
