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Indonesia-France Relations in the Field of Defense: Rational Choice Amid Global Pressure International Relations East Asia and the Pacific
  • Jul 2026, 21
  • Abdullah Akbar Rafsanjani
Indonesia-France Relations in the Field of Defense: Rational Choice Amid Global Pressure

This article analyzes Indonesia's ambitious military modernization through its strategic...

Databases are Power: Geopolitics of AI Health and the Fate of the Global South International Relations East Asia and the Pacific
  • Jul 2026, 17
  • Bobyano Dolyamano Blessing Purba
Databases are Power: Geopolitics of AI Health and the Fate of the Global South

DeepRare is being hailed as a major breakthrough in the...

Prabowo’s Empty Chair in Kazan and the Rising Cost of Non-Alignment International Relations East Asia and the Pacific
  • Jul 2026, 14
  • Aniello Iannone
Prabowo’s Empty Chair in Kazan and the Rising Cost of Non-Alignment

This article analyzes President Prabowo’s decision to skip the June...

ASEAN Sibling Rivalry: A Grassroots Challenge to ASEANization International Relations East Asia and the Pacific
  • Jul 2026, 10
  • Abdullah Akbar Rafsanjani
ASEAN Sibling Rivalry: A Grassroots Challenge to ASEANization

This article analyzes the phenomenon of "sibling rivalry" at the...

Participation Without Influence in Indonesia’s Nickel Benefit Sharing Business and Economy East Asia and the Pacific
  • Jul 2026, 05
  • Ashari Cahyo Edi
Participation Without Influence in Indonesia’s Nickel Benefit Sharing

This article examines how Indonesia’s nickel downstreaming policy has driven...

What China's Global Initiatives and the ASEAN Way Can Contribute For the Future of Multipolar Order International Relations East Asia and the Pacific
  • Jun 2026, 12
  • Ahmad Nurcholis
What China's Global Initiatives and the ASEAN Way Can Contribute For the Future of Multipolar Order

This article evaluates the normative frameworks offered by China’s four...

How the ASEAN Way Manages Conflict: Lessons from the Thailand–Cambodia Crisis International Relations East Asia and the Pacific
  • Jun 2026, 02
  • Izzul Fatchu Reza
How the ASEAN Way Manages Conflict: Lessons from the Thailand–Cambodia Crisis

This article examines the 2025 Thailand–Cambodia border conflict to evaluate...

ASEAN, Middle Power, and Global Crisis International Relations East Asia and the Pacific
  • May 2026, 29
  • Hadi Prayitno
ASEAN, Middle Power, and Global Crisis

This article examines the May 2026 ASEAN Summit in Cebu...

Rhetoric and Realpolitik: Xi-Trump Meeting and Its Implications for the Global South International Relations East Asia and the Pacific
  • May 2026, 23
  • Erik Ardiyanto
Rhetoric and Realpolitik: Xi-Trump Meeting and Its Implications for the Global South

This article examines the May 2026 Beijing summit between Xi...

How Jakarta's Waste Policy Turned Bantar Gebang Into a Climate Time Bomb Environment and Sustainability East Asia and the Pacific
  • May 2026, 18
  • Nur Azizah Nafa Apriliandani
How Jakarta's Waste Policy Turned Bantar Gebang Into a Climate Time Bomb

This article examines how the systemic failure of urban waste...

Trump's Narcissistic Foreign Policy: A Lesson for Indonesia International Relations East Asia and the Pacific
  • May 2026, 15
  • Ahmad Nurcholis
Trump's Narcissistic Foreign Policy: A Lesson for Indonesia

This article examines how the rise of narcissistic foreign policy—exemplified...

Jakarta Is Sinking While Nusantara Rises Environment and Sustainability East Asia and the Pacific
  • May 2026, 08
  • Sahar Manzoor
Jakarta Is Sinking While Nusantara Rises

Indonesia is spending Rp 75.8 trillion (around US$4.7 billion) building...

Fractured Soul in Jerebuu: A Social Critique from the Nation’s Edge Politics and Society East Asia and the Pacific
  • Apr 2026, 24
  • Fithri Dzakiyyah Hafizah
Fractured Soul in Jerebuu: A Social Critique from the Nation’s Edge

This article examines the tragic death of a child in...

The Strategic Autonomy of Invisible Indonesia International Relations East Asia and the Pacific
  • Apr 2026, 17
  • Ararat Kostanian
The Strategic Autonomy of Invisible Indonesia

This article critically examines Indonesia’s evolving role from a quiet...

Where Is the Collective Solidarity? ASEAN on Hold at the Strait of Hormuz: Prabowo-Anwar’s Bilateral Geopolitics and the Erosion of Regional Unity International Relations East Asia and the Pacific
  • Apr 2026, 10
  • Nani Septianie
Where Is the Collective Solidarity? ASEAN on Hold at the Strait of Hormuz: Prabowo-Anwar’s Bilateral Geopolitics and the Erosion of Regional Unity

This article examines how disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz...

The Price of Being in the Room: Indonesia and the Power Politics of Gaza’s Day After International Relations East Asia and the Pacific
  • Apr 2026, 03
  • Aniello Iannone
The Price of Being in the Room: Indonesia and the Power Politics of Gaza’s Day After

This article examines Indonesia’s participation in the Board of Peace...

What CK Hutchison told us in Panama Case? International Relations East Asia and the Pacific
  • Mar 2026, 30
  • Wallace Loo
What CK Hutchison told us in Panama Case?

This article examines what the attempted sale of CK Hutchison's...

Poverty Alleviation in Kebumen Regency, Central Java: Collaboration, Empowerment, and Infrastructure Politics and Society East Asia and the Pacific
  • Mar 2026, 23
  • Kaamiliaa Dewi
Poverty Alleviation in Kebumen Regency, Central Java: Collaboration, Empowerment, and Infrastructure

This article examines poverty alleviation efforts in Kebumen Regency, Central...

From Bosnia to the Board of Peace: Moral Signaling and Islamic Legitimacy in Indonesian Foreign Policy International Relations East Asia and the Pacific
  • Mar 2026, 16
  • Tufan Kutay Boran
From Bosnia to the Board of Peace: Moral Signaling and Islamic Legitimacy in Indonesian Foreign Policy

This article analyzes Indonesia's participation in the US-led Board of...

Free Meals, Missing Books: The Cost of Misaligned Policy in Indonesia Politics and Society East Asia and the Pacific
  • Mar 2026, 13
  • Wahyu Wulandari
Free Meals, Missing Books: The Cost of Misaligned Policy in Indonesia

This article critically examines Indonesia’s Makan Bergizi Gratis (MBG) programme,...

The Laughter of Resistance: Context Collapse, Political Literacy, and the Psychology of Efficacy in Pandji Pragiwaksono’s Mens Rea Politics and Society East Asia and the Pacific
  • Mar 2026, 09
  • Moch Dimas Maulana
The Laughter of Resistance: Context Collapse, Political Literacy, and the Psychology of Efficacy in Pandji Pragiwaksono’s Mens Rea

This article examines the socio-political impact of Pandji Pragiwaksono’s stand-up...

Forging ASEAN 2025: A Critical Analysis of the Kuala Lumpur Declaration International Relations East Asia and the Pacific
  • Mar 2026, 02
  • Paul Anthony SImon Balagtas
Forging ASEAN 2025: A Critical Analysis of the Kuala Lumpur Declaration

This article critically examines the ASEAN 2025 vision and the...

La Galigo and Blue Pacific: Maritime Solidarity from the Archipelago to the Pacific History East Asia and the Pacific
  • Feb 2026, 27
  • Bobyano Dolyamano Blessing Purba
La Galigo and Blue Pacific: Maritime Solidarity from the Archipelago to the Pacific

This article reinterprets the contemporary “Blue Pacific” concept through La...

Are Men Consistently Neglecting Gender Issues in Current Indonesian Politics? Politics and Society East Asia and the Pacific
  • Feb 2026, 23
  • Fanny Syariful Alam
Are Men Consistently Neglecting Gender Issues in Current Indonesian Politics?

This article examines the persistent "political masculinity" in Indonesia, 41...

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