Issue 2020 - Volume 14 Issue 2

Issue 14:2

Yusa Djuyandi, Ratnia Solihah, Siti Witianti

The Impact of Globalisation on the Privatisation Policy of Some State Enterprises in Indonesia

Globalisation is considered to have positively impacted some third world countries because it is believed to have the power to improve the life quality of citizens. However, anti-globalisation groups believe that the globalisation wave has made third world countries vulnerable to exploitation. In Indonesia in particular, globalisation has had both positive and negative impacts. One of the negative impacts is the growing global demand for the privatisation of state-owned enterprises.…

Issue 14:2

Kenneth Brendan Houston

Pseudo Neutrality in Intra-State Conflict: Myanmar’s Official Discourse on Rakhine

Although the most recent manifestation of conflict in Rakhine can be traced to the coordinated attack on Myanmar security forces in August 2017 by Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (hereafter ARSA), it goes without saying that the problem has a longer history. For this paper a corpus of official Myanmar government sources was examined qualitatively using the critical discourse analysis (CDA) method. Within the official pronouncements of the Myanmar state since August 2017 we can discern the…

Issue 14:2

Asadov Babek Rashid ogli, Utkin Nikolay Ivanovich

International Legal and Organizational Framework for OSCE Activities in the Context of Human Security

This paper examines some aspects of the formation of the legal and organizational foundations of the OSCE's "human dimension" as a necessary channel for maintaining peace and security.Development of this direction, which goes beyond human rights issues, involves expanding the scope of scientific discourse in order to understand objective ideas about the humanitarian essence of the security of this actor. Various regulatory legal and organizational practices have formed over time, corresponding…

Issue 14:2

Jan Slavíček

S. P. Huntington’s Civilizations Twenty-Five Years On

The study is based on the concept of Huntington's civilizations. They were used as a methodological basis for an analysis of the changes in their geopolitical power between 1995–2020 with the following conclusions: 1) The large population growth of 1995-2020 has been driven primarily by African, Islamic and Hindu civilizations, 2) Economically, the unquestionable superiority of Western civilization has remained, although its share has declined. A large economic growth has been mainly seen in…

Issue 14:2

Radka Havlová

Sino-Qatari Relations after the ‘Qatar Blockade’ in the Context of the Regional Implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative

The article examines the development of the relations between China and Qatar since the ‘Qatar blockade’ in June 2017. Both Qatar and China view themselves as strategic partners and their relations are developing on the diplomatic and political level as well as in the field of economy and finances regardless of the ‘Qatar blockade’ and Qatar’s subsequent regional isolation. The article explains that since the introduction of the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013, the mutual…

Issue 14:2

Masitoh Indriani, Amira Paripurna, Sascha Hardt

The Age of Fake News: How Does It Impact Social Cohesion and Democracy in Indonesia?

Fake news as a phenomenon has now created real-world consequences. Saracen, the online syndicate and producer of fake news in Indonesia, has exploited ethnic, racial, and religious differences. Through social networks, fake news has spread with lightning speed and is often unchallenged and uncorrected. As a result, it has threatened social cohesion and Indonesia’s security. This article aims to explore the Indonesian government’s legal and non-legal measures for addressing fake news as a…

Issue 14:2

Caroline Paskarina, Rina Hermawati, Nuraeni

Divided by Hashtags, Unrepresented Citizenship: Findings from 2019 Indonesia Electoral Discourse in Twitter

The 2019 Presidential Election has its own uniqueness compared to the previous presidential ones because the dynamics began with the emergence of #2019GantiPresiden, which means that the year of 2019 is the time to elect a new president. This hashtag appeared even before the stages of the 2019 presidential election officially began. Afterwards, various hashtags appeared alternately as markers of issues that developed during the presidential election. This article uses Twitter analysis during…

Issue 14:2

Diah Fatma Sjoraida

Development of Political Communication through Social Media

This study explains how the process of political communication that is still conventionally transformed through social media. A descriptive qualitative research method is followed. The results of this study show that the use of social media by politicians in the practice of political communication has a significant impact on people's political behaviour. The development of communication technology has penetrated the lives of humanity. One form of development of communication technology is new…

Issue 14:2

Adityo Darmawan Sudagung, Maya Bofa, Feliani

Desecuritisation of Brunei’s Sharia Penal Code on the Punishment towards LGBTIO

This paper aims to explain policy changes of Brunei’s Sharia Penal Code (SPC) regarding punishment towards the LGBTIQ community. The SPC was quietly announced in December 2018, which initially would have been implemented in April 2019. However, in May 2019, the Sultan announced that his government would not implement the SPC. The policy changes of Bolkiah will be analyse d by a qualitative method with rational choice and Securitisation theory. Data will be collected through secondary data from…

Issue 14:2

Indra Prawira, Rahmat Edi Irawan

Competition for Public Influencer in the New Democratic Era: Online News Media Strategy in Monopolising Political Communication

The media or press is losing its monopoly over the dissemination of information between the public and political actors as communication becomes more personal (Chaffee and Metzger, 2001). Therefore, it could be assumed that the mainstream media is less influential in constructing public opinion, especially in determining public agendas through the news. This phenomenon invites debate about whether the media will continue to decline due to the loss of its function mass communication (Chaffee and…

Issue 14:2

Abdulla bin Ali Al Khalifa

The Importance of Eastern African Countries in the Security of the GCC Countries

Relations between the countries of the Arabian Gulf and the African continent, especially the East African countries, are old and have deep historical connections and stretch to prehistoric periods. They witnessed migrations, whether it was individual or collective, due to the rule of geographical proximity and ease of transport through ships in the sea or camel riding. Geographically, the continents of Asia and Africa were connected by land through the Suez Peninsula, before the Suez Canal was…

2020 - Volume 14 Issue 2

Competition for Public Influencer in the New Democratic Era:…

The media or press is losing its monopoly over the dissemination of information between the public and political actors as communication becomes more personal (Chaffee and Metzger, 2001). Therefore, it could be assumed that the mainstream media is less influential in constructing public opinion,…

Desecuritisation of Brunei’s Sharia Penal Code on the Punishment…

This paper aims to explain policy changes of Brunei’s Sharia Penal Code (SPC) regarding punishment towards the LGBTIQ community. The SPC was quietly announced in December 2018, which initially would have been implemented in April 2019. However, in May 2019, the Sultan announced that his government…

Development of Political Communication through Social Media

This study explains how the process of political communication that is still conventionally transformed through social media. A descriptive qualitative research method is followed. The results of this study show that the use of social media by politicians in the practice of political communication…

Divided by Hashtags, Unrepresented Citizenship: Findings from…

The 2019 Presidential Election has its own uniqueness compared to the previous presidential ones because the dynamics began with the emergence of #2019GantiPresiden, which means that the year of 2019 is the time to elect a new president. This hashtag appeared even before the stages of the 2019…

The Importance of Eastern African Countries in the Security of…

Relations between the countries of the Arabian Gulf and the African continent, especially the East African countries, are old and have deep historical connections and stretch to prehistoric periods. They witnessed migrations, whether it was individual or collective, due to the rule of geographical…

The Age of Fake News: How Does It Impact Social Cohesion and…

Fake news as a phenomenon has now created real-world consequences. Saracen, the online syndicate and producer of fake news in Indonesia, has exploited ethnic, racial, and religious differences. Through social networks, fake news has spread with lightning speed and is often unchallenged and…

Sino-Qatari Relations after the ‘Qatar Blockade’ in the Context…

The article examines the development of the relations between China and Qatar since the ‘Qatar blockade’ in June 2017. Both Qatar and China view themselves as strategic partners and their relations are developing on the diplomatic and political level as well as in the field of economy and finances…

S. P. Huntington’s Civilizations Twenty-Five Years On

The study is based on the concept of Huntington's civilizations. They were used as a methodological basis for an analysis of the changes in their geopolitical power between 1995–2020 with the following conclusions: 1) The large population growth of 1995-2020 has been driven primarily by African,…

International Legal and Organizational Framework for OSCE…

This paper examines some aspects of the formation of the legal and organizational foundations of the OSCE's "human dimension" as a necessary channel for maintaining peace and security.Development of this direction, which goes beyond human rights issues, involves expanding the scope of scientific…

Pseudo Neutrality in Intra-State Conflict: Myanmar’s Official…

Although the most recent manifestation of conflict in Rakhine can be traced to the coordinated attack on Myanmar security forces in August 2017 by Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (hereafter ARSA), it goes without saying that the problem has a longer history. For this paper a corpus of official…

The Impact of Globalisation on the Privatisation Policy of Some…

Globalisation is considered to have positively impacted some third world countries because it is believed to have the power to improve the life quality of citizens. However, anti-globalisation groups believe that the globalisation wave has made third world countries vulnerable to exploitation. In…