Human Security in Border Area: Security or Welfare?

Human Security in Border Area: Security or Welfare?

Vol. II / No. 1 | January 2021

Authors:
Sandy Nur Ikfal Raharjo (Researcher, Research Center for Politics – Indonesian Institute of Science [P2P-LIPI])
Yuni R. Intarti (Lecturer, Department of International Relations, Universitas Indonesia)

Summary
This article aims to briefly discuss the issues related to Indonesia’s land and maritime borders. The state border issue is not only based on the state security approach but also human security, as the dynamics at Indonesia’s borders also affect welfare, social conditions, and even legal protection for Indonesians residing around these areas. This article was then ended with a reflection on the management of human security issues at the Indonesian Border.

Keywords: agreement, border, conflict, indigenous people, transnational crime

Human Security in Border Area: Security or Welfare?

Where Human Security Meets International Political Economy: The Layers Beneath NorthSouth Development Partnership

Vol. I / No. 14 | December 2020

Authors:
Annisa D. Amalia (Lecturer, Department of International Relations, Universitas Indonesia)
Saiti Gusrini ( Program Manager Democracy & Human Rights (EIDHR/ASEAN), EU Delegation to Indonesia and Brunei Darussalam)
Shofwan Al-Banna Choiruzzad (Lecturer, Department of International Relations, Universitas Indonesia)

Summary
The debate on human security generally revolves around how multilateral and intergovernmental institutions formulate all kinds of initiatives, principles, guidelines to promote and protect human security and convince member states to adopt such agreements as well as conversation about the potential consequences for states by ratifying, or not ratifying certain agreements. In this increasingly heightened debate, non-state actors continue to assert their relevance. The role of business consultants in shaping human security-friendly corporate policies remains largely unheard but has become increasingly important. Through business assessments and advocacy of ‘profit, planet, and people’, business consultants continue to make sure that profit-maximizing corporations make necessary efforts to protect environmental sustainability and social harmony.

Keywords: human rights, development, North-South, norms, global political economy

Human Security in Border Area: Security or Welfare?

Locating the Human in Film: the Politics and Aesthetics of A Capitalistic Global Industry

Vol. I / No. 13 | November 2020

Authors:
Avyanthi Aziz (Lecturer, Department of International Relations, Universitas Indonesia)
Lisabona Rahman (Consultant, Film Preservation and Restoration)

Summary
For those trained in International Relations (IR), the world of cinema might be highly relatable, in particular because the structure of the film domain itself is reminiscent of the abstracted
international system we learned in classrooms. Film is situated, where politics, capital, and culture meet. This entanglement means that film embodies several things at once. In this respect, to practice film in IR also means to seriously regard, and bring back into play, critical perspectives that the discipline has largely ignored following the triumph of liberalism in the aftermath of the Cold War. We explicitly offer Indonesia as a positionality, in navigating the spatial dimensions and various levels of the global industry. We assert its use a lens to clarify the potentials and challenges in doing film and IR.

Keywords: film industry, postcolonial, visual International Relations

Human Security in Border Area: Security or Welfare?

Human Security in Indonesia’s Energy Security: Searching for A Balance

Vol. I / No. 11 | November 2020

Authors:
Asra Virgianita (Senior lecturer at Department of International Relations, Universitas Indonesia)
Rakhmat Syarip (Lecturer at Department of International Relations, Universitas Indonesia)
Kevin Siahaan (Investor Relations at PT. PLN (Persero))

Summary
What is the relationship between energy and human security? Is the former entwined with the latter, or do both concepts exist in a separate realm? To what extent does Indonesia’s electricity sector achieve both? What policy actions can be proposed to improve the attainment of both in Indonesia’s electricity sector? This short article aims to offer some insights.

Keywords: Sustainability of Life, Multi-stakeholder Approach

Human Security in Border Area: Security or Welfare?

Business Consultants: New Actors of Human Security?

Vol. I / No. 11 | November 2020

Authors:
Yandry Kurniawan (Lecturer, Department of International Relations, Universitas Indonesia)

Summary
The debate on human security generally revolves around how multilateral and intergovernmental institutions formulate all kinds of initiatives, principles, guidelines to promote and protect human security and convince member states to adopt such agreements as well as conversation about the potential consequences for states by ratifying, or not ratifying certain agreements. In this increasingly heightened debate, non-state actors continue to assert their relevance. The role of business consultants in shaping human security-friendly corporate policies remains largely unheard but has become increasingly important. Through business assessments and advocacy of ‘profit, planet, and people’, business consultants continue to make sure that profit-maximizing corporations make necessary efforts to protect environmental sustainability and social harmony.

Keywords: consulting firm, transnational corporate, human security, sustainable development

Human Security in Border Area: Security or Welfare?

Human Security in Counterterrorism: When More Than Rhetoric Is Critically Needed

Vol. I / No. 10 | October 2020

Authors:
Ali Abdullah Wibisono (Lecturer, Department of International Relations, Universitas Indonesia)
Chaula Rininta Anindya (Independent Researcher on Counterterrorism)
Aisha Rasyidila Kusumasomantri (Lecturer, Department of International Relations, Universitas Indonesia and Independent Researcher on Terrorism issues.)

 

Summary
To what extent is human security relevant for terrorism and counterterrorism? Human security is rarely utilized as an operationalizing concept in terrorism studies, yet its basic tenets on individual security is relevant in understanding terrorism and counterterrorism approaches. This article argues that human security is useful to assess the government’s responses to terrorism due to the fact that terrorist networks have exploited individuals’ vulnerabilities to lure them to the network. The use of force alone is inadequate to neutralize the threats, human security will fill the missing pieces in counterterrorism to create a holistic approach.

Keywords: Human Security, Terrorism, Counterterrorism

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