Vol. I No. 3 | July 2020

Authors:
Annisa D. Amalia, Lecturer, Department of International Relations, Universitas Indonesia.
Evi Fitriani, Senior Lecturer, Department of International Relations, Universitas Indonesia.
Sally Texania, Visual Arts Independent Curator.

Summary
As the international society continue to witness varying forms of threats to humanity, the concept of ‘human security’ as introduced by the state has constantly been challenged for its inadequacy to capture and address the realities of human insecurity. The silver lining of this situation, however, relies on how those mainstream ideas of human securities are continuously contested and redefined through the medium of art. Through the use of alternative public and transnational space, art represents sincere aspirations of the people and facilitate them to realize their vision of their own – and others’ – (in)securities, beyond the imaginary, yet powerful, wall of sovereignty which serve the national and rational interests of the powerful actors.

Keywords: arts, human security, relational aesthetics, representations of (in)security

Vol. I No. 2 | June 2020

Authors:
Annisa D. Amalia, Lecturer, Department of International Relations, Universitas Indonesia.
Fredy Buhama Lumban Tobing, Senior Lecturer, Department of International Relations, Universitas Indonesia.
Riza Iskandar, Outreach/Engagement Specialist at Compact Development Team for MCC2 Program, Ministry of National Development Planning, Republic of Indonesia

Summary
As the international community enters the era of ‘sustainable development’, humanity’s most existential threats persist. It provokes questions regarding the state’s responsibility and the relevance of the existing development framework across the globe. The discussion implies that although security-development nexus has posited human at the core of its discourses, the practices remain paradoxical. However, the call to engage human beings as development subjects and to embrace their diverse experiences and realities has gradually diminished the disillusionment of ‘development from below’.

Keywords: empowerment, neoliberal politics, state-centrism, sustainable development

Vol. I No. 1 | June 2020

Authors:
Annisa D. Amalia (Lecturer, Department of International Relations, Universitas Indonesia)
Ani W. Soetjipto (Senior Lecturer, Department of International Relations, Universitas Indonesia)
Andi Yentriyani (Commissioner, Komnas Perempuan [Indonesia National Commission on Violence against Women])

Summary
While gender equality has been widely acknowledged as a key indicator for development, Indonesia has continued to see unsolved crisis concerning women. The concept of human security which posits human beings at the centre of the policy response is apparently inadequate. However, more than merely reconceptualizing the concept and substantively translating them into political actions, there is an urgency for meticulously rethinking the all-encompassing structure within which human security is executed.

Keywords: cultural relativism, gender, patriarchy, sustainable human development