Vol. I No. 7 | September 2020

Authors:
Annisa D. Amalia (Lecturer, Department of International Relations, Universitas Indonesia)
Edy Prasetyono (Senior Lecturer, Department of International Relations, Universitas Indonesia)
Andi Widjajanto (Senior Advisor, Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Indonesia)

Summary
The concept of human security, which has been praised for its purpose to challenge state’s domination in the realm of security, evidently opens up avenues for exercising state’s power. The state’s control over securitisation strategy and the lack of non-state powers to address human insecurities have attracted the profound debate on state versus human security and raised the question on “whose security should be protected?”. While a call for rethinking the concept of security is being voiced out, the concern over the protection of human welfare should be given the same degree of attention.

Keywords: state security, securitisation, militarization, human welfare

Vol. I No. 6 | August 2020

Authors:
Annisa D. Amalia (Lecturer, Department of International Relations, Universitas Indonesia)
Hariyadi Wirawan (Senior Lecturer, Department of International Relations, Universitas Indonesia)
Nara Masista Rakhmatia (Diplomat, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Indonesia in Geneva, Switzerland)

Summary
Despite the success of multilateral diplomacy to raise a global concern over human security, the
principle of state’s sovereignty often clashes with the idea and practice of people-centred
security itself—whereby state does not only act as an impediment but also threat to the security
of their people. Multilateral diplomacy, on one hand, provides opportunity for international
actors to continuously contest and reconstruct ideas of human security, yet whether discursive
power of multilateral diplomacy can actually protect human security remains an open question.

Keywords: international cooperation, discursive power, multilateral diplomacy, narratives,
sovereignty.

Authors:
Annisa D. Amalia, Lecturer, Department of International Relations, Universitas Indonesia.
Nurul Isnaeni, Senior Lecturer, Department of International Relations, Universitas Indonesia.
Ardian Alhadath, Senior Consultant, ERM Indonesia, Timika

Summary
The growing concern over environmental degradation and its impacts on future generations has forced global actors to put forward the principles of environmental justice. However, even though the principles have been mainstreamed and adopted in various policies at all levels, the practices remain flawed. In addition to questions over the state’s political will, capacity and development mindset, forms of resistance from local society also serve as the key practical barrier to realizing the principles of environmental justice. To address these challenges, a system of good governance, which is based on not only the inclusive dialogue but also consensus among stakeholders, must be effectively maintained in order to break the walls impeding the realization of ‘environmental justice’.

Keywords: environmental justice, sustainability, equal distribution, resistance, good governance

Authors:
Annisa D. Amalia, Lecturer, Department of International Relations, Universitas Indonesia.
Makmur Keliat, Senior Lecturer, Department of International Relations, Universitas Indonesia.
Eric Sugandi, Project Consultant, Asia Development Bank Institute, Tokyo

Summary
Human security agenda often provokes a debate on “whose security to be protected, and by whom?”. The personal and national level of security are seen as mutually exclusive. The current global Covid-19 outbreak has taught us that resolving insecurities, most particularly the economic insecurities, cannot be detached from the government’s responsibility to boost the national economic recovery, for the sake of securing the (economic) life of the people. The bolstered state’s role here should not be regarded as the promotion of protectionism, but instead reinforce the need to advance an intensive collaboration between multiple stakeholders, particularly between the state and international financial institutions.

Keywords: Covid-19, economic security, economic recovery, financial institutions, international cooperation