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Discussing gender and sexuality is subtly uncommon or even considered ‘taboo’ in some parts of the world. This phenomenon is caused by ancient social constructions of gender. Steans and Pettiford (2009) stated that these social constructions of genders have been identified also as sexual differences that have dynamically and gradually changed throughout history. The primordial beliefs of gender are various among world civilizations and cultures. (Steans & Pettiford, 2009: 323-324). Initially, the term ‘gender’ is used to dichotomize fundamental differences between men and women. (Puspitawati, 2013). Gender has to be distinguished from sexuality. (Fakih, 1996). The concept of gender is introduced by social scientists to examine and explain the differences of ‘natural/biological' and ‘social construction’ of mankind that have been consistently developed and socialized primordially. Sexuality by biological nature, defined male as creatures who have a penis and produce sperm; meanw...

In a primordial and conventional Indonesian culture, an ‘ideal woman’ is depicted as a loving wife and a caring mother. A wife who always obeys her husband and always-caring for her family. This kind of ‘template’ or ‘blueprint’ has developed into a seemingly permanent standard and norms in social institutions, and it has been and will always be developed from time to time. Hence, this condition will affect how society ‘shapes’ women, especially how the men view women, and how women view themselves in which how they would put their ‘roles’ in the social process in society. Source: www.tirto.co.id As time goes by, this primordial nature of how society views women as ‘second-class’ citizens and how they depict women ‘only’ as a loving wife and a caring mother, should not be conserved anymore. The women’s emancipation and the feminist waves of movements have been consistently increasing women’s participation in society. Initially, the whole world and civilizations, particularly Indonesian...

The economic zone is developed to conduct economic functions, such as creating a conducive economic environment to develop investments and to ease the trade process for economic growth. (Rustidja et al., 2017). Conceptually, an economic zone is made to increase economic growth and accelerate investments, and eventually improve the welfare of the locals. Despite the positive advantages through the development of the economic zone, should the development process include the concern for its sustainability, especially to the environment. Indonesia adopted the ‘special economic zone’ and implemented it since 2009, to develop the region and sector. Namely ‘Kawasan Ekonomi Khusus Mandalika’ in West Nusa Tenggara. This paper will discuss how Mandalika is promising for Indonesia to develop its national branding as soft power in the region of Indo-Pacific. Source: Liputan6.com The name ‘Mandalika’ itself is derived from a legendary figure, Princess Mandalika which was famous for her beautiful fa...

Classical realists assume that human nature is self-centered and egotistic. Realism in international relations clearly stated that national interests are the most important thing to pursue in order to maintain national survivability. In order to pursue their national interests, nations must maximize their power. Classical realists focus on nations as the primary actors, which are rational and driven by their self-interests. Unlike classical realists, structural realists (neorealists) recognized non-state actors.  Though international trade is not realists' main concern, it can be analyzed using the neoliberalism perspective. Which neorealists argue that international trade is a process of the liberalized economy as a process that creates a positive-sum game, meaning that one states’ win, can be other states’ win too, regardless of the sum of advantage. Indonesia is the largest tuna-exporting country in the world (as per 2020), Indonesia and Japan are bonded in various internation...

Since 2004, Cool Japan is known as the instrument of Japanese public diplomacy. Japan is using pop culture as its multi-track diplomacy instrument. Cool Japan initiative is one of Japan's foreign policies to introduce Japanese pop culture across the world, especially Indonesia. Cool Japan is part of Japan’s foreign policy to enhance its nation branding prestige globally. Source: https://www.ana-cooljapan.com/ In the 1990s, Japan faced an economic crisis and experienced economic growth stagnancy (0% per year) which decreased national productivity and later will affect human capital decay. Though Japan has its industrial power, it cannot help Japan's economic growth. Douglas McGray in 2002 stated Japan as a cultural superpower. He stated Japan has its own potential using pop culture. Anime and manga are popular in the United States, fashion magazines and Japanese music have gained popularity in Taiwan and Europe. Japanese Game, ‘Pokemon’ is globally popular. Based on this, the go...

Foto: NBCNews.com “Made in China” , begitulah kata yang dapat kita sematkan pada virus yang satu ini, memang sedikit kasar jika penyematan kata made in China ini digunakan namun memang begitulah adanya. Virus ini dijuluki corona , namanya memang keren meskipun dampaknya tidak keren. Awal mulanya, virus ini disebut “Wuhan virus” karena memang outbreak terjadi pertama kali di Wuhan, China. Later, WHO mengumumkan official-name dari penyakit ini sebagai CoViD-19. “Co” berarti corona , “Vi” berarti virus, dan “D” berarti disease . Virus yang menyebabkan penyakit ini adalah SARS-CoV-2, nama ini diberikan oleh International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. [1] Wabah ini mengingatkan kita pada pandemi yang terjadi pada 2003 di mana kala itu wabah SARS melanda dunia. Berawal dari Wuhan, dan per detik ini (21 Maret 2020, pukul 20.00) berdasarkan data yang diperoleh dari WorldoMeter.info dan WHO, sebanyak 285,623 kasus CoVid-19 terjadi di seluruh dunia den...