Geopolitik

  • Amerika vs Islam

    Eriyanto, “Amerika” versus “Islam”, Pantau 5 Nov 01

  • Primitive Acumulation in Africa: Zimbabwe

    Zimbabwe’s Triple Crisis: Primitive Accumulation, Nation-State Formation

  • Keresahan Rakyat, Populisme, dan Fondasi (Baru) Fasisme di Indonesia

    Roysepta Abimanyu* Delapan tahun sudah transisi demokratik berjalan di Indonesia. Tuntutan demi tuntutan demokratik dan kerakyatan sudah dikedepankan dan mampu meruntuhkan simbol-simbol kekuasaan otoritarian yang sebelumnya seperti tak tersentuh. Sampai tahun 2003, Soeharto menjadi tuntutan yang ditagih berbagai macam kelompok rakyat. Dwifungsi militer telah disoroti sedemikian rupa sehingga tanpa campur tangan Amerika Serikat dan Perang…

  • Note de synthèse : Politique de la défense d’UE

    1. Introduction L’organisation d’une Europe de défense s’est déjà commencée depuis le déroulement de La Guerre froide. Elle était une partie de l’Alliance atlantique contre l’Union soviétique et ses pays alliés dans le pacte Varsovie. Les menaces étaient claires, limitées dans un seul bloc de rideau de fer. Mais après l’implosion l’Union soviétique, les menaces…

  • Note de Synthèse : Humanitarian Crisis and International Cooperation

    1. Introduction The world certainly now faces many grave humanitarian crisis that need large scale cooperation. They have different locations, different source and different extension, from the AIDS crisis that has been menacing the existance of many sub-Saharan African nations to failure of war-devastated countries like Nepal to provide basic health service. Certain infra-state armed…

  • West African Crisis

    Introduction During the 1990s, international news had been coloured by African asymmetric civil and multi-states wars. One of the hotspots was in Western Africa, where abundant natural and mineral resources and weak states induced local and foreign interests to compete and support each other in devastating the region. Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and finally Côte…

  • Note de sytnthèse : Organisme Génètiquement Modifié

    1. Introduction Selon les prévisions des Nations unies, plus de 97% de la croissance démographique aura lieu dans les pays du Sud, qui maintenant font face à l’insécurité alimentaire. Comment la civilisation humaine mondiale pourrait résoudre ce problème ? Les entreprises biotechnologies et les grandes compagnies agricoles mondiales nous proposent l’augmentation de la production mondiale…

  • The Place of Fair Trade for International Financial Institutions

    1. Introduction The main tenet of globalisation is that in order to bring prosperity to every country, the barrier of each country’s economy (trade barrier to be exact) should be pulled out, so that the economy can grow faster. It is perceived that the greater flow of investments, goods and people will be, the better…

  • Hidangan untuk Warga Sebuah Imperium

    Kenapa tidak membangun saja jaringan waralaba masakan khas Indonesia di seluruh dunia untuk mengalahkan McDonald’s?

  • Ekonomi Perang dan Neoliberalisme

    “war is peace, ignorance is strength, freedom is slavery.” Slogan Big Brother dalam 1984, karya George Orwell

  • Everlasting woes – The economy will not recover under current policies

    Indonesia, ‘The model pupil of developing countries’, as the World Bank once put it, is now looking into a deep pit. After six years of crisis, there are no signs of recovery for Indonesia. Key economic infrastructure has continued to degrade. Parts of many cities, especially outside Java, are now experiencing regular electricity blackouts, as…

  • Serangan Atas Irak, Dominasi Global AS, dan Langkah Rekolonisasi Dunia Ketiga

    Dua Kepentingan Imperialis Pada saat artikel ini ditulis, dua buah proposal resolusi Dewan Keamanan Persatuan Bangsa-Bangsa tengah diajukan. Yang pertama adalah proposal penggunaan serangan militer untuk melucuti “senjata pemusnah massal” yang dimiliki oleh Irak. Sebuah proposal yang sebenarnya sebatas mencari legitimasi badan internasional tersebut dan dukungan dari negara-negara imperialis lainnya. Meskipun begitu, dengan ataupun tanpa…

  • How The Triumphant Americans Have Changed Our World (Again)

    A regime had fallen apart weeks ago, as its armed forces ceased to exist. Fierce resistance, heavy urban fighting, as offered and promised by Saddam and his P.R minister, are proven to be a whole daydream that only had been effectively illussioning many of Indonesian military commentators (while most of them are former TNI top-brass).…