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A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP: SYNCHRONIZING CHINA’S BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE (BRI) ON RUSSIA’S EURASIA ECONOMIC UNION (EAEU) Hendra Manurung
Sociae Polites Vol. 20 No. 2 (2019): July - December 2019
Publisher : Faculty of Social and Political Sciences Universitas Kristen Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33541/sp.v20i2.1442

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This research attempts to enrich debate by addressing the relationship of the China’s Belt and Road Initiative with the Russia’s Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). Currently, it is a common phenomenon where a regional economic grouping bringing together several of China’s important BRI partners including Russia and Central Asian countries. Since 2013, China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) initiated, developed, and has been promptly placed among the top priorities of China’s foreign policy consideration in Beijing. One of the BRI’s cooperation priorities is unimpeded trade, which implies the improvement of the investment and trade facilitation and removal of the recurrent investment and trade barriers. Despite its apparent flexibility and openness to embracing existing regional and multilateral platforms, there has been little debate on the compatibility of the BRI objectives with the existing economic integration projects. Thus, it raises a question on how these two initiatives go along smoothly, why it needs to be developed and how it will be develop. Meanwhile, it exists also the U.S-China trade war which has been going intensively for two years since 2017. It addresses the current progress in bridging the two major economic projects and outlines the strategic decision-making priority directions for further coordination between these two global major powers.
INDONESIA AND RUSSIA TRADE RELATIONS: SEARCHING FOR A PROSPECTIVE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP IN 2018 Hendra Manurung
Jurnal Politica Vol 9, No 1 (2018): Jurnal Politica Mei 2018
Publisher : Sekretariat Jenderal DPR RI

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In March 2018, relations between Indonesia and Russia seem to be getting closer after agreeing to speed up the drafting of a new strategic partnership agreement in Moscow. While, a Plan of Consultation for 2017-2019 was signed by Ministers Retno L.P Marsudi and  Sergey Lavrov aimed at intensifying dialogue between the two countries. Indonesia is important to Russia not only as a partner on international level, but as a country that plays a major role in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Under the Russia-ASEAN dialogue partnership, a road map for economic cooperation has been agreed upon and  implemented. Over the past two decades, economic cooperation between Russia and Southeast Asia has lagged behind political cooperation. In order to strengthen closer trade and economic cooperation, it needs solutions to overcome barriers which, includes bureaucratic restrictions and the lack of information. This paper attempts to elaborate Indonesia-Russia trade relations as searching for a new strategic partnership. It employs qualitative research methods featuring descriptive analysis of the data on the bilateral relations within “The Framework of Friendly and Partnership in the 21st century”. Russia is important to Indonesia and vice versa in Indo-Pacific region as a promising and reliable partner in the development of its high-tech transfer and innovation in economy and defense cooperation. Di Maret 2018, hubungan Indonesia dan Rusia semakin dekat setelah penandatanganan draf perjanjian kemitraan strategis di Moskwa. Sementara Menteri Retno L.P Marsudi dan Sergei Lavrov menandatangani sebuah Rencana Konsultasi 2017-2019 bertujuan untuk mengintensifkan dialog kedua negara. Indonesia penting bagi Rusia bukan hanya sebagai mitra di level dunia, tetapi juga sebagai negara yang memiliki peran kunci dalam Perhimpunan Bangsa-bangsa di Asia Tenggara. Melalui hubungan kemitraan Rusia dan ASEAN, peta jalan untuk kerjasama ekonomi disepakati dan dilaksanakan. Lebih dari dua decade, kerjasama ekonomi antara Rusia dan Asia Tenggara tertinggal di belakang kerjasama politik. Saat ini merupakan waktu tepat menutup kesenjangan tersebut. Bagaimanapun, untuk menguatkan hubungan ekonomi dan perdagangan, diperlukan keseriusan untuk mengatasi berbagai hambatan, termasuk keterbatasan birokrasi dan kurangnya informasi. Tulisan ini menjelaskan signifikan, didukung materi praktis dan mengupayakan penyelesaian pada persoalan yang muncul, serta tujuan yang jelas bagi hubungan ekonomi Indonesia dan Rusia. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode riset kualitatif didukung analisa data deskriptif pada hubungan bilateral dalam “Kerangka Persahabatan dan Kemitraan di Abad 21”. Rusia penting bagi Indonesia demikian sebaliknya dalam mewujudkan stabiilitas kawasan Indo-Pasifik sebagai mitra yang dipercaya dan menjanjikan dalam alih teknologi dan inovasi technology di sector ekonomi dan kerjasama pertahanan
PROMOTING EUROPEAN INTEGRATION: SECURING EUROPEAN IDENTITY POST COLD WAR Hendra Manurung
AEGIS : Journal of International Relations Vol 1, No 1 (2016): September 2016 - February 2017
Publisher : President University

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On November 13, 2015 a handful of terrorists unleashed a barrage of coordinated attacks at public gathering spots in Paris, France, followed by Belgium twin bombings on 22 March 2016. As the casualty figures climbed and investigators swung into action, news reports were filled with grim comparisons. Some calling it the worst night of violence in France since World War II (1939-1945), and others saying it could be Europe’s most horrific terrorist attack in history. Cutting past any hysteria or hyperbole, it is clear that the Nov. 13 and March 22 attacks have brought to a head the conversation on a number of difficult, overlapping questions facing both Europe and the Middle East. It raised critical European identity. The writer attempt to examine European integration impacts on its identity in descriptive analytical research, and founded that, it might be triggered 4 (four) main strategic issues surrounding the European decision makers, including: First, how might European states shift their stance toward the influx of migrants and refugees coming from war zones in1 Hendra Manurung is a permanent lecturer as well as a head of International Relations Study Program. Corresponding author: h_manurung200273@yahoo.comthe Middle East?; Second, are the capabilities of the Islamic State truly expanding, as recent claims suggest? What are its actual strengths and weaknesses?; Third, what options did Paris and Brussels have in responding to the attacks ? As France steps up the tempo of airstrikes in Syria, will the Vienna talks on Syria’s conflict be radically reshaped?; Fourth, what does the future hold for the Schengen Agreement, and would its unraveling lead the European Union itself closer to dissolution? However, still attractive for those scholars who want to elaborate the European integration progress, as how to predict what’s likely to happen next.
Myanmar Political Instability: A Threat to Southeast Asia Stability Hendra Manurung
Kajian Asia Pasifik Vol 5 No 1 (2021): January - June 2021
Publisher : International Relations Study Program of Universitas Kristen Indonesia (UKI)

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33541/japs.v5i1.2671

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This research aims to explain current Myanmar political instability due to the recent military coup d’état on February 1, 2021 led by General Senior Min Aung Hlaing follow with Aung San Suu Kyi and other pro-democracy elite leaders arrests. Domestically, up to present time, after the military coup, most Burmese supporters of Myanmar's democratization such medical doctors, teachers, traders, civilian political leaders, and university students balked and staged massive demonstrations against the military coup and demanded the return of civilian government authority by the military junta government. This research revealed that this unexpected Myanmar phenomenal political situation has impact on Southeast Asia regional security and ASEAN Unity.
THE PROACTIVE ENGAGEMENT OF OXFAM INTERNATIONAL AS INTERNATIONAL NON- GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION (INGO) TO SOLVE SOMALIA FOOD INSECURITY PROBLEM Hendra Manurung
Dinamika Global : Jurnal Ilmu Hubungan Internasional Vol 2 No 02 (2017): Jurnal Dinamika Global
Publisher : Universitas Jenderal Ahmad Yani

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Somalia experienced 19 (nineteen) years for food crisis problem since 1992, and reached its peak in 2011. The crisis worsened by long standing conflict in the country combined with climate change, with the result that United Nations declared Somalia to be famine in 2011. The food crisis has driven world’s attention, especially non-governmental organizations concern on humanitarian issues, such as Oxfam International. In 1992, Oxfam International engaged to overcome food crisis and continue sustainable participation in addressing food crisis in 2011. Oxfam International cooperate with the local communities in Somalia by building water sanitation, providing clean water, delivering assistances such as foods, medicines, and also providing cash money. Oxfam International also supports and trains local people, especially farmers in agriculture, so they can produce food. By trained local farmers, it can help produce enough food to feed the population and reduce the possibility of famine in Somalia. The objective of this research is to explain the Oxfam International leading role in doing proactive involvement for humanitarian aids in Africa. The analysis is done based on the role of international non-governmental organization to handling the issue of food security in Somalia. To conclude, Oxfam International has shown meaningful efforts to give long- term impact on solving food insecurity problem in Somalia.
INDONESIA EFFORT TO ATTRACTING INVESTMENT IN TOURIST DESTINATION DEVELOPMENT Henky Hotma Parlindungan; Hendra Manurung
Jurnal Industri Parawisata Vol 5, No 2 (2023): JANUARY
Publisher : Universitas Sahid

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36441/pariwisata.v5i2.1423

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This study aims to discuss Indonesia implemented strategy in optimizing effort in strengthening and enhance collaboratively to get investment. In fact, Indonesia's economic growth in 2020 had experienced a contraction due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. At that time, the second-quarter decreased and gradually recovered in the third and fourth quarters. In the second quarter of 2021, Indonesian economic growth hit around seven percent. A thriving and financially sound capital market helps and supports the country's economic growth and can enhance inter-community cooperation. The factors for developing tourism companies and the creative economy of the 21st century are structured management, use of high-technology, employee skills and capital adequacy. However, Indonesia’s market opportunities in tourist destinations are still increasingly generated and have become the capital for promoting to foreign investors interested in realizing their investments. This research reveals the improving of investment of the tourism sector and the creative economy supporting Indonesia's economic growth is promising challenges.