E-mel dari Hawaii: Merubah Fikiran pada Sejarah

mebah1jpgSERING kita melupakan sejarah yang sebenarnya menentukan kita pada saat ini atau pada masa depan.

Pada minggu lalu saya sempat membaca Asia Tenggara dalam Ming Shi Lu di sebuah laman sejarah di Internet yang terbuka kepada orang ramai: http://www.epress.nus.edu.sg/msl. Continue reading “E-mel dari Hawaii: Merubah Fikiran pada Sejarah”

Swine Influenza and You

Resisting Fundamentalism: Perspective from an Indonesia Journalist

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IN 2005, Teguh Santosa re-published, in the online version of Rakyat Merdeka Daily, Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten’s cartoons Continue reading “Resisting Fundamentalism: Perspective from an Indonesia Journalist”

Abstract: Political Islam One Decade after the fall of Soeharto

THE fall of Soeharto in May 1998 fundamentally changed both the political structure and the political culture within Indonesia. Continue reading “Abstract: Political Islam One Decade after the fall of Soeharto”

E-mel dari Hawaii: Apabila Rakyat Sebuah Negara Terdesak

mebah1MINGGU lalu, beberapa orang kawan saya berteriak gembira.

Apa sudah terjadi?

Bukan keputusan peperiksaan cemerlang atau berita tambahan biasiswa yang mereka terima.

Seorang kawan terpekik: ‘Navy Seals GO’. Continue reading “E-mel dari Hawaii: Apabila Rakyat Sebuah Negara Terdesak”

Catatan Dinding di Hari Kartini

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SEDIKIT bergeser dari hingar bingar usai Pemilu 2009. Continue reading “Catatan Dinding di Hari Kartini”

Ethnicity and Violence

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ETHNICITY commonly speaking is seen as the most major sources of conflict within society. Nevertheless, many studies find that ethnicity is not! Continue reading “Ethnicity and Violence”

From Tahitian Hula to Indonesian Angklung: 2009 East West Fest

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Cerita Lama tentang Identitas dari Helen Ong

AH, cerita ini kedengaran tidak asing sepertinya. Continue reading “Cerita Lama tentang Identitas dari Helen Ong”

On Nationalism (Again)

NATIONALISM is one of significant subjects and debates in the real politics.

It is a sense that stirs group of human beings in particular territory, which share many similarities and experiences among them, to unite themselves and to form a distinct supra-organization called state. In practice, nationalism is used for the first time as a political banner in the resistance and anti-colonial movement. After that, it is used in many ways, from the political arena to the sport fields.

As a political banner of the resistance movement in modern world, nationalism movement meets its goal following a very severe political turbulence and crisis in one existing polity. After the First World War, for instance, the Ottoman severely lost many of its territory in the Middle East and the Central Asia where the people in those regions found them, culturally and historically, were different with the Turks, and were different among each other’s. Or, following the end of the Second World War, many colonized countries in Asia and Africa, proclaimed their independence from colonizers. The last significant wave of nationalism happened following the downfall of the Soviet Union and socialist block in Eastern Europe at the end of the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s. As much as 17 new countries emerged following the end of the Soviet Union and at least sevens new states proclaimed their independence following the collapse of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

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Pemilu 2009: Pembicaraan Dua Pria tentang Tokoh-tokoh Politik juga BLT

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gua mau tanya… jadi gmana konstelasi terakhir Continue reading “Pemilu 2009: Pembicaraan Dua Pria tentang Tokoh-tokoh Politik juga BLT”

Coretan Dinding yang Terpojok di Tempat Sampah: Pemilu 2009

JUMLAH pemilih yang memberikan suara dalam sebuah pemilihan umum bukan satu-satunya indikator DEMOKRASI. Continue reading “Coretan Dinding yang Terpojok di Tempat Sampah: Pemilu 2009”

Mohon Doa Restu Peresmian Rumah Sakit Jiwa

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TANPA mengurangi rasa hormat Continue reading “Mohon Doa Restu Peresmian Rumah Sakit Jiwa”

Question on Resistance and Hegemony

JAMES C. Scott’s Domination and the Arts of Resistance: Hidden Transcript deals with conflicting circumstances between the powerful and powerless group, between colonizer and colonized people, between the rulers and the ruled. Continue reading “Question on Resistance and Hegemony”

Kecam Korea Utara, Obama Kacamata Kuda

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KECAMAN yang disampaikan Presiden Amerika Serikat Barack Hussein Obama atas peluncuran roket Taepodong-2 milik Korea Utara sebuah tindakan yang berlebihan. Continue reading “Kecam Korea Utara, Obama Kacamata Kuda”

Indonesian Political Islam: The Vanishing Wall

THE fall of Soeharto in May 1998 and the decline of authoritarian regime in Indonesia followed by people’s great enthusiasm for democracy has gradually and in a sense almost extremely changed both of the country’s political structure and culture.

Continue reading “Indonesian Political Islam: The Vanishing Wall”

Lagi, Misteri Jenazah Pahlawan Revolusi

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“JELASLAH bagi kita yang menyaksikan dengan mata kepala betapa kejamnya aniaya yang telah dilakukan oleh petualang-petualang biadab dari apa yang dinamakan Gerakan 30 September.” Pangkostrad Mayjen Soeharto, 4 Oktober 1965.

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Spotlight on Pacific Islands Development Program: EWC Coordinates Election Observation in Micronesia

THE East-West Center’s Pacific Islands Development Program (PIDP) in cooperation with the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership

Continue reading “Spotlight on Pacific Islands Development Program: EWC Coordinates Election Observation in Micronesia”

Baitullah Mehsud Ancam Serang Istana Barack Hussein Obama

Namanya Baitullah Mehsud. Continue reading “Baitullah Mehsud Ancam Serang Istana Barack Hussein Obama”

Nurwahid Dibayangi Prabowo, Untuk Sementara, Rizal Lampaui Kalla

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KETUA MPR dan mantan presiden Partai Keadilan Sejahtera (PKS) Hidayat Nurwahid masih memimpin klasemen sementara poling “siapa yang paling berpeluang mengalahkan Soesilo Bambang Yudhoyono” Continue reading “Nurwahid Dibayangi Prabowo, Untuk Sementara, Rizal Lampaui Kalla”