Papers by Shofwan Choiruzzad
Global: Jurnal Politik Internasional
Artikel ini mencoba melacak jejak pengaruh Democratic Peace Theory (DPT) di dalam agenda demokrat... more Artikel ini mencoba melacak jejak pengaruh Democratic Peace Theory (DPT) di dalam agenda demokratisasi ASEAN. Untuk itu, tulisan ini mengulas pengaruh DPT dalam dokumen-dokumen yang menjadi panduan bagi agenda demokratisasi ASEAN serta mengenali lebih jelas pengaruh tiga 'aliran' ('strand') dari DPT, yaitu (1) 'institutional constraints,' (2) 'democratic norms and culture,' serta (3) 'economic interdependence' di dalam dokumen-dokumen tersebut. Tulisan ini kemudian membandingkan antara asumsi dasar yang melandasi agenda demokratisasi ASEAN, yang dengan sangat kuat dipengaruhi oleh DPT, dengan kondisi politik dan keamanan negara-negara anggota ASEAN. Dengan melakukan hal tersebut, tulisan ini mencoba mengimbangi 'optimisme teoritis' dari DPT yang mewarnai agenda demokratisasi ASEAN tersebut dengan 'kewaspadaan realistis' bahwa demokratisasi dapat menjadi kotak pandora yang melepaskan bahaya. Demokratisasi dapat berlangsung denga...
Asia Europe Journal
There are persistent tensions of both a technical and political nature between Southeast Asia’s t... more There are persistent tensions of both a technical and political nature between Southeast Asia’s two major palm oil producers, Indonesia and Malaysia, and the sustainability governance mechanisms shaping global environmental and trade standards emerging from Europe. The establishment of the national Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) certification standard in 2011 is a sign of discontent with the transnational Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) regime, sparking debate about the legitimacy of private governance models initiated by non-governmental organizations and companies in Europe. This article questions whether the adoption of sustainability norms by Indonesia signals normative convergence or the emergence of rival governance structures that challenge the state. Evidence suggests that elements of norm adoption and rival governance coexist in Indonesia and that ISPO certification is an ambiguous policy with degrees of internal incoherence. The ambiguous nature of ISPO c...
To Build the World Anew: Decolonization and Cold War in Indonesia
Asian Perspective
Global: Jurnal Politik Internasional
Artikel ini mencoba menawarkan cara pandang ontologis baru untuk melihat ASEAN dengan memperkenal... more Artikel ini mencoba menawarkan cara pandang ontologis baru untuk melihat ASEAN dengan memperkenalkan konsep 'compartmentalized regionalism' ('regionalisme terkompartementalisasi').Berbeda dengan pandangan umum para praktisi diplomasi ASEAN maupun para akademisi yang melihat sejarah ASEAN sebagai sebuah evolusi linear dari sebuah proyek regional yang berfokus pada dimensi politik dan keamanan menjadi sebuah proyek regional yang bersifat multidimensional melalui 'perluasan dan pendalaman' ('widening and deepening'), gagasan 'compartmentalized regionalism' mengenali perkembangan ASEAN sebagai perkembangan dua proyek regionalisme yang terpisah namun diletakkan dalam satu nama. Kedua proyek regionalisme ini memiliki pengaturan yang berbeda, didorong oleh aktor-aktor yang berlainan, serta bekerja berdasarkan logika yang tak sama. Dengan demikian, perkembangan ASEAN selayaknya tidak dilihat hanya sebagai 'perluasan dan pendalaman' ('widen...
Contemporary Southeast Asia
Within a Thick Mist: Conspiracy Theories and Counter Terrorism in Indonesia
The SHAFR Guide Online
This paper discusses Indonesian ‘radical groups’ discourse on counter-terrorism policies by the g... more This paper discusses Indonesian ‘radical groups’ discourse on counter-terrorism policies by the government of Indonesia and why it is important to look at it closely to help us to understand the real dynamics surrounding Indonesia’s war on terrorism. Until now, official information from the Indonesian authorities regarding terrorist groups and counter terrorism efforts had been the most important sources in shaping various analysis’ both in academics and mass media on the issue of terrorism at the national and global level. Despite plenty of evidences that undermine the credibility of some official information, from indications of proof fabrication and witness manipulation to excessive violence and extrajudicial killings, they had never been adequately criticized and questioned. The information from the authorities was frequently taken as ‘the (only) truth.’ Of course, different stories on terrorism and counter terrorism policies in Indonesia did exist. Many of them came from the target of counter terrorism policies: Indonesian ‘radical’ Islamist organizations. Nevertheless, their versions were often taken for granted as false stories that must not be heard at all. This paper traces back how the Global War on Terror discourse had created a ‘binary opposition of rationality’ that build and strengthen the stereotype that radical Islamists are irrational actors who create and believe in conspiracy theories. This ‘binary opposition of rationality’ had been used to dismiss all criticisms to official information regarding the issue of terrorism and counter terrorism policies in Indonesia by labeling it as conspiracy theories. Looking closely at Indonesia’s political history and current practices of counter terrorism, this paper argues that both official and alternative versions need to be heard and scrutinized critically.
Save Palm Oil, Save the Nation: Palm Oil Companies and the Shaping of Indonesia’s National Interest
Asian Politics & Policy
Forest Policy and Economics
IKAT : The Indonesian Journal of Southeast Asian Studies
This essay attempts to examine the prospect of ASEAN integration in the age of anti-globalization... more This essay attempts to examine the prospect of ASEAN integration in the age of anti-globalization by understanding ASEAN as a compartmentalized regionalism. It argues that discussions on the prospect of ASEAN are actually discussions on the trajectories of two separate regional projects: economic regionalism and political security regionalism. It must be noted that we often have difficulties separating the two because their evolution has so far been marked by centripetal movement towards liberal tradition in the two regional projects. However, since we are entering the age of anti-globalization, this is changing. To make an educated guess on the future of ASEAN regionalism(s), I argue that we should focus our attention to three main indicators: (1) Structural: will the international system be cooperative or competitive multipolar system? (2) National elite orientation: will the liberal elites and technocracy in ASEAN countries remain liberal, or will nationalist elites take charge?;...
Indonesia's Islamic Economy Project and the Islamic Scholars
Procedia Environmental Sciences, 2013
Europe's Lost Appeal? The Greek Debt Crisis and ASEAN Integration Trajectory
What the Greek Debt Crisis and the impasse of the European Integration project mean for ASEAN int... more What the Greek Debt Crisis and the impasse of the European Integration project mean for ASEAN integration? This article argues that there are at least three possible influence of the events in Greece. First, it could be expected that the normative pressures for a liberal trajectory, both internal and external, are going to decline. The EU will be more cautious in using its toolbox for norm diffusion due to its internal problem with Greece. At the same time, the appeal of liberal prescriptions is also becoming less powerful both at global level (due to the last Global Crisis) and at the domestic level. Second, the prominence of realist mode of interaction in the model liberal institution (the EU) as presented in the case of Greece debt crisis might make ASEAN leaders to place their trust more in power-based calculation rather than liberal prescriptions. Furthermore, Southeast Asia is the region that experience the direct impact of China’s rise, US balancing strategy, and Japan’s atte...
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