Frans Djalong
Peneliti, Penulis, dan Analis Ekonomi Politik, Demokrasi, dan Geopolitik

The New Dimension of Power During the past decade global politics has changed fundamentally in two ways. First, it has been substantially reconfigured along cultural and civilizational lines, as I have highlighted in the pages of this journal and documented at length in The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order.… Baca Selengkapnya
The Next Pattern of Conflict World politics is entering a new phase, and intellectuals have not hesitated to proliferate visions of what it will be the end of history, the return of traditional rivalries between nation states, and the decline of the nation state from the conflicting pulls of tribalism and globalism, among… Baca Selengkapnya
In the fall of 1985, I was invited to a small conference in Washington on the topic of the relations between scholars and governments. One purpose of the meeting was to have attendees compare personal experiences. Accordingly, I prepared the document appended below. At the time I had no thought of publishing it.… Baca Selengkapnya
Sejarah dunia memberi kita pelajaran dan perbandingan peristiwa. Kita dapat bertolak dari cerita sejarah untuk semakin paham dengan hadirnya pandemi Covid 19 di dalam transformasi sejarah dunia dan benturan geopolitik. Pandemi harus diberi konteks ekonomi-politik dan geopolitik. Dari sana, tanpa kesimpulan pasti, pertanyaan baru dirumuskan lagi dan pengetahuan mendapat tempat dalam kebijakan dan… Baca Selengkapnya
Tuan-tuan Yang Mulia, Nyonya-nyonya dan Tuan-tuan, Saudara-saudara sekalian ! Saya merasa bangga pada hari yang bersejarah ini mendapat kebormatan dan hak istimewa mengucapkan selamat datang kepada Tuan-tuan sekalian. Atas nama rakyat dan Pemerintah Indonesia — yang menerima Tuan-tuan saya minta maaf dan kesabaran dari Tuan-tuan, jika kiranya ada keadaan di negeri kami ini… Baca Selengkapnya
I wish to propose a general definition of empire that does not tie it with annexation and occupation of foreign territories and, therefore, is able to capture the new forms of indirect and informal control that have become common in recent decades. The imperial prerogative, I suggest, is the power to declare the… Baca Selengkapnya