Frans Djalong
Peneliti, Penulis, dan Analis Ekonomi Politik, Demokrasi, dan Geopolitik
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
In this introduction, we provide an overall framing of the articles that follow by placing the Ukraine conflict which today embroils the West in confrontation with Russia, within an historical account of the geopolitical economy of contemporary capitalism and the dynamics of imperialism in the twenty-first century, taking particular account of the decline… Baca Selengkapnya
If there had not been an active rapprochement between Moscow and Beijing over the past decades, there would have been no Asian alternative to the European markets for Russian oil and gas, and nothing would have happened on February 24. But is China the main beneficiary of the European crisis? Is the situation… Baca Selengkapnya
Perestroika inherited a difficult situation in terms of interethnic and federal relations. I have to admit that when we started perestroika, my colleagues and I did not see the full extent of that problem. It is obvious now that preserving and renewing the country that represented “a world of many worlds”—a conglomerate of… Baca Selengkapnya