Fitriani and Winda Edelwis Zedilla Only heavy rain can stop the thousands of people that have been rallying for days in front of the U.S Embassy Jakarta. These people were angered by President Trump’s recent decision in recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel last Wednesday (6/12). This is a blow especially because this year commemorates 50 […]
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The Leadership Within ASEAN Has Infused Peace and Stability Since Its Founding
“How does its current and future leadership preserve peace and stability, and make the region a thriving and relevant regional construct?” ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asia Nations) was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand by signing the ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) which initiated by founding fathers of ASEAN, namely Indonesia (Adam Malik), Malaysia […]
Critical Thinking Analysis about “Jakarta’s Governor Election” from Leadership Point of View
Jakarta’s governor election faced a major test for the harmony of democracy after a long campaign ran by the candidates. During the election fever, we can see the rally was happening against the candidate – Ahok because Islamic groups’ anger toward Ahok stems from comments he made last autumn, where he strongly critiqued the way […]
What Do I Think about China?
The world is currently facing serious uncertainties future. Many things happened in the past one decade whether related to the security matter such as transnational crime which is not limited to terrorism and counter-terrorism only but we also deal with social humanity issues such as human rights, poverty, global health and inequality among states. But […]
Strategic Intelligence
It’s impossible to gauge strategic intelligence from a simple test (unlike IQ, which is quantifiable), but the following statement summarize the elements of strategic intelligence. Ask yourself how well the statements describe you. Be sure you come up with specific examples and scenarios that support your answers. It doesn’t matter if you’re not in a […]
What Does Public Policy Really Mean to Me?
Public policy consists of important decisions made by the government based on ideas that developed inside of the country in order to determine the nation’s action guided by the national pillar. On the other hand we can say the public policy is an instrument to achieve a mission of a particular state based on the […]
Environmental Sustainability is Beyond Than Just A Theory
In my opinion, sustainability is maintaining the ability to keep something on track by balancing the life circle. In the other hand, the ability to maintain the renewable resources. Even though most of the academicians believe in sustainability theories built by land theories and public policy theories as well as framed by infrastructure theories, but […]
Addressing Trash Nightmare in Marapi Volcanic Mountain of West Sumatra Province: A Call to Action
The sample of policy brief To: The Governor of West Sumatra Province From: Winda Edelwis Zedilla Date: April 2017 Statement of Issue: Trash is annoying, It builds up mountainous landfills, fills the ocean with junk, litters space and pollutes the atmosphere. The mount Marapi is an active volcano and becomes one of the famous tourist […]
Vladimir Putin – Leadership Style Analysis
Before we talk about leadership analysis of Putin, let’s start with what leadership really means to me. In my opinion, leadership is the process to know yourself and your people altogether in order to carry out the roles and responsibilities. I think, leadership was born through experiences and it’s a never-ending process of self-study training. […]
ASEAN Community and Youth
ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asia Nations) was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand by signing the ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) which initiated by founding fathers of ASEAN, namely Indonesia (Adam Malik), Malaysia (Abdul Razak), Philippines (Narciso Ramos), Singapore (S. Rajaratnam) and Thailand (Thanat Khoman). Brunei Darussalam then joined on 7 January 1984, Vietnam […]
