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Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs
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ISSN 1868-1034 · SAGE Publishing · 635 artikel di indeks
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CSOs and Polycentric Haze Governance in Southeast Asia
Over the past three decades, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has sought to address transboundary haze pollution resulting from land and forest fires in Southeast Asia. While ASEAN has served as the primary platform for regional discussions on haze, private initiatives have played…
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Golden Indonesia 2045: Neoliberal Development Policies and Environmental Journalism
By 2045, the government wants Indonesia to be a developed country, with sustainable economic development and energy transition at the top of the agenda on the road to ‘Golden Indonesia’. Despite the supposedly ‘green’ agenda, the forceful push for economic development is causing significant…
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Different Strokes: Indonesian Statecraft in the North Natuna Sea
In recent years, tensions in the South China Sea have intensified with overlapping claims and strategic rivalries. China's expansive nine-dash line has even led to repeated incursions into Indonesia's exclusive economic zone in the North Natuna Sea, challenging Jakarta's maritime sovereignty and…
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Hybrid Moral Ideologies in Human Rights Movements: Instructive Cases From Duterte's Philippines
While the Duterte government in the Philippines carried out grave human rights abuses, it failed in pushing for laws that aimed to reinstate the death penalty and to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR). In these two cases, the Duterte government encountered pushback from…
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Public Engagement in Belt and Road Projects in Myanmar: Reform or Rhetoric?
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) embodies Beijing's global ambitions. Social opposition to BRI projects in host countries, however, undermines China's preferred image. Beijing, therefore, requires state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to enhance public engagement to secure local people's support…
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Fasting as Commemorative Strategy: Hunger Strikes and Collective Memory in Myanmar's Contentious Politics
This article adds to the literature considering hunger strikes as performances of resistance. It presents the action of fasting not merely as a form of protest, but also as a strategy for commemorating past struggles and producing movement memory during periods of abeyance. To do so, it leverages a…
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Constitutional Change and Oligarchic Politics in the Philippines, 1987–2024
Following the end of the Marcos dictatorship (1965–1986), the 1987 Constitution was adopted to safeguard democratic governance. Since then, the Philippines has witnessed numerous, albeit unsuccessful, attempts at constitutional change. This article examines the relationship between oligarchic…
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Navigating Investment in Risky Market: Comparative Analysis of Chinese State-Owned Enterprises and Private Firms Operating in Indonesia
China's overseas investments are often characterised as top-down initiatives driven by strong political motives to exert influence over host countries. This view – commonly referred to as Chinese exceptionalism – tends to overlook the tactical, ground-level strategies that Chinese actors adopt to…
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Beyond Clientelism: State–Civil Society Relations in Disaster Risk Management Policymaking in the Philippines
This article examines state–civil society relations in disaster risk management policymaking in the Philippines. It analyses the extent to which civil society actors can shape policymaking outcomes and how political institutions shape civil society organisations’ strategies, methods, and…
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Legitimacy and Hydropolitics in the Mekong Region: Lao PDR and Cambodia
This article investigates the legitimising role of hydropower dams in authoritarian regimes, with a focus on Cambodia and Laos. Drawing on fieldwork observations conducted between 2018 and 2023, alongside secondary sources, it adopts a content analysis approach to explore how dam-related legitimacy…
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Tears Behind the Microphone: The Strategic Use of Emotions by Opposition Parties in Thai Parliamentary Debates
During the 2019–2023 Prayuth administration, tensions were high between establishment forces and progressive movements. This study examines how opposition parties strategically mobilised emotional rhetoric during the Thai parliamentary special session of 26–27 October 2020 to voice public sentiment…
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The Thai–Cambodian Border in International Relations: Constructing a Third Space in Geopolitics
This article explores Thai–Cambodian border relations through the lens of critical geopolitics, challenging state-centric frameworks in International Relations (IR). Drawing on the concept of the territorial trap – which critiques the assumption of self-contained states and elite control over…
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Historical Ambiguity as Political Resource: Duterte's Appropriation of Lapulapu in Post-Colonial Memory Politics
This article examines how historical ambiguity becomes a distinctive political resource in post-colonial societies. Analysing presidential communications from 2016 to 2022, I demonstrate how former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte strategically exploited documentary gaps surrounding the hero…
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Who is Missing Which Strongman? Competing Authoritarian Nostalgias in the Philippines
Over three years after Ferdinand Marcos Jr. won the Philippine presidency by a landslide, attention has shifted from the nostalgia he invoked for the authoritarian rule of his father, Ferdinand Marcos Sr., to the power struggle between the Marcos and Duterte dynasties. The feud upended conventional…
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Signal to Land: Correlation Between the Results of the Vote of Confidence in Vietnam's National Assembly and Evaluated Officials’ Career Outcomes
This paper examines the results of the vote of confidence in the National Assembly of Vietnam and their relationship with the subsequent career outcomes of evaluated officials. Although the vote of confidence has not led to the direct dismissal of any official to date, the findings suggest a…
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Evaluating Interdependence: The Impacts of the February 2021 Coup on Myanmar–China Relations
This article explores the deepening interdependence between China and Myanmar following the February 2021 coup that ousted Myanmar's elected government. The coup precipitated widespread violence, economic instability, and increased reliance on China as a critical partner amidst international…
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What Drives Voting Behavior in Southeast Asia? Evidence from Candidate Choice Experiments in Five Countries
Research on voting behavior in Southeast Asia has yielded numerous valuable insights, but it relies on observational data and rarely adopts a comparative approach. This article analyzes five original candidate choice experiments conducted in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and…
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Introduction to the Special Section on Presidentialism and Democracy in Indonesia
The three articles in this special section on presidentialism and democracy in Indonesia analyse the state of Indonesian democracy through a careful study of the 2024 elections and the presidential transition from Joko Widodo to Prabowo Subianto. The three articles examine this election and its…
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The Indo-Pacific and the Next Phase of ASEAN Centrality
The concept of “ASEAN centrality” emerged in the aftermath of the Cold War but renewed power rivalries in the Indo-Pacific have put its relevance under scrutiny. This study contributes to the debate on the continuity of ASEAN centrality by examining major powers’ willingness to adhere to and engage…
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Cleavages, Institutions, and Democracy in Indonesia: The 2024 Elections in Comparative Perspective
Indonesian democracy is characterised by large governing coalitions and a dominant presidency, coupled with weak parties with few programmatic differences. These features of coalitional presidentialism are the product of a presidential form of government and proportional representation with high…