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Dunia Memasuki Era Perang Dagang Total: Amerika, China, Eropa, dan Pertaruhan Indonesia di Tengah Runtuhnya Globalisasi Lama
Dunia sedang memasuki era baru yang jauh lebih keras: perang dagang total, perebutan teknologi, dan fragmentasi globalisasi lama. Amerika Serikat, China, dan Eropa kini tidak hanya bersaing dalam perdagangan, tetapi juga dalam AI, semikonduktor, data, energi, dan pengaruh geopolitik global. Di tengah perubahan besar ini, ASEAN menjadi arena perebutan strategis dunia, sementara Indonesia berada di…
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ASEAN’s Hormuz Dilemma: Why Southeast Asia’s Energy Dependence Has Become a Strategic Crisis
The 2026 Hormuz crisis has exposed one of Southeast Asia’s most dangerous strategic vulnerabilities: deep dependence on Gulf oil, LNG, and LPG without a credible regional energy security architecture. As maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz collapsed, ASEAN governments faced rising fuel prices, LNG shocks, fiscal pressure, and public anxiety. Yet ASEAN, as an…
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Pesta Babi and the Politics of Silence: Papua, Development, and Indonesia’s Democratic Test
Pesta Babi is more than a documentary about Papua. It has become a national test of Indonesia’s democracy, exposing the tension between development, Indigenous land rights, military pressure, and freedom of expression. This KBA13 INSIGHT policy perspective examines why the film matters, how suppression amplified its impact, and what the controversy reveals about Indonesia’s political…
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The Kremlin School of Negotiation: Silence, Psychological Pressure, and the Politics of Power
Igor Ryzov’s The Kremlin School of Negotiation is not merely a business manual on hard bargaining. It is a strategic anatomy of silence, pressure, emotional control, and power at the negotiation table. This essay reads Ryzov’s book through the lenses of Soviet diplomacy, psychological leverage, business strategy, and ethical risk. From Andrei Gromyko’s “Mr. Nyet”…
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KBA13 Insight Regional Update: Southeast Asia Under Pressure (Hormuz Shock, ASEAN Crisis, Myanmar, Indonesia, and the South China Sea in 2026)
Southeast Asia enters May 2026 under simultaneous strategic pressure: the Hormuz energy shock, ASEAN’s institutional fragility, Myanmar’s deepening crisis, the Philippines’ domestic political rupture, Indonesia’s multi-alignment gamble, and the unresolved confrontation in the South China Sea. This KBA13 Insight Update reads the region not as a collection of separate national crises, but as a single…
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KBA13 Insight Update Internaional: Iran War, Trump-Xi Summit, Ukraine Ceasefire, Taiwan Risk, and the Collapse of Strategic Order
The week of May 19, 2026 marks a decisive moment in global strategic disorder. From the prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz to the fragile US-Iran ceasefire, from the Trump-Xi Beijing summit to the collapse of the Ukraine ceasefire, every crisis points to one structural reality: American power is being tested simultaneously across multiple…
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The Beijing Variable: A Geopolitical Analysis of US-China Relations After the Trump-Xi Summit, May 2026
The May 2026 Trump-Xi summit in Beijing was not merely a diplomatic encounter. It was a strategic test of power, leverage, and necessity between the world’s two most consequential states. Behind the ceremonial warmth lay unresolved tensions over Taiwan, Iran, energy security, trade, technology, Russia, Japan, Europe, and the future of global order. This essay…
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Google and the New Theology of the Internet: Data, Power, AI, and the Crisis of Human Freedom
Google has become more than a search engine. It has become one of the most powerful architectures of modern digital life. Through search, data, cloud infrastructure, artificial intelligence, advertising, memory, and visibility, Google shapes how human beings ask questions, find answers, build knowledge, move through the world, and understand reality. This essay reflects on Google…
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Operation Paperclip: Program Rahasia Amerika Merekrut Ilmuwan Nazi
Operation Paperclip adalah salah satu bab paling gelap dalam sejarah intelijen modern. Setelah mengalahkan Nazi Jerman, Amerika Serikat secara diam-diam merekrut lebih dari seribu ilmuwan, dokter, insinyur, ahli roket, dan pakar senjata kimia-biologi dari rezim yang baru saja dikalahkan. Berdasarkan buku Annie Jacobsen, esai ini membaca Operation Paperclip bukan hanya sebagai program ilmiah, melainkan sebagai…