Across the Islands, We Learned to Whisper I did not learn about power from books.I learned it from the distance between my island and the place where decisions were made. In Nusantara Raya, an archipelagic nation, the sea does more than separate land. It separates voices from authority. Policies travel easily across the water; accountability does not.From the capital, islands are described in plans and projections development zones , economic potential , unused land . On the islands themselves, people use a different language. They speak of forests, rivers, ancestry, and survival. They speak of home. I live on what many maps call a peripheral island. We call our forest Mama . Not as poetry, but as truth. The forest feeds us, shelters us, and receives the placentas of newborn children, binding life to land across generations.In official documents, Mama is labelled idle land . When heavy machinery arrived, there was no meaningful consultation. Trees fell one by one. An elde...
7 Instrumen Diplomasi Sebagai alumni Hubungan Internasional meskipun pekerjaan saya saat ini tidak sepenuhnya berada di bidang yang sama saya merasa ilmu ini tetap sangat bermanfaat, terutama dalam hal komunikasi dan interaksi, baik di dunia kerja maupun dalam kehidupan sehari-hari. Karena itu, melalui tulisan ini saya ingin berbagi mengenai tujuh instrumen yang digunakan dalam praktik diplomasi. 1. Soft Diplomacy/Soft Power Pendekatan halus untuk mempengaruhi pihak lain melalui budaya,nilai,dan interaksi social. · Cultural Diplomacy - pertukaran budaya,seni,music,tarian,bahasa. · Gastonomy Diplomacy (Culinary Diplomacy) - mengundang makan,jamuan,menunjukan identitas Negara lewat makanan. · Education Diplomacy - Beasiswa,pertukaran pelajar. · Sport Diplomacy - Pertandingan olahraga bersama. ...