During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, the Indonesian Foreign Minister’s media briefings demonstrated effective government communication. This paper evaluates the effectiveness of these briefings through the perspective of high-reliability organizations to identify lessons for future crisis management. The findings highlight the importance of human resource quality, leadership, and media monitori…
The ASEAN-China Guidelines for Hotline Communications in Response to Maritime Emergencies in the South China Sea remain underimplemented despite their role as a confidence-building measure. Limited exercises, unclear procedures, and the absence of regular evaluation have weakened the hotline’s practical effectiveness. A three-year implementation framework should establish national focal point…
Effective public communication and engagement are essential to addressing the Papua issue and building public trust. Existing government communication often falls short of public expectations for transparency, clear information, and concrete action, contributing to mistrust among communities closely following the issue. Strengthening communication through media and community engagement, combine…
This paper examines strategies to enhance foreign media presence in order to strengthen Indonesia's position as a regional media hub in Southeast Asia. It identifies structural barriers including fragmented licensing procedures, inconsistent regulatory frameworks, and press freedom challenges that diminish Indonesia's appeal as a base for international journalists. Through analysis of three key…
This volume contains the full text of the Final Communiqué of the 1955 Asian-African Conference, presented in multiple languages and published in April 1985 to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the Bandung Conference. The communiqué outlines the principles, resolutions, and collective commitments adopted by the participating nations, including solidarity among developing countries, ant…
Richard Wich's Sino-Soviet Crisis Politics is an in-depth study of the political dynamics and communication between the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union during a period of heightened ideological and strategic tensions during the Cold War. Through analysis of archives, political statements, and communication patterns between the two countries, Wich outlines how the crisis and conf…
This is about a whole range of colorful cultural genres taht are known collectively as "folk literature" and folk perfoming arts
"Human society is engaged in the most profoundly disorienting transition since the dawn of the Neolithic age. A panhumanist ethos is dawning that recognizes the essential oneness of all humankind. The largest and most complex societies are multicultural or are fast becoming so. Yet, despite moves toward greater cooperation and global integration, regional conflicts persist in the Balkans, the M…
Intercultural Communication: Globalization and Social Justice, by Kathryn Sorrells, introduces students to the complex relationships, structures, and contexts that shape intercultural communication in the new millennium. This book examines intercultural communication within the geopolitical, economic, and cultural context of globalization and offers a dynamic and complex understanding of cultur…
The key problem in relationships, particularly over time, is that people begin to lose their voice. Despite decades of assertiveness training and lots of good advice about communicating with clarity, timing, and tact, women and men find that their greatest complaints in marriage and other intimate relationships are that they are not being heard, that they cannot affect the other person, that fi…