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ANALISIS GEOSTRATEGI AFRIKA SELATAN SEBAGAI REGIONAL POWER DALAM KERANGKA UBUNTU DIPLOMACY TERHADAP REPUBLIK DEMOKRATIK KONGO Bintang Corvi Diphda; Alia Rahma Putri Sinaga; Putri Alyaa Safira; Gertha Maria Gultom; Yoga Ramadhani; Angelique Kishiola Prima Foraihmbarasi
Jurnal Multidisipliner Bharasumba Vol 5 No 01 (2026): BHARASUMBA: Jurnal Multidisipliner
Publisher : Pusat Studi Ekonomi, Publikasi Ilmiah dan Pengembangan SDM

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.62668/bharasumba.v5i01.2094

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This article examines South Africa’s geostrategy as a regional power through Ubuntu Diplomacy toward the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from 2011 to 2022. It aims to explain how South Africa’s stable border orientation enabled power projection to a non-neighbouring state and how Ubuntu Diplomacy framed this process. The study uses a case study design. Using Jakub J. Grygiel’s geostrategy framework, the analysis first assesses South Africa’s state borders and border pressure, then maps power projection in the DRC across diplomatic-political, military, and economic instruments. The findings show that relatively stable borders reduced defensive constraints and facilitated long-range power projection, while Ubuntu Diplomacy provided normative justification for these policy choices.
Decision-Making Process of the United States Withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2020-2021 Bintang Corvi Diphda; Putri Alyaa Safira; Yoga Ramadhani; Gertha Maria Gultom; Angelique Kishiola Prima Foraihmbarasi
JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND SOCIAL RESEARCH Vol. 8 No. 4 (2025): November 2025
Publisher : Smart Education

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.54314/jssr.v8i4.4764

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This article explains why the United States chose to withdraw troops from Afghanistan in 2020-2021 by applying Graham Allison’s decision-making models. Using a qualitative desk review, this article systematically identified, selected, and analysed secondary sources, then conducted a thematic analysis aligned with the Rational Actor, Organisational Process, and Bureaucratic Politics frameworks. The findings show that, as a rational actor, the U.S. pursued strategic aims of cost reduction, force protection, and fulfilment of political commitments, enabled in part by the Doha framework. Organisational procedures within the Department of Defence, the State Department, and CENTCOM shaped the pace, sequencing, and modalities of withdrawal. Bureaucratic bargaining among the President, senior defence leaders, and the special envoy structured key choices and trade-offs. This article concludes that the exit was driven by rational goals filtered through institutional routines and interagency politics. Policy implications include earlier whole-of-government planning, tighter diplomatic coordination with partners, and robust contingency arrangements.