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MOTIVASI DIBALIK PENINGKATAN OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE JEPANG KE KAWASAN AFRIKA TAHUN 2008-2019 Rachmat Afi Azzam Pehang; Arie Kusuma Paksi
Jurnal Studi Diplomasi dan Keamanan Vol 13, No 2 (2021): Jurnal Studi Diplomasi dan Keamanan
Publisher : Jurusan Ilmu Hubungan Internasional

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31315/jsdk.v14i2.4740

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This research analyses he motivation behind the improvement of Japanese Official Development Assistance (ODA) to African Region in 2008-2019. By using the qualitative research method, this researh analyzes various literatures related to the research investigated. Based on the data obtained the African Region have never been the Japan’s main focus of aid intervention. However, when it entered the era of the 2000s, and in 2008 it became an important moment, when the ODA distribution policy for African Region was increasingly getting the main focus compared to other regions. Using the theory of national interest, the presence of Japan through increasing the distribution of ODA in the African Region is based the calculation of the African Region economic benefits for Japan.
JAPANESE GOVERNMENT REASONS BEHIND THE REMOVAL OF SOUTH KOREA FROM PREFERENTIAL WHITELIST: A MERCANTILISM PERSPECTIVE Rafidhia Putri Hendarjat; Arie Kusuma Paksi
Jurnal Studi Diplomasi dan Keamanan Vol 14, No 2 (2022): Jurnal Studi Diplomasi dan Keamanan
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31315/jsdk.v14i2.6699

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After a series of mutual whitelist exemption between the East Asian countries, Japan and South Korea since the second half of 2019, the happening of trade dispute cannot be avoided. This study aims to find the reasons behind the Japanese government decision to remove South Korea from Japan’s preferential whitelist. Through qualitative method, this study uses the mercantilism perspective of International Political Economy (IPE) combined with historical perspective of Japan and South Korea since their first encounter during the timeline of World War until the present day, especially through economic context as the theoretical framework. Therefore, this study asserts that Japan, as a country which claimed that it applied trade liberalization, also have the mercantilism ideas projection on their foreign policy by intervening the economic activities of the state, in which economy – as a form of soft power – is a crucial factor to make Japan as a strong state and crucial actor in international political stage, as the rivalry in global technology market with South Korea and strategic alliance with the United States needs to be prioritized by the Japanese government in order to protect its national interest as a state with a strong economy power after the massive economic growth of its fellow East Asian country, South Korea, and the high interdependency with South Korea especially in the 2000s era. The hypothesis can be proven through the weakening of South Korea technology and electronic integrated circuit export after their removal from Japan’s preferential whitelist and the growing favoritism by the United States, which made the Japanese government successfully achieve their national interest.