Herdi Sahrasad
peneliti senior Pusat studi Islam dan Kenegaraan (PSIK) Universitas Paramadina

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Konflik Laut China Selatan: Rivalitas China-AS dan ASEAN Herdi Sahrasad
Konfrontasi: Jurnal Kultural, Ekonomi dan Perubahan Sosial Vol 2 No 2 (2015): Konfrontasi, July
Publisher : Budapest International Research and Critics University

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Conflict in the South China Sea have significant risk. China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, and the Philippines have competing territorial and jurisdictional claims, particularly over rights to exploit the region's possibly extensive reserves of oil and gas. Freedom of navigation in the region is also a contentious issue, especially between the United States and China over the right of U.S. military vessels to operate in China's two- hundred-mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ). These tensions are shaping— and being shaped by—rising apprehensions about the growth of China's military power and its regional intentions. China has embarked on a substantial modernization of its maritime paramilitary forces as well as naval capabilities to enforce its sovereignty and jurisdiction claims by force if necessary. At the same time, it is developing capabilities that would put U.S. forces in the region at risk in a conflict, thus potentially denying access to the U.S. Navy in the western Pacific. Given the growing importance of the U.S.-China relationship, and the Asia- Pacific region more generally, to the global economy, the United States has a major interest in preventing any one of the various disputes in the South China Sea from escalating militarily.
Pergolakan Mesir: Dari Revolusi ke Transisi Demokrasi Herdi Sahrasad
Konfrontasi: Jurnal Kultural, Ekonomi dan Perubahan Sosial Vol 1 No 2 (2014): Konfrontasi, July
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The 2011 revolution in Egypt started with marches, demonstrations and civil resistance on January 25. Protesters were inspired by the successful uprising in Tunisia, where demonstrators succeeded in bringing down the govern- ment. People came on to the streets demanding the overthrow of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. They complained of poverty, unemployment, corruption and autocratic governance of the president who had ruled the country for 30 years. Demonstrators included Islamic, liberal, anti-capi- talist, nationalist and feminist elements. The Egyptian protesters' grievances focused on legal and political issues, including police brutality, state-of-emergency laws, lack of free elections and freedom of speech, corruption, and economic issues including high un- employment, food-price inflation and low wages.The protesters' primary demands were the end of the Mubarak regime and emergency law, freedom, justice, a responsive non-military government and a voice in managing Egypt's resources. Strikes by labour unions added to the pressure on government officials.