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Isti Nur Rahmahwati, Isti Nur
Program Studi Ilmu Hubungan Internasional, Fakultas Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik, Universitas Diponegoro
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EVALUASI HASIL IMPLEMENTASI THE COORDINATED MEKONG MINISTERIAL INITIATIVE AGAINST TRAFFICKING SUB-REGIONAL PLAN OF ACTION (COMMIT SPA) DALAM MENANGANI HUMAN TRAFFICKING DI THAILAND PERIODE 2011-2013 Rahmahwati, Isti Nur; Windiani, Reni; Putranti, Ika Riswanti
Journal of International Relations Volume 1, Nomor 2, Tahun 2015
Publisher : International Relations, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Diponegoro

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Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, China, Vietnam, and Cambodia createdCOMMIT and COMMIT SPA. During COMMIT SPAimplementation period 2011-2013, the number of human traffickingincreased in Thailand. Most of human trafficking victims in Thailandare exploited into sexual exploitation and forced labor. The studyaims to analyze causes of human trafficking increased duringCOMMIT SPA implementation. The study result is the increase ofhuman trafficking is caused by Thailand’s interests by using sextrafficking victims in prostitution and sex tourism activities as a drawfor foreign tourists to Thailand and labor trafficking victims inproducing prawns for supermarkets in US and European countries toget economic benefits.
China’s Political Worldview and Chinese Exceptionalism: A Book Review Rahmahwati, Isti Nur
Indonesian Perspective Vol 10, No 1 (2025): (Januari-Juni 2025)
Publisher : Universitas Diponegoro

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.14710/ip.v10i1.71335

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This fascinating book is a product of Benjamin Ho’s PhD dissertation, examining an interpretative concept of exceptionalism distinct from the Western idea. It presents a systematic and well-constructed analysis of how the rise of China as an emerging global power and its international political perspective is being comprehensively interpreted through Chinese exceptionalism discourse. The comparison of four Chinese IR thoughts and mainstream IR theories derived from realism, liberalism, and constructivism presents multiple views to understand the study of China’s international relations. Through his study, Ho unravels China’s exceptionalism in perceiving itself as different and unique in conducting international relations, particularly after President Xi Jinping took office in 2012. Ho further identifies how it influences the dynamics of China’s political actions in the existing international order and the possibility of China’s attempts to establish its preferred world order vis-à-vis the Western-led. A well-combined elaboration of historical, domestic political, cultural value, and sociological factors provides more inclusive outlooks determining the motivation and the way Chinese leaders and policymakers think about and propose expansive strategies to promote Beijing’s norms and objectives to the international realm. 
China’s Political Worldview and Chinese Exceptionalism: A Book Review Rahmahwati, Isti Nur
Indonesian Perspective Vol 10, No 1 (2025): (Januari-Juni 2025)
Publisher : Universitas Diponegoro

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.14710/ip.v10i1.71335

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This fascinating book is a product of Benjamin Ho’s PhD dissertation, examining an interpretative concept of exceptionalism distinct from the Western idea. It presents a systematic and well-constructed analysis of how the rise of China as an emerging global power and its international political perspective is being comprehensively interpreted through Chinese exceptionalism discourse. The comparison of four Chinese IR thoughts and mainstream IR theories derived from realism, liberalism, and constructivism presents multiple views to understand the study of China’s international relations. Through his study, Ho unravels China’s exceptionalism in perceiving itself as different and unique in conducting international relations, particularly after President Xi Jinping took office in 2012. Ho further identifies how it influences the dynamics of China’s political actions in the existing international order and the possibility of China’s attempts to establish its preferred world order vis-à-vis the Western-led. A well-combined elaboration of historical, domestic political, cultural value, and sociological factors provides more inclusive outlooks determining the motivation and the way Chinese leaders and policymakers think about and propose expansive strategies to promote Beijing’s norms and objectives to the international realm. 
Navigating Indonesia’s Engagement with China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Strategic Leverage Analysis Rahmahwati, Isti Nur; Riyanto, Budi
Journal of Integrative International Relations Vol. 10 No. 2 (2025): November
Publisher : Center for Integrative International Studies Laboratory, Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya

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This study analyzes Indonesia’s engagement with China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in the context of strategic leverage, utilizing Maritime Axis narrative as its instrument. Instead of relying on Colley’s and Noort’s buy-in framework, this article develops the interplay of narrative and diplomatic engagement within the framework of strategic leverage. Strategic leverage is an alternative framework unveiling how Indonesia with its middle-level of power proactively and flexibly shape and navigate its engagement with China’s BRI, moving beyond a binary framework of acceptance and rejection of the BRI. The leverage as a bottom-up process is used to pursue strategic goals, balancing the interaction of materialism and ideational dimension. Focusing on Indonesia, this study highlights three forms of leverage: bargaining, investment, and resource leverage. Qualitative methodology is applied in this study, concerning narrative and behavioral analysis. The result is that Indonesia’s engagement with China’s BRI is part of the country’s strategic leveraging cycle rather solely a buy-in behavior as proposed by Colley and Noort.
Discourse Analysis of Xenophobia and Identity Politics in Contemporary South Africa Awaliyah, Khofiyatul; Suharman, Yoga; Rahmahwati, Isti Nur
Global Focus Vol. 6 No. 1 (2026)
Publisher : Department of International Relations, Universitas Brawijaya

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This study analyzes how identity politics and the apartheid system inherited from the colonial regime are reproduced into systems of exclusion and inclusion by segments of the local South African community towards other African migrants. The study focuses on lived experiences, as well as discursive and social practices of xenophobia in the postcolonial South African context using structured online interview research methods combined with Norman Fairclough's critical discourse analysis and a postcolonial theoretical framework, particularly the concepts of othering (Edward Said) and mimicry (Homi K. Bhabha) used to examine the understanding and experiences of other African communities regarding intra-racial discrimination and racial violence. Data were collected through online interviews with 17 informants from South Africa and Sub-Saharan African countries, as well as textual analysis of policy documents and official reports. The findings reveal that xenophobia is reproduced through symbolic exclusion, identity categorization, and the legitimization of public discourse that revives colonial hierarchies and dispositions. Identity politics reflected in xenophobia functions as a symbolic mechanism to maintain the boundaries of national identity and contributes to intra-racial violence in postcolonial South Africa.
Co-Authors Awaliyah, Khofiyatul Budi Riyanto Ika Riswanti Putranti Reni Windiani Suharman, Yoga