Putri, Angelina Aprilia
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COVID-19 and the Energy Crisis: Saudi Arabia's Diplomatic Steps Through OPEC Negotiations Rusniyanti, Rusniyanti; Sahide, Ahmad; Mayllian, Veronica Patricia; Putri, Angelina Aprilia
Journal of Islamic World and Politics Vol. 9 No. 2 (2025): December 2025
Publisher : Prodi Hubungan Internasional Program Magister Univ. Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.18196/jiwp.v9i2.179

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The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted global economic growth, including the energy sector, due to the drastic drop in world oil prices. Saudi Arabia, as a key player in OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries), uses diplomacy to maintain the stability of the oil market. This research aims to understand Saudi Arabia's energy diplomacy in the face of the instability of the global commodity market caused by the pandemic. The theory used in this research was energy diplomacy, which examines Saudi Arabia's strategy as a key player in OPEC with other oil-producing countries. This study used a qualitative descriptive method with secondary data from relevant literature on Saudi energy policy and diplomacy during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study found that, first, Saudi Arabia successfully used its position in OPEC to achieve a consensus on oil production cuts during the COVID-19 pandemic and collaborated with non-OPEC countries to stabilize global oil prices. This strategy strengthens Saudi diplomacy's ability to address the challenges of the crisis, using energy diplomacy as a tool to handle the crisis and maintain national economic stability.
Debt Politics and New Dependencies: A Political Economic Analysis of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Southeast Asia Putri, Angelina Aprilia; Zhafirah, Al; Sahide, Ahmad
Politika: Jurnal Ilmu Politik Vol 16, No 2 (2025)
Publisher : Magister Ilmu Politik, Fakultas Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik, Universitas Diponegoro

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.14710/politika.16.2.2025.99-110

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This study aims to analyze the dynamics of new debt and dependency politics emerging from China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) project in Southeast Asia. The main focus is to see how infrastructure projects funded through the BRI create unequal relations between countries that provide and receive debt. To understand this phenomenon, this study uses an International Political Economy approach with a dependency theory framework from Andre Gunder Frank and other thinkers. This theory views that the relationship between central and peripheral countries in the global system often results in economic and political dependency through debt instruments and structural control. The method used is qualitative descriptive with literature study techniques, including analysis of cases in Laos, Indonesia, and Malaysia. The research findings show that the BRI project not only brings consequences for physical development, but also strengthens China's dominant position fiscally, technologically, and policy-wise in Southeast Asian countries. This dependency indicates the existence of a subordinate reproductive structure in the international system that is disguised through economic cooperation.