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Rubikon: Journal of Transnational American Studies
ISSN : 25412248     EISSN : 2654413X     DOI : https://doi.org/10.22146/rubikon
Core Subject : Humanities,
RUBIKON, Journal of Transnational American Studies (JTAS) specializes in American Studies especially transnational studies of the U.S. It is also intended to communicate American Studies issues and challenges. This journal warmly welcomes contributors from American Studies scholars, researchers, and those related to the discipline.
Articles 173 Documents
DYNAMICS OF CHANGE IN UNITED STATES POLICY IN THE SYRIAN CRISIS: ANALYSIS OF THE TRANSITION FROM DIPLOMACY TO INTERVENTION Fauzi, Wajid; Rochani Adi, Ida; Hindun, Hindun
Rubikon : Journal of Transnational American Studies Vol 12, No 2 (2025)
Publisher : Pengkajian Amerika, Universitas Gadjah Mada

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22146/rubikon.v12i2.111358

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The United States' policy toward the Syrian crisis (2011-2019) was marked by a significant and often inconsistent transition from diplomatic caution to direct military intervention. This article analyzes the dynamics of this policy evolution, moving beyond traditional state-centric explanations to examine the influence of cross-border flows. It argues that the transition was not a linear progression but a reactive and fragmented process driven by the interplay of three key factors: the failure of established international diplomatic mechanisms to resolve the conflict; the transnationalization of the threat landscape with the rise of the Islamic State (ISIS); and the powerful, albeit fluctuating, influence of global media narratives depicting humanitarian atrocities. This study maps the critical junctures that compelled policy recalibration by employing a qualitative process-tracing methodology and discourse analysis of official documents, presidential statements, and media reports. The findings demonstrate that key decisions from the "red line" ultimatum to the initiation of Operation Inherent Resolve were profoundly shaped by forces that transcended national borders, forcing policymakers to react to non-state actors, global information flows, and normative pressures. The research embodies an analytical and process-oriented approach that systematically investigates the evolution of US foreign policy during the Syrian crisis, emphasizing the underlying dynamics that prompted the transition from diplomatic engagement to direct intervention.
BOOK REVIEW: TEORI-TEORI DAN METODE PENGKAJIAN AMERIKA Inayati, Rif'ah; Sriastuti, Anna
Rubikon : Journal of Transnational American Studies Vol 12, No 2 (2025)
Publisher : Pengkajian Amerika, Universitas Gadjah Mada

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22146/rubikon.v12i2.112028

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Quests in American Studies, along with discussions about the theories, methods, and practices that shape it, have been growing for decades as the study of American culture and society has undergone various changes in line with shifts in various scientific disciplines and changes within American Studies itself.  Henry Nash Smith’s article (1957, 197-208) entitled “Can American Studies Develop a Method?” explains that American Studies, in his understanding, is “the study of American culture, past and present, as a whole”; and by “culture” or “the way in which subjective experience is organized.” As Smith’s statement can be broad, Ida Rochani Adi offers readers of theories and methods in American Studies with broad, multi-faceted knowledge of America as a complex, diverse and dynamic nation, and its relationship with the broader world, within the myth-and-symbol school and transnational/post-national American Studies in her book entitled “Teori-Teori dan Metode Pengkajian Amerika”. Adi’s systematic, coherent, comprehensive, and applicable presentation makes this book a required reading for exploring and understanding American Studies, particularly in relation to theories and methods in interdisciplinary studies.
THE EXTERNAL CONFLICTS OF EMMA IN EMMA MOVIE (2020) Puspita, Gabriela Novena; Gemilang, Adria Vitalya; Hikmah, Isti'anatul
Rubikon : Journal of Transnational American Studies Vol 11, No 2 (2024)
Publisher : Pengkajian Amerika, Universitas Gadjah Mada

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22146/rubikon.v11i2.113461

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The purpose of this study is about to find the external conflict in Emma movie (2020). Emma movie (2020) directed by Autumn de Wilde and was adapted from the novel by Jane Austen (1815) that had the same name. The movie showed the relations between Emma and the other character and sometimes there were conflicts between them. There are two objectives of this study: 1) to analyse the external conflicts between the main character (Emma) and the other characters in Emma movie (2020) that can be reflected in conversation in the movie and the movie script; 2) to find out the solution of the external conflicts that occurred in Emma movie (2020) that is shown in conversation in the movie and the movie script. In collecting the data from the movie, the researcher used qualitative research in analysing the data. The researcher used the external conflict theory by William Kenny (1966) and the conflict management strategies by Deetz and Stevenson (1986) to analyse the data. This research found six external conflicts experienced by the main character Emma and four data from the conflict management strategies. The findings of this research taught that there are several ways to resolve the conflicts until it reaches an agreement between both sides.