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"This book examines the changes in Indonesian foreign policy during the 21st century as it seeks to position itself as a great power in the Indo-Pacific region.The rise of 21st-century Indonesia is becoming a permanent fixture in both the domestic and global discourses. Though there has been an increasing level of discussion on Indonesia’s emerging power status, there has been little discussion on how the country is debating and signalling its new-found status. This book combines the insights of both neo-classical realism and social identity theory to discuss a reset in an emerging Indonesia’s foreign policy during the 21st century while emphasizing domestic drivers and constraints of its international behaviour. There are three key organizing components of the book – emerging power, status signalling and the Indo-Pacific region. The Indo-Pacific region constitutes a spatial framing of the book; the emerging power provides an analytical category to explain Indonesia’s changing international status; and status signalling explains multiple facets of international behaviour through which the country is projecting its new status. Though leaders are adding different styles and characteristics to the rising Indonesia narrative, there are a few unmistakable overarching trends that highlight an increasing correlationbetween the country’s rising power and growing ambition in international behaviour. This book is built around four key signalling strategies of Indonesia as an emerging power – expanded regional canvas, power projection, leadership projection, and quest for great power parity. They represent Indonesia’s growing desire for a status-consistent behaviour, its response to the prevailing strategic uncertainty in the Indo-Pacific region and its attempt to advance its strategic interests.This book will be of much interest to students of South-East Asian politics, strategic studies, international diplomacy, security studies and IR in general."

"Dinamika politik Timur Tengah menjadi semakin dinamis sejak kehadiran Qatar di arena politik kawasan dan global terutama ketika Qatar memainkan peran diplomatiknya yang pragmatis dalam merespon setiap peristiwa politik baik di regional maupun internasional. Sebagai negara terkaya di Timur Tengah, Qatar secara pengaruh telah mampu bersaing dengan pesaing besarnya di Teluk yaitu Arab Saudi dan Iran. Posisi ini membuat Qatar mempunyai kesempatan besar untuk tampil lebih kuat di arena geopolitik Teluk dan bahkan di tingkat global terutama dalam merespon diskursus Indo Pasifik yang sedang massive dikampanyekan Amerika Serikat dan aliansi strategisnya. Sebagaimana pandangan para analis politik, Indo-Pasifik dipandang sebagai strategi baru untuk menghadang kebangkitan Tiongkok. Kehadiran Indo Pasifik juga telah mengubah peta baru di dalam hubungan antar negara di dunia. Belt and Road Initiative yang menjadi proyek raksasa Tiongkok juga semakin kuat didorong oleh pemerintah Tiongkok ke banyak negara di dunia. Merespon situasi tersebut, Qatar menunjukan kecerdasannya melalui model kebijakan luar negeri yang pragmatis, melakukan balance of power dengan melakukan kebijakan diplomasi dengan dua raksasa tersebut demi menjaga kepentingan nasionalnya. Sumber daya alam LNG yang dimiliki Qatar secara signifikan telah menjadikan Qatar mempunyai kepercayaan diri yang besar untuk mengubah dirinya menjadi negara berpengaruh dan dibutuhkan oleh negara lain. Bahkan Qatar juga mempunyai alat propaganda yang efektif dan massive yaitu media Al-Jazeera yang terbukti berhasil menguatkan posisi dan citranya di mata dunia.

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The political dynamics of the Middle East become increasingly dynamic since Qatar's presence in the regional and global political arena, especially when Qatar played a pragmatic diplomatic role in responding to every political event both regionally and internationally. As the richest country in the Middle East, Qatar is influentially able to compete with its major competitors in the Gulf, namely Saudi Arabia and Iran. This position gives Qatar a great opportunity to appear stronger in the Gulf geopolitical arena and even at the global level, especially in responding to the Indo-Pacific discourse which is being massively campaigned by the United States and its strategic alliances. As seen by many political analysts, Indo-Pacific assumed as a new strategy to counter the rise of China. The presence of Indo Pacific is also changing a new map in countries relations in the world. The Belt and Road Initiative, which is China's giant project, is also increasingly being pushed by the Chinese government to many countries in the world. Responding to this situation, Qatar showed its intelligence way through a pragmatic foreign policy model, carrying out a balance of power by carrying out a policy of diplomacy with the two giants in order to safeguard its national interests. Qatar's LNG natural resources have significantly made Qatar have great confidence to turn itself into an influential country and be needed by other countries. Even Qatar also has an effective and massive propaganda tool, namely the Al-Jazeera media which has proven successful in strengthening its position and image in the eyes of the world."

"This book addresses one of the most crucial questions in Southeast Asia: did the election in Indonesia in 2014 of a seemingly populist-oriented president alter the hegemony of the political and economic elites? Was it the end of the paradox that the basic social contradictions in the country's substantial capitalist development were not reflected in organized politics by any independent representation of subordinated groups, in spite of democratization? Beyond simplified frameworks, grounded scholars have now come together to discuss whether and how a new Indonesian politics has evolved in a number of crucial fields. Their critical insights are a valuable contribution to the study of this question."

"The presidency of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (2004–14) was a watershed in Indonesia's modern democratic history. Yudhoyono was not only the first Indonesian president to be directly elected, but also the first to be democratically re-elected. Coming to office after years of turbulent transition, he presided over a decade of remarkable political stability and steady economic growth. But other aspects of his rule have been the subject of controversy. While supporters view his presidency as a period of democratic consolidation and success, critics view it as a decade of stagnation and missed opportunities. This book is the first comprehensive attempt to evaluate both the achievements and the shortcomings of the Yudhoyono presidency. With contributions from leading experts on Indonesia's politics, economy and society, it assesses the Yudhoyono record in fields ranging from economic development and human rights, to foreign policy, the environment and the security sector."

"Edward Snowden's leaks exposed fundamental differences in the ways Americans and Europeans approach the issues of privacy and intelligence gathering. Featuring commentary from leading commentators, scholars and practitioners from both sides of the Atlantic, the book documents and explains these differences, summarized in these terms: Europeans should 'grow up' and Americans should 'obey the law'. The book starts with a collection of chapters acknowledging that Snowden's revelations require us to rethink prevailing theories concerning privacy and intelligence gathering, explaining the differences and uncertainty regarding those aspects. An impressive range of experts reflect on the law and policy of the NSA-Affair, documenting its fundamentally transnational dimension, which is the real location of the transatlantic dialogue on privacy and intelligence gathering. The conclusive chapters explain the dramatic transatlantic differences that emerged from the NSA-Affair with a collection of comparative cultural commentary."