The Political and Economic Impacts of Rohingya Refugee Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities of Humanitarian Intervention in Post-Conflict Space

The crisis of Rohingya refugee has been agitating bilateral relations among South East Asian and South Asian countries particularly Bangladesh. Beside the massive influxes of ingoing refugees, the crisis contributes to a massive economic decline in addition to poor assistantship of their host countries. Building from these, this article aims at examining the local community integration policy jointly delivered by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee (UNHCR) and International Organization for Migration (IOM) together with the governments of host countries in promoting cultural reunification between refugees and native population of Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. Moreover, this article seeks to explore the way refugee navigates destination based on sociological, anthropological, and geographical resemblance in which encompasses religious, ethnical, historical, and economic considerations. Methodologically, this article is deliberated through a mix qualitative method where discourse and content analysis are being employed respectively. As a result, this article signifies the inherent legitimacy of cultural and religious institutions that breaches the pre-existing legal restraint as well as weighing up its supremacy against the government’s interest and political agenda. Eventually, the ultimate outcome of this research draws the process on how refugees and native inhabitants shapes reciprocal relationship in times of international rejection and how they influence the development of destination countries economically and politically. Keywords: Bangladesh, community integration, humanitarian intervention, Indonesia, Rohingya refuge

The Role of Social Media and Its Implication for Democracy in 2020 U.S. Elections

We can see the growing use of social media for politics through 2020 U.S. elections. This social media presence has the potential to shift the perspective of democracy. This paper is a reflection to explore the use of social media in the United States democracy, especially in the 2020 election. This paper explained that social media has a significant role in the United States democracy, including those of the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Social media, with its shortcomings and advantages, contributed greatly to the election results, increasing public engagement, and increasing political participation. On the other hand, social media also gave rise to public polarization in the U.S. and opened up foreign intervention opportunities. However, by the 2020 U.S. election, the foreign intervention was relatively low, so that it did not have enough effect on the election results. Trump and Biden became two candidates who understood this social media potential and sought to attract voters in their respective ways. With the right and structured strategy, Biden was able to achieve deeper engagement through numerous interactions on social media. As the result, Biden emerged as the winner of the election, one of which with social media support

PENGUATAN NILAI DEMOKRASI MELALUI PERAN GEN Z INDONESIA DALAM MEDIA ONLINE

ABSTRAKEra digital membawa tantangan baru bagi Gen Z sebagai natives digital. Bagi Indonesia, Gen Z berperan penting dalam kehidupan demokrasi, sebagai calon pemimpin bangsa. Namun, media Online juga memberi tantangan pada hoaks, potensi indoktrinasi, radikalisasi dan berbagai tantangan lain. Karenanya, Gen Z membutuhkan pemahaman nilai demokrasi. Kegiatan pengabdian ini dilakukan dalam rangka “penguatan nilai demokrasi melalui peran generasi Z indonesia dalam media Online”. Tujuannya adalah mendukung Gen Z menjawab tantangan dinamika era digital yang kompleks, sehingga menjadi pribadi-pribadi unggul dan berkontribusi positif dalam demokrasi Indonesia. Metode yang dilakukan berupa pendidikan masyarakat, dalam skema daring. Skema daring dilakukan guna menyesuaikan kondisi pandemi sekaligus membuka kesempatan melibatkan sasaran yang lebih luas, yakni Gen Z dari berbagai daerah di seluruh Indonesia. Kegiatan dilakukan melalui tahap penjajagan, promosi, sosialisasi, pendampingan dan evaluasi. Sosialisasi dilakukan oleh pakar demokrasi dan pakar media Online. Selanjutnya, dilakukan pendampingan selama dua bulan. Tahap evaluasi dilakukan dengan penilaian indikator luaran untuk melihat perubahan pola pikir dan perilaku peserta kegiatan. Evaluasi menunjukkan bahwa seluruh indikator luaran mengalami peningkatan atau hasil positif, terutama pada peningkatan pemahaman dalam menggunakan media Online, seperti media sosial secara bermanfaat. Kata kunci: demokrasi; gen Z, Indonesia, media online. ABSTRACTThe digital era provides new challenges for Gen Z as digital natives. For Indonesia, Gen Z plays an important role in democratic life, as a future leader of the nation. However, online media poses challenge of hoaxes, indoctrination, radicalization and others. Understanding the value of democracy can be good modal for them. This program was carried out in the context of "Strengthening democratic values through the role of Z Generation Indonesia in online media". The purposes was to support Gen Z in responding to the challenges of digital era, so they can be better and contribute positively to Indonesian democracy. The method used was public education, in an online scheme. The online scheme was adapted to the pandemic conditions while at the same time opening up opportunities to involve a wider target, Z Generation from around Indonesia. Activities were included assessment, promotion, socialization, mentoring and evaluation. The socialization was carried out by democracy experts and online media experts. Assistance was held for two months. The evaluation stage done by assessing the output indicators to see changes in the mindset and behavior of participants. The evaluation showed that all of the output indicators have improved or have positive results, especially increased understanding in using online media, such as social media in a useful way. Keywords: democracy; gen Z; Indonesia; online media