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09 28th, 2002 | 
The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Sat, 09/28/2002 12:00 AM Sayidiman Suryohadiprojo, Former Governor, National Resilience Institute (Lemhanas), Jakarta Although some people say that our reform movement is on the right track, many others are of a different opinion. There are even people who consider the movement to have failed or to have been defeated by the ""anti-reform"" people. At least we must agree that the movement is stagnating. Can we recover from this situation? In 1998 when the movement started, the situation was very different. Most Indonesians were unified because they wanted immediate change — an end of the authoritarian regime of president Soeharto that had brought so much suffering. The students responded to this strong demand for change and pioneered the reform movement. The people’s unity and the students’ dynamic spirit made the movement effective enough to lead to Soeharto’s resignation. There was no strong and distinct leadership that guided the movement; the unity of its read more .....
Sayidiman Suryohadiprojo, Letjen TNI (Purn) PENDAHULUAN Keamanan Asia Tenggara tidak hanya merupakan kepentingan negara-negara yang terletak di wilayah Asia Tenggara, tetapi juga penting bagi banyak negara di dunia. Antara lain Jepang amat berkepentingan dengan keamanan Asia Tenggara yang baik. Makalah ini bertusaha menguraikan hal-hal apa yang dapat merugikan keamanan Asia Tenggara, usaha apa yang dapat dilakukan Jepang untuk mengurangi kemungkinan memburuknya keamanan wilayah itu serta bagaimana pengaruh usaha Jepang tersebut terhadap negara-negara Asia Tenggara serta negara-negara lain yang juga mempunyai kepentingan di Asia Tenggara. KEAMANAN ASIA TENGGARA Asia Tenggara adalah bagian dunia yang mempunyai makna penting bagi geostrategi dan geoekonomi dunia. Letaknya merupakan posisi silang antara dua benua, Asia dan Australia, dan dua samudera, Samudera Pasifik dan Samudera Hindia. Sebab itu Asia Tenggara sepanjang sejarah umat manusia selalu mempunyai peran penting dalam gerakan (movements) bangsa-bangsa yang tinggal di read more .....