major : International Relations

International Relations

1.             ASEAN CHARTER: ITS REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE

The course will begin with an exposure on the rise of ASEAN in 1967, its multiple areas of cooperation, as well as its design to become a solid institution capable of catering the multiple interests of its members. Then the course will critically examine the latest document called Asean Charter, and its regional designs called the Asean Political and Security Community, the Asean Economic Community, and the Asean Sociocultural Community. As the Asean Charter has successfully brought Asean into a state of maturity, the course will also examine the document’s significant to the world, and the way the world appreciated such document. 

2.             BUSINESS AND POLITICS IN ASIA AND PACIFIC REGION

The study will critically examine the consistencies and inconsistencies in operating Good Governance and Good Corporate Governance in the APEC region, which involve countries in the Southeast Asian region, the South Pacific region, as well as the East Asian region. Special attention will be given to the interlink ages between the local power and politics inside the individual countries, and the way they responded to the results coming from the sub-prime mortgage crisis, which had earlier on happened in the United States of America. 

3.             BUSINESS AND POLITICS EUROPEAN AND AMERICA REGION

The study will critically examine the consistencies and inconsistencies in operating Good Governance and Good Corporate Governance in European Union countries and the United States of America. Special attention will be given to the interlink ages between the local power and politics inside the individual countries. The course will also discuss the negligence of the US government in handling the US market economy, leading to the sub-prime mortgage crisis in early 2009. The course will later on examine the way their respective governments responded to it.   

4.             CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

The course will begin with the basic ideas surrounding CSR and CD from the philosophical until the practical perspectives, continued with an exposure of its application in various parts of the world. The course will then examine the results of the ideas from both the company and government perspectives, and portrait the development of the ideas on an annual basis, and examine its level of success in the target community. This course is expected to help the students to understand the need to foster a closer relationship with the governments at the national and local levels, as well as the community living at the surrounding of the business areas. 

5.             COUNTRY RISK IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND BUSINESS

The course will critically examine the states, regardless of their level of development and reputation, from country risks perspective. The results may varied from year to year, from one positive point to the other positive point, or from one positive point to a negative point. Students will be encouraged to examine the trend within one specific time span (short, medium, long), and observe the way governments and business communities intertwined with each other. At the end, students are expected to have a sense of awareness on the need to help establish a stable country, which is not only raising the quality of its own people, but also internationally acceptable by the world community. 

6.             ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION

The course will firstly observe the existing environmental rules and regulations at the Indonesian national and sub-national levels, its level of applicability, as well as its adherence to the rules and norms at the international level. The course will then compare the Indonesian experiences with countries inside ASEAN, and examine their consistencies in dealing with environmental issues, continued with an examination on the existing coordination inside ASEAN in dealing with their specific environmental concerns. 

7.             GLOBAL WARMING AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

The course will begin with the basic ideas surrounding global warming, and explain the importance of human kind as an important actor in the world ecosystem. Students will then examine the impact of the long held industrialization in various part of the world, and witness its implications on the well being of the Mother Nature. The class will also identify which countries and industries held responsible for the worsening of ecosystem, and the world’s collective efforts to regain a healthier world through the United Nations and regional mechanisms. 

8.             HUMAN RIGHT AND GENDER ISSUES IN BUSINESS WORLD

The course will firstly examine the ideas, rules and norms related to human rights and gender issues from the United Nations’ documents, as well as various regional conferences dealing with such issues. Students will be encouraged to compare the practices of gender equilibrium in various countries, and pay attention to the practices happening in the business world, especially in Indonesia as a country in transition.    

 9.             INDONESIAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: HUMAN CAPITAL, INVESMENT, AND REGULATIONS

How complex is the industrial relations in Indonesia? This course will become the extension of the Indonesian Legal System, and portrait the real pictures happening inside the country. The study will firstly discuss the basic concepts of Human Rights, gender and gender equilibrium, and picture the problems and challenges faced in the business world. Students will also learn the reasons behind companies’ relocation into Indonesia, as well as the problems surrounding the flight of capital when they decided to leave Indonesia (in Indonesian term called: “divestasi”). The course will also examine the causes and results of the Indonesian government’s efforts to make the country’s rules and regulations more competitive internationally through various restructurization programs. 

10.         MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND STATE DIPLOMACY

Do MNCs operate in tandem with the state diplomacy? If yes, what are their agreed rules and expected results at home and abroad? In the process, are these actors reinforcing each others? In a worse case scenario, will the state intervene on the MNCs behalf to rescue a huge business facing significant risks? The course is designed to answer these questions, and critically examine the practices happening in various regions of the world, particularly MNCs based in countries of different socio-economic backgrounds.  

11.         SOVEREIGNTY  AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

This course will examine the up to date cases such as “Batik” and “Reog Ponorogo” from various perspectives:  the country of origin, the country who internationalized the idea, and the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). However, when it comes to greater complexity issues such as Biodiversity, things are becoming more complicated, as it involve countries with different level of power and influence, as well as companies along with their decades of Research and Development (R&D) and huge amount of investments. Students are expected to be critical on the diverse  perspectives, and understand the complication in winning the IPR. 

12.         STRATEGIC INTELLEGENCE AND ITS BUSINESS APPLICATIONS

This course will examine the way strategic intelligence perceive the changing environment: obtaining accurate information, identifying friends or foes, detailing pattern of relationship, initiating coalition of different power houses, using specific technology for specific purposes, training specific people to operate specific missions, as well as simulating different scenarios for specific goals and objectives. As the above assessments were developed by the security community, however, their findings need to be understood by the business community. This course is designed to answer the above mentioned questions. 

13.         THE CLASH OF CIVILIZATION AND ITS INTERNATIONAL IMPLICATIONS

The study will firstly examine Samuel Huntington’s idea of Clash of Civilization, which was written in late 1990s, continued with an examination on   the impact of the tragedy of 11 September 2001, and the way the world community responded to it. Special attention will be given to reactions coming from civilizations and governments in various parts of the world, as well as collective and unilateral efforts in preventing such kind of terrorism. The course will also examine the evolution of inter-faith dialogues among different   cultures of the world, as well as its success in bridging the distinct civilizations     into cohesive kind of cooperation. 

14.         THE INFLUENCE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TO HUMANKIND

The course will enlight the students with an understanding, that science and technology can highly influence human kind, in both positive and negative ways. The students will learn how SciTech has speed up the decision making process, which help international activities to become more pertinent. Unluckily, under the wrong hands, the improper use of SciTech will manifest into activities such as cyber crime, which had become a nightmare for international banking.  It is expected that this course will help students to deal with SciTech with greater responsibility, and appreciate the need to foster a closer international collaboration in developing the use of SciTech for the advancement of the world civilization.

15.         THE RISE AND FALL OF MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS

The study will critically examine the philosophy behind the establishment of MNCs in various parts of the world, their vision and strategy leading to operation of plants or branches in more than one country. The course will observe their capacity to bridge idealism into pragmatism, and the way they responded to the rapidly changing global environment. Ideas taken into consideration are such as the rise and fall of the national leaders they had been supporting, the scarcity in the areas of finance, energy and advance technology, as well as the need to recruit the proper managers at various levels. 

16.         TRADE DIPLOMACY: THEORY AND PRACTICE

The course will introduce the importance of communication involving the states and their statesmen on trade issues. Special attention will be given to the process of negotiation at the internal and external levels, which involve the ideas of persuasions, tactics, coalitions, consensus, compromises, sanctions, and threats, which have become a normal part in modern diplomacy.  Case studies on specific issues will help students to understand the true meaning of national interests, where the states and their domestic actors will have to face international, regional, and bilateral realities. 

17.         WORLD STRATEGIC AND ECONOMIC THINKERS

The study will critically examine the power of ideas coming from the few strategic and economic thinkers of the world, its scientification process, and the way it targets the world, as well as its level of adaptation in the rapidly changing environment. Ideas coming from individuals such as Tsun Zu, Henry Ford, Toyota, Bill Gates, Alvin Toffler, Kenichi Ohmae, Michael Porter, and Peter Drucker will be examined in greater detail. The course is expected to inspire young professionals in planning their career, and providing them with proper tools to better understand the changing strategic and economic issues happening in the world.

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I will be studying all of those subject in a few weeks from now. Ill do my best for my sake. goodluck for me :)

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