MaCiFIC 2022


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The 2nd Maritime Continent Fulcrum International Conference (MaCiFIC 2022) is a platform for academics, business actors, policy makers, and other practitioners who are engaged and have a vision to develop the maritime sectors not only industries but also ecological. The MaCiFIC 2022 is organized by the Universitas Maritim Raja Ali Haji (UMRAH), Indonesia. The MaCiFIC 2022 was held by Hybrid (online by zoom) and offline at Trans Convention Center, Tanjungpinang City from September 28-October 1, 2022. This event was attended by More than 400 participants and speakers from various countries, namely Indonesia, The United States, Japan, France, and Australia from academia, government, business, and communities. At the MaCiFIC 2022, there were 106 papers titles presented in plenary and parallel sessions. Topics of the papers related to blue economy, archipelago governance, maritime culture and heritage, maritime science and technology, marine science and fisheries, innovative technology for sustainable developments goals (SDGs), and climate change initiative on coastal and marine ecosystems. Appreciation and thanks are conveyed to the committee from academic staff of UMRAH for their hard work and contributions to the MaCiFIC 2022. Our appreciation and thanks are also conveyed to all participants, peer reviewers, and speakers for their support and contribution in the MaCiFIC 2022. The oral presenter of the MaCiFIC 2022 were targeted to be 106 people from various countries. The total participants who attended the conference were 400 people including a keynote speaker and 7 invited speakers and 106 oral presenter by online and on site. Participants of the conference consisted of researchers, lecturers, and students who were engaged in the multidisciplinary on the maritime. Locations of the participants, presenter and speakers were Indonesia, The United States, Japan, France, Australia, and Singapore. The all participants’ affiliations of MaCiFIC 2022 are Universitas Maritim Raja Ali Haji, Riau University, Hasanuddin University, ITS, Padjajaran University, Indonesia University, Batam University, Bung Hatta University, IPB University, Universitas Jendral Soedirman, Marine Geological Institute of Indonesia, Andalas University, Marine and Fisheries Institute of Riau Island Province, UIN Jakarta, Islamic Riau University, State University of Jakarta, Carbon Ethics Indonesia Foundation, Indonesia Education University, Ministry of Marine and Fisheries Affairs (MAFF) Republic of Indonesia, Kyushu University, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), The MaCiFIC 2022 was held by Hybrid (online by zoom) and offline at Trans Convention Center, Tanjungpinang City. The Conference was organised by Univeritas Maritim Raja Ali Haji, Indonesia. The model of MaCiFIC 2022was plenary and parallel sessions, interactive talks by speakers, question and answer sessions. The MaCiFIC 2022 was divided into four plenary sessions and four parallel sessions. The time spent to deliver the talks were 25 minutes for each plenary speaker and 10 minutes for each parallel speaker. There were seven parallel rooms and 10 – 18 speakers per parallel room. In the plenary session, seven invited speakers gave presentations on different topics, namely Prof. Thomas Boving from The University of Rhode Island (URI), USA gave a presentation on “URI Research on Environmental Issues and Coastal Environment”; Prof. Agung Dhamar Syakti (Universitas Maritim Raja Ali Haji) gave apresentation related to “Environmental sample stability for pharmaceutical compound analysis: Handling and preservation recommendation”; Prof. Henry Dou (Aix-Marseille University; France) with a presentation entitled “Advocacy for the Island”; Dr. Perry Jie (Edith Cowan University; Australia) gave a presentation on “Indonesian Maritime Trade: Transportation and Port Facilitation”; Prof. Tamiji Yamamoto (Director of Center for Restoration of Basin Ecosystem and Environment; Japan) gave a presentation on “Fertilizer development and application for oyster growth”, and Dr. Mubariq Ahmad (Chariman of Conservation Strategy fund; Indonesia) gave apresentation on “The blue economy challenges in Indonesia’s economic transformation”; Dr. Umi Muawanah (Nationl Research and Innovation Agency; BRIN Indonesia). gave a presentation regarding “Blue foods (Tunas in Indonesia)”; Dr. Muhammad Zaini (Director General of Fisheries Cacth, Ministry of Marine and Fisheries Affairs; Republic of Indoneisa) asn keynote speaker with a presentation entitled “Implementation of blue. The parallel session was divided into two meeting rooms and support to Zoom Meeting platform. The number of papers presented in the parallel sessions were 20 papers on maritime science and technology and Innovative technology for sustainable development goals (SGDs) topics, 20 papers on marine and fisheries topics, 26 papers on blue economy and climate change inititave on coastal and marine ecosystem topics, and 26 papers on archipelago governance and maritime culture and heritage topics. It is hoped that this conference will make a real contribution to the development of Indonesian maritime sector through achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).




Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2022


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The publication covers the 49 regional members of ADB. It discusses trends in development progress and the challenges to achieving inclusive and sustainable economic growth across Asia and the Pacific. This 53rd edition finds that the COVID-19 pandemic has set back the fight against poverty in the region by at least 2 years. Drawing on data simulations, it concludes that people with less social mobility may experience longer-lasting difficulties in escaping poverty. Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2022 includes a special chapter on how data resilience can be achieved in the wake of pandemic disruptions to the operations of national statistical systems. The publication is complemented by a special supplement, Mapping the Public Voice for Development: Natural Language Processing of Social Media Text Data, which explores how social media text data can be harnessed to help policymakers understand the opinions, ideas, and expectations of the public.




Handbook of Indo-Pacific Studies


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This handbook explores the significance of the Indo-Pacific in world politics. It shows how the re-emergence of the Indo-Pacific in international relations has fundamentally changed the approach to politics, economics and security. The volume: explores the themes related to trade, politics and security for better understanding of the Indo-Pacific and the repercussions of the region's emergence studies different security and political issues in the region: military competition, maritime governance, strategic alliances and rivalries, and international conflicts analyses various socio-economic dimensions of the Indo-Pacific, such as political systems, cultural and religious contexts, and trade and financial systems examines the strategies of various states, such as the United States, Japan, India and China, and their approaches towards the Indo-Pacific covers the role of middle powers and small states in detail Interdisciplinary in approach and with essays from authors from around the world, this volume will be indispensable to scholars, researchers and students in the fields of international relations, politics and Asian studies.




Converging Empires


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Making a vital contribution to our understanding of North American borderlands history through its examination of the northernmost stretches of the U.S.-Canada border, Andrea Geiger highlights the role that the North Pacific borderlands played in the construction of race and citizenship on both sides of the international border from 1867, when the United States acquired Russia's interests in Alaska, through the end of World War II. Imperial, national, provincial, territorial, reserve, and municipal borders worked together to create a dynamic legal landscape that both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people negotiated in myriad ways as they traversed these borderlands. Adventurers, prospectors, laborers, and settlers from Europe, Canada, the United States, Latin America, and Asia made and remade themselves as they crossed from one jurisdiction to another. Within this broader framework, Geiger pays particular attention to the ways in which Japanese migrants and the Indigenous people who had made this borderlands region their home for millennia—Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian among others—negotiated the web of intersecting boundaries that emerged over time, charting the ways in which they infused these reconfigured national, provincial, and territorial spaces with new meanings.




Asia-Pacific Regional Security Assessment 2023


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The Asia-Pacific Regional Security Assessment examines key regional security issues relevant to the policy-focused discussions of the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia’s premier defence summit convened by the International Institute for Strategic Studies. It is published and launched at the Dialogue and the issues analysed within its covers are central to discussions at the event. Since February 2022, the war in Ukraine has provided a bleak backdrop for discussions about international security. While the war has affected many aspects of security and defence in the Asia-Pacific, the region also has its own dynamics, and important security-related developments have occurred there since the invasion. Among these, China’s ever-growing power and increasingly assertive posture remain the leading long-term challenges for the region. This tenth edition of the Asia-Pacific Regional Security Assessment contains an introduction and six chapters, authored by IISS experts, which investigate important dimensions of the regional security environment, supported by maps, graphs, charts and tables. Topics include: the war in Ukraine and the Asia-Pacific balance of power; strained US- China relations and the growing threat to Taiwan; Asia-Pacific naval and maritime capabilities; China’s Belt and Road Initiative; Japanese security and defence policy; and the conflict in Myanmar and the international response. Authors include leading regional analysts and academics at the forefront of research and analysis: James Crabtree, Euan Graham, Nigel Inkster, Nick Childs, Meia Nouwens, Robert Ward, Yuka Koshino, Aaron Connelly and Shona Loong




Revenue Statistics in Asia and the Pacific 2024 Tax Revenue Buoyancy in Asia


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This annual publication compiles comparable tax revenue statistics for 36 economies. Additionally, it provides information on non-tax revenues for 22 of the 36 economies. This eleventh edition of the report includes a special feature on tax revenue buoyancy in Asia.




Indonesia and the Indo-Pacific


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This book examines Indonesia’s strategies and policies to influence regional cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, focusing especially on Indonesia’s efforts to be the maritime fulcrum in the Indo-Pacific during President Joko Widodo’s (Jokowi) administration from 2014 until the present. Highlighting the importance of Indonesia as the largest country in Southeast Asia and as a founder member of ASEAN, the book, based on extensive original research, provides key insights into Indonesia’s maritime policy decision-making since 2014. It discusses the domestic political context in which foreign policy decisions are made, provides an explanation for Indonesia’s efforts to project its vision of Indo-Pacific cooperation at the ASEAN level and beyond, and demonstrates how Indonesia strives to maintain a delicate balance in its interactions with major powers in the region, including the United States, China, and Japan.




Indo-Pacific and ASEAN


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This book examines Indo-Pacific issues from a Southeast Asian perspective and goes beyond discourses such as ASEAN–China or ASEAN–US–China. It analyses the new regional balances in the ASEAN and Indo-Pacific region at the diplomatic, strategic and economic levels while taking into account the ongoing uncertainty of the international order, reshaped by the post COVID-19 crisis and characterised by the increasingly adversarial China-US relations, the sensitive context of South China Sea and Taiwan crisis and the impact of the war between Russia and Ukraine. It highlights Indo-Pacific not only from a geostrategic angle but an economic one, considering ASEAN amidst competing connectivity strategies and integration challenges. The book offers an inclusive outlook capturing diversity and convergence of strategies in a key region where the stage of tomorrow’s global order will be decided. It will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of politics and international relations and Area Studies, especially Southeast-Asian Studies and Indo-Pacific Studies.




China and the Indo-Pacific


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The book emanates from the geopolitical and geo-economic churning and transformations set in motion by the unprecedented economic rise of China resulting in its expanding political influence across the region and the world. In both the economic and the security realms, the United States and China alike are increasingly seen contesting in shaping the Indo-Pacific regional order to their own advantage. This book unfolds the contours and dimensions of China’s responses to various multilateral initiatives of the US and its friends and allies like Japan, Australia, and India and, to some extent, even ASEAN. While China’s medium-term strategy envisages a non-hostile external environment in order to focus on domestic priorities; reducing dependence of littoral nations of the Indo-Pacific region on America while increasing their engagement and dependence on China. China's expanding reach and influence overseas has resulted in US-led initiatives being China-focused inviting a response from China where adverse reactions have become increasingly palpable.




ASEAN and Regional Actors in the Indo-Pacific


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This book discusses the shifting regional geopolitical engagements and development of rearranged connections emerging among ASEAN and non-ASEAN actors. First, the book focuses on the crucial discourse surrounding the Indo-Pacific region, including its challenges, continuity, and relevance. The discussion highlights the growing influence of regional actors such as India, Thailand, Japan, and the US, particularly in the context of a pressing question of collaboration versus containment amidst China’s rise. The book delves into various topics, such as geopolitical anxieties, economic strength, foreign policy, international relations, development, and security promotion in South and Southeast Asia, through the lenses of ASEAN centrality and the Indo-Pacific strategy. Second, the volume emphasizes on the escalating tensions and the worsening crises in the region that cause major anxieties and the subsequent realignment and new alignment of countries’ relationships. Among several chapters of the volume, a large Indo-China state, Myanmar, takes a special place in the book’s discussions as it has grown as an important ground for a resource/energy race among geopolitically strategic partners. Additionally, Myanmar has the potential to become a balancer in ASEAN. Therefore, any positive development and change in course of relations to Myanmar, particularly with its neighbors, Japan, and Russia, in both historical and contemporary contexts, can have a significant impact not only on Myanmar’s course towards peace, democracy, and security, but also regional stability. The editors and contributors examine the unique position of ASEAN, with a focus on ASEAN centrality as a platform for addressing anxieties and building relationships to bridge the gap between world and regional players, including both friends and foes. Overall, the volume provides valuable insights into the Indo-Pacific region’s complex dynamics, including cooperation and collaboration among regional actors for long-term stability and prosperity. The interdisciplinary composition of the book invites readers from various backgrounds to engage with constructive debates on general perception, contextual discussion, and the highlights of engaged research from local and international perspectives.