Boby Purba

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Boby Purba is an undergraduate student of International Relations at Universitas Kristen Indonesia. My research interests focus on global governance, international political economy, and the structural dynamics of power within multilateral institutions. I write on issues concerning the Global South, institutional reform, and democratic accountability in international politics.

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The Geopolitics of Submarine Cables: Indonesia’s Strategic Dependence and Digital Vulnerability

On October 26, 2026, former Singaporean MP Calvin Cheng posted an infographic about Indonesia's internet dependency and added a single word, "Potong?" He shortly...

Why Keeping Silence on Taiwan Is No Longer Safe

Strategic ambiguity, the US policy of neither explicitly supporting nor opposing Taiwanese independence, has been considered effective for decades in maintaining stability in the...

Rethinking ASEAN Values: Between Partial Reform and Radical Break

On January 4, 2026, ten days after the junta announced the third phase of its elections in the region, a military gyrocopter attacked a...

Bandwagon Effect: Systemic Barriers to Global Governance and SDGs 16

Development agendas borrow a term common in the study of global governance that is shaped not only by policy, but also by the decision-making...

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Why Did Zelenskiy Award Melania Trump Ukraine’s Highest Honour for Humanitarian Work?

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