Vol. 3 No. 1 (2025): Jurnal Nawala Politika

Volume 3, Issue 1 (March 2025) of Jurnal Nawala Politika presents five original research articles that bridge Indonesian and Southeast Asian perspectives with broader theoretical debates in political science, international relations, and international studies.

Covered Topics and Issues

• Political Alienation and Youth Disengagement: A sociological analysis of Generation Z’s trust in political parties.
• Electoral Administration: Recruitment patterns of polling station officers (KPPS) and implications for Indonesia’s 2024 simultaneous elections.
• Constitutional Law: Impeachment in Indonesia’s presidential democracy, examining constitutional legality versus political legitimacy.
• Environmental Governance: Effectiveness of a blockchain-based Seedtrack system for community forest management.
• AI Governance: Decolonizing algorithms, addressing bias in artificial intelligence, and combating digital colonialism in the Global South.

Authors by Country

Indonesia (7 authors):

• Muhammad Hisyam Syafii (Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta)
• Syeikhu Alfa Ridho (Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes Malang)
• Dede Ramadhan (Universitas Brawijaya)
• M. Ahleyani (Universitas Mataram)
• Afifah Iin Lestari (Universitas Brawijaya)
• Arfel Faaza Hadyan (Universitas Brawijaya)
• Desi Natalia Sihombing (Contributor)

International (3 authors):

• Husain Azhari (Al-Azhar Cairo University, Egypt)
• Rudyn Alaldaya (Mindanao State University, Philippines)
• Ibnu Fikri Ghozali (Prince of Songkla University, Thailand)

Issue Characteristics

This issue exemplifies the journal’s commitment to pluralistic methodology from bibliometric analysis and qualitative descriptive studies to normative legal research and research & development while fostering international collaboration across four countries. Jurnal Nawala Politika remains a peer-reviewed, open-access platform under the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Udayana University, dedicated to rigorous, interdisciplinary scholarship linking local insights with global debates.