Vol. 3 No. 2 (2025): Jurnal Nawala Politika

Volume 3, Issue 2 (September 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.

• Citizenship and Music Industry: An analysis of music copyright protection as an integral part of citizenship rights in Indonesia, exploring royalty conflicts and the state's role in the industry.
• Celebrity Cultural Diplomacy: An examination of pop artist Dua Lipa's role as a cultural diplomacy agent in promoting Kosovo's nation branding efforts on the international stage.
• Restorative Justice and Executive Power: A philosophical analysis of the granting of amnesty and abolition by President Prabowo to political figures Tom Lembong and Hasto Kristiyanto within a restorative justice framework.
• Digital Politics and Popular Culture: A study of public responses on TikTok to the hoisting of the One Piece flag ahead of Indonesia's 80th Independence Day, analyzed as a phenomenon of digital political communication and agenda-setting.
• Symbolic Politics and Youth Resistance: A critical discourse analysis of the One Piece flag phenomenon as a form of symbolic politics and cultural resistance by Indonesian youth to critique social injustice and corruption.

All 10 authors in this issue are from institutions in Indonesia:

• Herlina (Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa)
• Yeby Ma'asan Mayrudin (Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa)
• Wahyu Dwi Pambagyo (Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta)
• Ali Maksum (Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta)
• Agam Ibnu Asa (Universitas Gadjah Mada)
• Marcus Priyo Gunarto (Universitas Gadjah Mada)
• M. Mukhtasar Syamsuddin (Universitas Gadjah Mada)
• Diani Assadiyah (Universitas Lampung)
• Hasan Labiqul Aqil (UIN Walisongo Semarang)
• Danang Puji Atmojo (Universitas Gadjah Mada)

This issue exemplifies the journal’s commitment to pluralistic methodology, featuring qualitative phenomenological methods, descriptive qualitative studies, normative legal research, and critical discourse analysis. 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.