Dilansir dari studi yang dilaksanakan oleh Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), terhitung awal tahun 2021, ada sekitar 13.080 senjata nuklir di dunia. Jumlah ini merupakan akumulasi dari kepemilikan senjata nuklir oleh 9 negara, baik negara yang memiliki senjata nuklir secara sah (nuclear weapons states), yakni kelima negara anggota tetap Dewan Keamanan (DK) PBB, maupun yang tidak sah (states with nuclear weapons) seperti India, Pakistan, Israel dan Korea Utara. Walaupun jumlah ini merupakan sebuah penurunan dari awal tahun 2020, terdapat peningkatan jumlah senjata nuklir yang saat ini dikerahkan dengan kekuatan operasional dari 3.720 hingga 3.825 (Global Nuclear Arsenals Grow as States Continue to Modernize, 2021).

Senjata nuklir adalah senjata pemusnah massal yang memiliki dampak paling dahsyat dibandingkan dengan senjata-senjata pemusnah massal yang lain.

Bencana yang diakibatkan oleh ledakan bom atom yang dijatuhkan di Hiroshima dan Nagasaki pada tanggal 6 dan 9 Agustus untuk menghentikan perang di Pasifik adalah sebuah tragedi besar dalam sejarah umat manusia.

As if the COVID-19 crisis is not enough, Jakarta is now also facing another flood catastrophe. Most recently, flooding affected around 200 neighborhood units (RT) and forced more than 1,000 people to evacuate their homes.

Indonesia is currently facing a series of disasters including floods, landslides, whirlwinds and extreme droughts in some parts of the country.

Generational “finger-pointing” is not a novel concept and has existed for centuries within multitude of generations, each blaming the other for issues and ideas neither generation wants to take accountability for.  Both Gen Y (people born between the years 1980-1994) and Gen Z (people born between the years 1995-2010) have formed an alliance to push back on the older generations, specifically the Baby Boomers.

The dream of becoming a fully democratic country is perhaps still a long way off for people in Myanmar. A coup or a seizure of power by the military has occurred, marking a sign of stalemate in the democratization process in Myanmar for the last decade.

Against the backdrop of global pandemic, ASEAN successfully held its 37^th summit from 12-15 November 2020. During the four days course of the conference, ASEAN members mainly discussed multilateral cooperation to recover from pandemic and the tension that was escalating in the region, notably in the South China Sea months prior to the conference.

A body invented to protect the masses has become an enemy to the very people whom they serve. The relationship between the US police and its citizens is a complicated matter which in recent years has become more prevalent in international discussions.

The political situation in the United States has earned another spotlight after a mass riot that occurred in the capital city of Washington DC.

As the pandemic is beginning to decline, people of Hong Kong pour onto the street once again to protest encroachment to the city’s autonomy.