Peaceful Anarchy

European Union (EU) is the oldest and most established regional organization in this world. For a very long time, EU has been the most referred to when we are talking about regionalism. It’s very understandable since the organization has successfully build a cross-border economic integration involving 28 European countries who, until a few decades ago, only know how to fight among themselves. Not only creating cooperation, the organization has also implemented a very complex system that allows European countries to integrate even further. Two fine examples are Eurozone and Schengen System. The Eurozone allows a direct trade between EU countries by using the same currency. Because of this, trade between EU countries is much easier because they no longer need to exchange their currency to trade. Meanwhile, the Schengen System is a single-visa system that allows EU citizen to travel in between European states with only a single document. Be it business trip, studying, working, or eve...

Rabu lalu kelas HAM & Demokrasi tiba-tiba mengadakan pop quiz. I was like, fuck. Saya bener-bener ngga siap untuk berpikir apalagi menjawab soal kuis. In fact, malam itu niat saya adalah sekedar ingin tidur di kelas untuk mengurangi sakit kepala dan demam yang rasanya semakin menjadi. Jadi apa boleh buat, dengan segala tenaga yang tersisa, saya meniatkan untuk menjawab soal itu sekenanya lalu pulang cepat. Tapi entah bagaimana, seiring pena menggores di atas kertas, pikiran-pikiran saya mengalir begitu saja dan sakit kepala itu sama sekali tidak terasa. Akhirnya, setelah menulis sebanyak tiga lembar halaman kertas folio, saya melihat kembali karya saya dan berpikir: “Hey, this is actually good enough for the blog!” Jadi begitulah cerita di balik pemuatan artikel hari ini. I’m not usually make a disclaimer before an article and this is getting too long, so let’s get on to it. Pertanyaan kuis yang diajukan pada Rabu lalu cukup sederhana, namun cukup terbuka untuk mengundangku b...