Open AccessMALAYSIA-INDONESIA BILATERAL RELATIONS: EMPIRICAL STUDY ON THE STAGE OF KNOWLEDGE OF GENERATION X AND Y INDONESIA AND MALAYSIA
Author(s) -
Rohani Hj. Ab Ghani,
Ahmad Shukri bin Abdul Hamid,
Zulhilmi Paidi,
Mohd Kasri Saidon,
Haslinda Hasan,
Kamaruddin Ahmad,
Muhaemin Latif
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
jicsa (journal of islamic civilization in southeast asia)/jicsa : journal of islamic civilaization in southeast asia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2549-7995
pISSN - 2302-1799
DOI - 10.24252/jicsa.v10i1.22119
Subject(s) - indonesian , nonprobability sampling , focus group , product (mathematics) , political science , qualitative research , competition (biology) , economic growth , sociology , socioeconomics , marketing , business , social science , population , economics , demography , philosophy , linguistics , geometry , mathematics , ecology , biology
Malaysia and Indonesia are traditionally neighboring countries in ASEAN and sharing a historical background, language, culture, and religion. It is undeniable fact that Malaysia-Indonesia relations are often influenced by current national issues such as water territorial, Indonesian immigrants, national product, and others. Reviews These issues always sparked conflicts and Provoked various actions from Indonesians and dieting. Normally, Indonesians are more sensitives compared with dieting when faced with this situation as well. This article focuses on knowledge and understanding of X and Y Indonesian generation on Malaysia-Indonesia bilateral relations. This article incorporates the qualitative method with primary data obtained through a questionnaire distributed amongst respondents. Respondents are consisted of UIN's first-degree students and staff s and were selected by purposive sampling. Apart from that, focus group discussion and interview session was held to get a view from respondents. This article found that X and Y Indonesian generations have a good understanding of Malaysia. They are also usually aware of the importance of Malaysia-Indonesia bilateral relations. In addition, they acknowledged Malaysia as an essential country for Indonesia's present interest. Respondents also showed high sensitivity regarding competition between Malaysia and Indonesia. The important finding of this writing is both generations s acknowledge the fact that they are closest neighboring country and a good relationship should be maintained in facing the global challenge