Cross Border Agreement as an Indonesia-Malaysia Political Policy to Overcome the Post-Covid-19 Pandemic

Bakran Suni Nurfitri Nugrahaningsih Fuzy Firda Zhan Sugino Jumadi Ori Fahriansyah

Abstract

This research offers novelty in looking at the political policies that regulate Cross Border Agreement between Indonesia and Malaysia to overcome post-Covid-19. This research aims to analyze cross-border agreements and political policies in regulating border crossings between Indonesia and Malaysia after the Covid-19 pandemic. Cross-border political policies in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic support the profile of the business ecosystem in both countries, which in turn supports society's need to rise and adapt as a result of the policies in place between the two countries to deal with the pandemic. The method used to analyze the data found by researchers in this article is a qualitative descriptive approach. Researchers found that the Cross-Border Agreement agreed upon at the 43rd General Border Committee has had several impacts on border crossers, namely the border communities of West Kalimantan (Indonesia) and Sarawak (Malaysia), resulting in stronger commitment between countries regarding border security and the community's economy, and socio-politics of border communities.

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Authors

Bakran Suni
Nurfitri Nugrahaningsih
Fuzy Firda Zhan
Sugino
Jumadi
Ori Fahriansyah
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“Cross Border Agreement as an Indonesia-Malaysia Political Policy to Overcome the Post-Covid-19 Pandemic”, Soc. sci. humanities j., vol. 8, no. 04, pp. 3530–3542, Apr. 2024, doi: 10.18535/sshj.v8i04.1044.