An Op-Ed for Media Indonesia in Inspirasi Bulaksumur rubric just published last week (2021/07/29) written by Drs Muhadi Sugiono, MA (Department of International Relation UGM Lecturer, Institute of International Studies UGM and Center for Southeast Asian Social Studies UGM researcher). This Op-Ed calls attention to the role of Higher Education to contribute to the issue of global nuclear disarmament. Through the Institute of International Studies (IIS) research institute, UGM is actively campaigning and advocating for nuclear disarmament on the national and international levels.
Muhadi wrote about ‘Kontribusi Kampus untuk Dunia tanpa Senjata Nuklir’ or ‘University Contribution for a World without Nuclear Weapons’ in English, mentioning IIS UGM is an important partner of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear (ICAN), an organization based in Geneva, Switzerland. This global coalition works to monitor the full implementation of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). In this context according to Muhadi, UGM as Higher Education Institution is taking part of the solution to national and global social problems.
Full article could be accessed in E-Paper of Media Indonesia : https://epaper.mediaindonesia.com/detail/kontribusi-kampus-untuk-dunia-tanpa-senjata-nuklir