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Indonesia is the 4th most largest population in the world, 87% of 260 million people in Indonesia is a Muslim. Indonesia is the country with the largest Muslim religion in the world, but Indonesia is not a Islamic State. Domestic political conditions influence on foreign policy. Indirectly, what happens in the country influences foreign policy issued. The author use a qualitative methodology to analyze the issue. So, the result of this research is to show the extent to which Islam influenced Indonesia's foreign policy,especially during the President Jokowi government. About how the style of President Jokowi's government in responding to domestic issues that attacked the government. This study also discusses how interest groups bring their interests to influence a policy that is produced.

This article examines the weak condition of local democracy in Britain against the background of successive reorganisations which have vitiated public support for local government by subordinating democratic purpose to perceived functional requirements. If the new structures are not to reinforce this vicious circle, local government must advance beyond the orthodox, top-down, view of the problem as 'centralism' and address its own failure to build sufficient bottom-up support for local government as a democratic institution. There is a particularly strong case for devolving real power to localities and establishing a more active and inclusive democratic relationship between government and the governed through appropriate forms of direct democracy.

A CONTENT ANAYSIS IS MADE OF ARMS CONTROL ARGUMENTS MADE IN THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS AND ITS SUBCOMMITTEE ON DISARMAMENT BY 5 GROUPS: GOVERNMENT SCIENTISTS, ACADEMIC SCIENTISTS, POLITICIANS, MILITARY PERSONS AND CITIZENS. GOVERNMENT SCIENTISTS ARE CLOSER IN ARGUMENTATION TO OTHER GOVERNMENT PERSONS THAN TO FELLOW SCIENTISTS. ACCESS IS THE VARIABLE IN POLICY-RELATED BEHAVIOR.

Looks at policy regarding local authority provision of gypsy sites. In particular at the policy of designation allowing local authorities who have provided adequate sites to opt out of further provision and operate a strong 'moving on' policy. (JLN)