Faisal Karim

I am a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia. My primary research interest lies in the intersection of political economy and International Relations (IR) with an emphasis on the role of state institutions, state-society relations in explaining transnational issues faced by Southeast Asian countries.

• Crafting consensus: Indonesia’s discursive strategies in legitimising free trade polic, Contemporary
• How regional organisation survives: ASEAN, hedging and international society, Contemporary Politics
• NGO and Global Voluntary Standards in Sustainable Seafood: The Case of Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) in Indonesia, Journal of Environment and Development
• Re-territorialization and the governance of ocean frontiers in Indonesia, Territory, Politics, and Governance
• Regional integration and business interest: understanding the role of the ASEAN business advisory council, Asian Journal of Political Science
• Partial Implementation of Migrant Rights Protection? Indonesia’s Short-Sighted Approach towards Foreign Migrant Workers, Vol. 21, Issue 2.
• Role Conception of the Asia-Pacific Middle Powers: Comparative Analysis of Indonesia, South Korea, Australia and Vietnam, Journal of Asian Security and International
• The Limits of Indonesia and India Trade Cooperation: The Case of Import Tariffs on Refined Palm Oil 2019–2020, TRaNS: Trans-Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia
• Role conflict in International Relations: the case of Indonesia’s regional and global engagements, International Relations
• Regulatory regionalism and the limits of regional banking integration: the case of Indonesia, Politics
• Poliheuristic theory and Indonesia’s decision to stay absent in Deep Sea Mining (DSM), Journal of Current Southeast Affairs, Vol 40, No. 3, 2021
• Resource boom and the politics of accountability at the sub-national level: Insight from Indonesia, International Area Studies Review, Vol. 24, No. 4, 2021
• Role Legitimation in Foreign Policy: the Case of Indonesia as an Emerging Power under Yudhoyono's Presidency (2004 – 14), Foreign Policy Analysis, Vol. 17 No. 3?, 2021
• "?Settling Outside the WTO: The case of Indonesia-United States Kretek Cigarette Trade Dispute in 2010-2014", South East Asia Research, Vol. 29, No. 1, 2021
• "When trade and foreign policy collide: Indonesia in Doha Development Round", Pacific Review, Vol. 34, No. 4
• "Power transition and the United States-China Trade War", Contemporary Chinese Political Economy and Strategic Relations, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2021
• ?"State Transformation and Cross-border Regionalism in Indonesia's Periphery: Contesting the Centre", the Third World Quarterly, Vol. 40, No. 8, 2019, p. 1554-1570