Section: Student Profiles

Dr. Beginda Pakpahan

Name
Dr. Beginda Pakpahan
Title
Organisation
Politics and International Relations, School of Social and Political Science
University of Edinburgh
Address
Edinburgh UK
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URL
http://www.pol.ed.ac.uk/student_profiles/pakpahan_beginda
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Qualifications:

PhD in Politics and International Relations - University of Edinburgh, UK

MPhil in International Politics – University of Glasgow, UK

Hansard Research Scholars – LSE London, UK

MSc in International Relations – The University of Indonesia, Indonesia

Working PhD Title:

 Contemporary inter-regionalism between the EU & ASEAN

Research Interests:

Inter-regionalism, Regional Organizations (The EU & ASEAN), IPE, Global Governance, International Organizations/NGOs

Supervisors:

 Dr. Mark Aspinwall and Dr. Chad Damro

Awards (funding and merit):

 The Ministry of Education, Indonesia Scholarship Award

The British Chevening/OSI/University of Glasgow and LSE London Scholarship Awards 

Publications and/or Conference Papers:

"The EU’s engagement with ASEAN from 2001 to 2009" presented at the 2013 Political Studies Association International Conference (25 - 27 March 2013) in Cardiff, the UK. At the same conference, I chaired a panel discussion with theme Foreign Policy 

Pakpahan, B. (2013) ‘Can the WTO deliver on its promise to find a breakthrough for Doha Round Talks in Bali?, Global Policy Journal, 21 March, available at: http://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/21/03/2013/can-wto-deliver-its-promise-find-breakthrough-doha-round-talks-bali

Pakpahan, B. (2013) ‘Indonesia’s role in ASEAN and the EAS, 9 February, available at: http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2013/02/09/indonesias-evolving-cooperation-with-asean-and-the-eas/.

Pakpahan, B. (2012) ‘Will RCEP compete with the TPP’, East Asia Forum, 28 November, available at: http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2012/11/28/will-rcep-compete-with-the-tpp/.

Pakpahan, B. (2012) ‘ASEAN: regional stabiliser in Southeast and East Asia’ East Asia Forum, 12 October, available at: http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2012/10/12/asean-regional-stabiliser-in-southeast-and-east-asia/.

Pakpahan, B. (2012) ‘Deadlock in the WTO: What is next?’, World Trade Organization, Research and Analysis, 10 September, available at: http://www.wto.org/english/forums_e/public_forum12_e/art_pf12_e/article_e.htm?art=19. 

Pakpahan, B. (2012) Geopolitics and geoeconomics in SE Asia: What is RI’s position?, The Jakarta Post, 5 July, available at: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/07/05/geopolitics-and-geoeconomics-se-asia-what-ri-s-position.html. 

Pakpahan, B. (2012) Assessing RI’s foreign policy in 2012, The Jakarta Post, 18 January. Available at: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/01/18/assessing-ri-s-foreign-policy-2012.html.

Pakpahan, B. (2011) The role of Indonesia in ASEAN, in East Asia Summit and in G20, The Jakarta Post, 4 October, available at: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/10/04/the-role-indonesia-asean-east-asia-summit-and-g20.html.

Pakpahan, B. (2011) ‘How crucial are agendas for the East Asia Summit?’, The Jakarta Post, available at:http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/11/19/how-crucial-are-agendas-east-asia-summit.html.

Pakpahan, B. (2010) Contemporary Trans-regional Cooperation between Europe and Asia in aChanging World, Journal of Contemporary European Research Vol 6, No. 4, December 2010/January 2011, Special Issue – Developments in Europe and Asia Relations, pp. 514-534.

Chandra, A., Alfaro, A., Pambudi, D., Pakpahan, B., (2010) Hopes and Fears: Indonesia’s Prospects in an ASEAN and EU Free Trade Agreement, Winnepeg: IISD and TKN

“The Middle Way of Building People’s Regional Integration: The Study Case of South-East Asia (ASEAN)” for South-South People’s Solidarity Platform Meeting, The ASEAN People Forum IV, 19 – 22 February 2009 at The Chulalongkorn University & Montien Hotel – Bangkok, Thailand.

“ASEAN – EU FTA and Its Implications to ASEAN”, at The University of the Philippines – Diliman, Quezon City, Manila, The Philippines for the ASEAN People’s Caucus on the EU-ASEAN FTA, 23 - 25 of June 2008.

Pakpahan, B. (2007) ‘The Common Foreign & Security Policy of the European Union can never work without a military capability as a last resort tool’, Journal of European Studies, October 2007. The above journal was published by The Representative Office of the European Union for Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam and East Timor and The European Studies of The University of Indonesia.

Pakpahan, B. (2006) ‘The European Union: a Regional or a Global Actor?’ with general theme: Indonesia and the World, Jakarta: The Indonesian Council on World Affairs.

Teaching Experience:

IPE, International Challenges & Politics & Economics in the East Asia region.

Research Group Membership:

International Relations and Europa Research Group

 

This page was published on 2 May 2013


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