Prof. Faris Al-Fadhat, Ph.D.

Faris Al-Fadhat is Professor of International Political Economy and currently serves as Rector of Universitas Muhammadiyah Maluku and Vice-Rector of Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta. He earned his PhD in Politics and International Studies from Murdoch University, Australia, and was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Korea University. His research focuses on international political economy, regional economic governance, East and Southeast Asia, and corporate actors. He has published in leading international journals and authored several books on Asian political economy. In 2023, his book on Japan’s political economy in Southeast Asia won the National Library of Indonesia’s Best Book Award.

• Ph.D. – Murdoch University, Australia
• M.A. – Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
• S.IP. – Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Indonesia

• International Political Economy
• Regional Economic Governance
• Contestation in East and Southeast Asia
• Corporate actors and capitalist transformation

Books

• Ekspansi Kapital: Kebangkitan Konglomerat Indonesia di Asia Tenggara (Jakarta: Penerbit Buku Kompas, 2023).
• Perang Dagang AS-Cina, Kekuasaan, dan Paradoks Kapitalisme (Jakarta: Rajawali Pers, 2023).
• Pengantar Sejarah Politik Dunia (Yogyakarta: Quantum, 2023).
• Ekonomi Politik Asia Timur: Ekspansi Kapital dan Kontestasi Geopolitik (Yogyakarta: Samudra Biru, 2022).
• Korporasi Farmasi dan Kontestasi Kapital dalam Perang Nikotin Global, bersama Iis Nopita Sari (Yogyakarta: Quantum, 2022).
• The Rise of International Capital: Indonesian Conglomerates in ASEAN (Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019).
• Ekonomi Politik Jepang di Asia Tenggara: Dominasi dan kontestasi aktor-aktor domestik (Yogyakarta: Pustaka Pelajar, 2019).
• Persepsi Gerakan Mahasiswa Islam Terhadap Politik Luar Negeri Indonesia di Timur Tengah (Yogyakarta: Prudent Media, 2012)

Edited Volumes

• Ambisi Global BUMN: Kuasa Negara dan Pertaruhan Ekspansi di Amerika Latin, Co-editor with Idham Badruzaman (Jakarta: Rajawali Pers, 2025).
• Lembaga Keuangan Internasional dan Persoalan Sustainable Development Goals, Co-editor with Jasmine Savitri (Yogyakarta: Samudra Biru, 2023)
• Gagasan Bagi Pembangunan Berkelanjutan di Indonesia, Co-editor with Noor Syaifudin, Ary Mazharuddin Shiddiqi, and Agung Dorodjatoen (Yogyakarta: AIPSSA, 2017).

Journal Articles

• What is the point of private climate governance? A study of emerging initiatives in Indonesia and Singapore. Review of International Political Economy, 32:3 (2025), 741-765 (with Charanpal Bal and Paramitaningrum).
• How China’s Debt-Trap Diplomacy Works in African Countries: Evidence from Zimbabwe, Cameroon, and Djibouti. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 59:5 (2024), 1463-1483 (with Hari Prasetio)
• Insights From The 2022 South Korean Presidential Election: Polarisation, Fractured Politics, Inequality, and Constraints on Power. Journal of Contemporary Asia, 53:4 (2023), 724–736 (with Jin-Wook Choi).
• Halal tourism as a strategic option for South Korean tourism. Journal of Islamic Marketing, 14:5 (2023), 1276–1290 (with Ajeng P. Marlinda, Bambang Cipto, and Hasse Jubba).
• Indonesia’s G20 presidency: neoliberal policy and authoritarian tendencies. Australian Journal of International Affairs, 76:6 (2022), 617–623.
• Big Business Capital Expansion and the Shift of Indonesia’s Global Economic Policy Outlook. East Asia, 39:4 (2022), 389–406.
• Changes Induced by Sino-Asian Investments in Cameroon’s Forestry Sector. Journal of Forest Economics, 37:4 (2022), 383-401 (with Serge Silatsa Nanda, Armand Zongang and Ahmad Sahide).
• Questioning Sustainability: Economic Expansion and Contradictions Behind India’s Eco-Friendly Textile Policy. Asian Affairs, 54:2 (2021), 396–411 (with Shuluh Shasa Nadita).
• South korea’s halal tourism policy – The primacy of demographic changes and regional diplomacy. Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 10:3 (2021), 253–263 (with Ajeng P. Marlinda, Bambang Cipto, and Hasse Jubba).
• Indonesia-South Korea Defense Cooperation: Maritime Sovereignty and Transfer of Technology in the Procurement of DSME Submarines 209/1400. Jurnal Keamanan Nasional, 25:3 (2019), 373-392 (with Naufal Nur Aziz Effendi).
• Global Justice and International Norm. Jurnal Hubungan Internasional, 2:2 (2013), 167-174.
• NGO Diplomacy: The Role of Non-Government Organizations in Providing Protection Towards Migrant Workers in Malaysia. Interdependence Journal of International Relations, 1:2 (2013), 101-116.
• Japan’s Energy Security in the 21st Century: State Fundamentalism and Energy Diversification. Journal of International Relations Studies, 1:2 (2012), 142-253.
• Russia’s Energy Security and the Vulnerability of the Asia-Pacific Market. Andalas Journal of International Studies, 1:2 (2012), 123-136.
  The Wealth and Political Supremacy: The Rise of Conflict in the Age of Globalization. Verity: Journal of International Relations, 4:2 (2011), 1-19 (with Dafri Agussalim).