Sukmawani Bela Pertiwi

About Bela

Sukmawani Bela Pertiwi is lecturer and subject content specialist for Concepts and Theories in IR at the Department of International Relations, Bina Nusantara University (2015-present). She was also managing editor for Journal of ASEAN Studies (JAS) in 2018. She earned her BA in Political Science from the Department of International Relations, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) and her MA in International Affairs from the School of International Studies (SIS), American University in Washington DC. Prior to joining BINUS, she was lecturer at the Department of International Relations, UGM. She was also Chief of Publication and Editor of Indonesian Journal of International Studies (IJIS) at the Institute of International Studies, UGM. She was also researcher at the Center for Southeast Asian Social Studies (CESASS) UGM from 2010-2015. Her research and teaching focus on the broader international politics. She is specifically interested in regionalism particularly in Southeast Asia and Europe, global governance, norm diffusion, territorial disputes, and maritime affairs. She is currently part of Global Governance and the European Union: Future Trends and Scenarios (GLOBE) project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020. Her recent article is published by Andalas Journal of International Studies (AJIS) discussing changes and continuities in the global governance on coronaviruses.

Employment

2015 – Present

  • Lecturer at the Department of International Relations, Faculty of Humanities, Bina Nusantara University

2018

  • Managing Editor,Journal of ASEAN Studies

2014 -2015

  • Lecturer at the Department of International Relations, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM)

2014 -2015

  • Researcher & Chief of Publication at the Institute of International Studies, UGM

2014 -2015

  • Editor, Indonesian Journal of International Studies (IJIS)

2010-2015

  • Researcher at the Center for Southeast Asian Social Studies (CESASS), UGM

Education

2012 -2014

  • MA in International Affairs, School of International Service (SIS), American University (AU), Washington DC. Thesis: “The Rise of Territorial Disputes and The Stability of Southeast Asia”

2006 -2010

  • BA in Political Science, Department of International Relations, Universitas Gadjah Mada. Thesis: Koherensi dan Inkoherensi Uni Eropa [The(In-)Coherence of the European Union]

Program non-degree:

  • Summer Program, Applied English Center, University of Kansas, Kansas, United States (August 2012)
  • Student Exchange Program, Department of Southeast Asia, National University of Singapore, Singapore (January-June 2010)
  • Summer Program, Anglo-Americka Vysoka Skola, O.P.S, Praha, Republik Ceko (Juli2009)
  • French Course, Basic (Niveau Elementaire), Lembaga Indonesia Prancis (May-September2011)
  • Arabic Course, Level1, Center for International Language and Cultural Studies (CILACS), Universitas Islam Indonesia (February-March 2009)
  • Spanish Course, Level 1-3, Language Center, Atmajaya University, Yogyakarta (June-October 2007 & March-May 2008)

Research Grants

2019 – Present

  • Global Governance and the European Union: Future Trends and Scenarios (GLOBE), funded by European Commission’s Horizon 2020

2021

  • Designing Computational Model of Foreign Policy Decision Making (FPDM) for ASEAN Negotiation on Security Issues, funded by BINUS Internal Grant

2020

  • Designing Artificial Intelligence/International Relations (AI/IR) Platform: Foreign Policy Decision-Making Simulation in ASEAN Negotiation, funded by BINUS Internal Grant

2019

  • Indonesia’s Global Diplomacy on Marine Debris: A Reactive or Active Foreign Policy? funded by BINUS Internal Grant

2018

  • The Diplomacy of Quasi State: Taiwan in the South China Sea, funded by BINUS Internal Grant

2016 – 2017

  • Poros Maritim Dunia Dalam Perspektif Hubungan Internasional: Konseptualisasi, Evaluasi, Implementasi Awal, dan Rekomendasi Penyusunan Cetak Biru, funded by BINUS Internal Grant

2015

  • Strategi Pengembangan Kapasitas Aparatur dalam Konteks Masyarakat Ekonomi ASEAN, funded by Triple Helix Scheme of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, UGM

2015

  • Kesiapan Indonesia Terkait Isu Ketahanan Pangan Berbasis Singkong dalam Era MEA, funded by LPPM UGM’s Research Grant

2015

  • Indonesia dan Second Track Diplomacy Penyelesaian Sengketa Laut Tiongkok Selatan: Evaluasi Peran dan Langkah ke Depan

2014

  • Integration in Southeast Asia: Trajectories of Inclusion, Dynamics of Exclusion (SEATIDE), funded by EU’s 7th Framework Programme

2011

  • To Assess the Effectiveness of Poverty Reduction Programs in SAPA’s Fifteen Best Practice Districts/Cities, funded by Ford Foundation

Publication

Journal Articles & Conference Proceedings

2020

  • RAAK Putri, T. Chairil, SB Pertiwi, AR Tirtawinata, Designing Computational Model of Foreign Policy Decision Making (FPDM) for ASEAN Negotiation on Security Issues, 2020 International Conference on ICT for Smart Society (ICISS), 1-8
  • Changes and Continuities in the Global Health Governance of Coronaviruses, Andalas Journal of International Studies 9(2), 185-202
    Repositioning Indonesia in the Changing Maritime Landscape of the Indo-Pacific Region, Global: Jurnal Politik Internasional 22(1), 1-25
  • NA Putri & SB Pertiwi, Factors Inhibiting Indonesia-Timor Leste Border Delimitation in Manusasi Village (2014-2018), Global Strategis 14(1), 77-96

2019

  • SB Pertiwi, A. Sustikarini, P. Paramitaningrum, The Impacts of E-Commerce to Regional Integration in Southeast Asia, Jurnal Ilmiah Hubungan Internasional 15(2), 165-183
  • SB Pertiwi, LNRW Kabinawa, RA Elias, The Diplomacy of Quasi-State in the Territorial Disputes: Taiwan in the South China Sea, Jurnal Hubungan Internasional 8(2), 153-167

2018

  • Chinese Media and United States’ Rebalancing Policy to Asia, Jurnal Global Strategis 12(2), 1-20

2017

  • Explaining the Fast-Growing Textile and Garment Industries (TGI) in Vietnam (2000-2015), Journal of ASEAN Studies, 5(2), 157-169

2014

  • Analisis Kekuatan Maritim sebagai Komponen Utama Hard Power Indonesia di Era Presiden Joko Widodo, Proceeding Konvensi Nasional AIHII V, Jakarta: Universitas Budi Luhur

2011

  • ASEAN Double Crisis: ASEAN Community’s Construction Revisited, Proceeding of the 4th International Conference on Southeast Asia (ICONSEA), Kuala Lumpur: Universiti Malaya

Books & Report

2020

  • [Chapter] Koherensi dan Inkoherensi Uni Eropa, dalam Muhadi Sugiono (Ed.) Uni Eropa: Institusi, Politik, dan Kebijakan, Yogyakarta: Graha Ilmu
  • [Report] Mapping of the Trade and Develoment Global Regimes and Institutions, GLOBE – The European Union and the Future of Global Governance – Project Report

2020

  • [Report] Case Study on the UN Development Policy, GLOBE Project Report

2017

  • [Book] G. Lele et.al., Pemerintah Daerah dan Masyarakat Ekonomi ASEAN, Yogyakarta: ASEAN Studies Center

Other Articles

2021

  • Menjawab masalah struktural dibalik penolakan vaksin COVID19 di seluruh dunia dan Indonesia, The Conversation Indonesia, February 19,2021,
  • Why do people still reject COVID-19 vaccines in Indonesia? We need to solve structural problems behind the anti-vaccine movement, The Conversation, February 19, 2021
  • A. Marx, et. al., The Missing Link? Regional Organizations and the Sustainable Development Goals, GLOBE Blog, February 12, 2021
  • C. Depoorter et.al., A European Semester for the Sustainable Development Goals? GLOBE Blog, February 18, 2021
  • SB Pertiwi, et.al., Strengthening the Role of ASEAN in the Regional Governance of SDGs in Southeast Asia, GLOBE Blog, February 23, 2021

2020

  • Indonesia’s Virus Response and What It Tells Us About Global Health Governance, The Diplomat, March 27, 2020

2017

  • Is China Winning in the South China Sea? The Diplomat, May 13, 2017

2016

  • Is ASEAN Unity in Danger From the South China Sea? The Diplomat, August 3, 2016

Scholarships and Awards

2014

  • Samuel L. Sharp Award for creative work in International Relations at the Graduate level from the School of International Service, American University

2012-2014

  • Fulbright Scholarship for Master Degree Merit-Based SIS Hall of Nations Award from the School of International Relations

2010

  • Temasek Foundation-NUS Leadership Enrichment and Regional Networking (LeaRN) Award for exchange program in the National University of Singapore (NUS)

2008-2010

  • Yayasan Astra Honda Motor Scholarship

Teaching and Supervision

Even, 2020/2021

  • Courses:
    • Indonesia’s Foreign Policy;
    • An ASEAN Community: Security, Economy and Society;
    • Foreign Policy Analysis

Odd, 2020/2021

  • Courses:
    • Introduction to IR;
    • Diplomacy and International Politics
  • Supervision:
    • Diplomasi Ekonomi Indonesia terhadap Afrika Sub Sahara (2014-2019)

Compact, 2019/2020

  • Courses: Indonesia’s Foreign Policy

Even, 2019/2020

  • Courses:
    • Indonesia’s Foreign Policy
  • Supervision:
    • Agenda Iklim dalam Tata Kelola Kesehatan Global (2015-2019);
    • Peningkatan Keamanan Maritim Indonesia melalui Naval Diplomacy di Kawasan Indo-Pasifik (2014-2019)

Odd, 2019/2020

  • Courses:
    • Diplomacy and International Politics;
    • Indonesia’s Foreign Policy
  • Supervision:
    • Peran Kerjasama Sister City Kota Bandung dalam Pencapaian Visi Bandung sebagai Smart City;
    • Faktor Keberhasilan Delimitasi Batas Zona Ekonomi Eksklusif (ZEE) antara Republik Indonesia and Republik Filipina;
    • Peran United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) dalam Mensosialisasikan Isu Sampah Laut di Indonesia;
    • Indonesia dan Ratifikasi Konvensi ILO 188 Tahun 2007 tentang Pekerjaan dalam Penangkapan Ikan;
    • Pertumbuhan Kekuatan Ekonomi Maritim Indonesiadi Era Kepemimpinan Jokowi pada Tingkat Global 2015-2019;
    • Upaya Pemerintah Indonesia dalam Menjaga Keamanan di Kawasan Perbatasan RI-RDTL 2015-2019

Compact, 2018/2019

  • Courses:
    • Introduction to IR

Even, 2018/2019

  • Courses:
    • Indonesia’s Foreign Policy;
    • The EU and European Integration;
    • Political Economy and Regional Integration in America
  • Supervision:
    • Faktor Penghambat Delimitasi Batas Darat Antara Republik Indonesia dan Republik Demokratik Timor Leste di Desa Manusasi (2014-2018);
    • Analisis Kebijakan Normalisasi Amerika Serikat terhadap Kuba Tahun 2014: Faktor Idiosinkratik Presiden Barack Obama;
    • Peran Greenpeace sebagai International Non-Governmental Organization (INGO) dalam Menangani Kerusakan Laut Indonesia;
    • Antara Nasionalisme dan Keselamatan: Analisa Urgensi Pengambilalihan Flight Information Region (FIR) dari Singapura pada Era Kepemimpinan Presiden Joko Widodo;
    • Analisa Peran Archipelagic and Island States Forum dalam Menguatkan Diplomasi Maritim Indonesia

Odd, 2018/2019

  • Courses:
    • Diplomacy and International Politics,
    • Indonesia’s Foreign Policy,
    • World Strategic Thought
  • Supervision:
    • Analisis Model Politik Birokrasi di bawah Pemerintahan Shinzo Abe terkait Perumusan Konstitusi Pertahanan Jepang yang Baru di Tahun 2015;
    • Peran Pendidikan Erasmus sebagai Upaya Peningkatan Mutual Understanding dalam Integrasi Sosial Uni Eropa;
    • Dampak Indonesia-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (IJEPA) terhadap Perkembangan Industri Otomotif di Indonesia

Even, 2017/2018

  • Courses:
    • ASEAN Community: Security, Economy, and Socio-Cultural Aspects;
    • The EU and European Integration;
    • Global Security Architecture
  • Supervision:
    • Analisis Kebijakan Luar Negeri Amerika Serikat pada Era Pemerintahan Bill Clinton dan George W. Bush dalam Upaya Denuklirisasi di Korea Utara;
    • Analisa Dampak Sosial Kebijakan Pintu Terbuka oleh Jerman terhadap Pengungsi Suriah Periode2015-2017;
    • Pengaruh Framing Media pada Isu Natuna terhadap Peran Indonesia di Laut Cina Selatan (2014-2017);
    • Propaganda Daily Mail Online terkait Kebijakan Imigran Uni Eropa di Referendum Brexit 2016;
    • Analisis Kegagalan Kampanye Manifesto Partai Nasional Skotlandia (SNP) dalam Bidang Sosial Ekonomi terkait Referendum Kemerdekaan Skotlandia 2014

Odd, 2017/2018

  • Courses:
    • Introduction to IR,
    • Indonesia in Perspectives
  • Supervision:
    • Efektivitas Strategi Keamanan Amerika Serikat terhadap Pembocoran Dokumen Wikileaks Tahun 2010;
    • Strategi Pemerintah Thailand dalam Mempromosikan Gastrodiplomasi di Indonesia

Even, 2016/2017

  • Courses:
    • Political Economy and Regional Integration in Europe

Odd, 2016/2017

  • Courses:
    • Indonesia in Perspectives,
    • Indonesia’s Foreign Policy,
    • Development of Information Technology and Warfare
  • Supervision:
    • Analisis Latar Belakang Kebijakan Luar Negeri Kamboja di Laut Tiongkok Selatan;
    • Analisis Pembuatan Kebijakan Luar Negeri Indonesia: Konsep “Keseimbangan Dinamis” di Era Pemerintahan Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Jilid II;
    • Peran Kuliner Sushi dalam Upaya Nation Branding Jepang di Indonesia

Compact, 2015/2016

  • Courses:
    • Indonesia in Perspectives;
    • Introduction to IR
  • Supervision:
    • Analisa Faktor Pendorong Penyelidikan Amerika Serikat terhadap Skandal Korupsi FIFA

Even, 2015/2016

  • Courses:
    • International Law Issues and International Dispute Settlement;
    • International Communication and Multiculturalism;
    • ASEAN Community: Security, Economic, and Socio-Cultural Aspects
  • Supervision:
    • Studi Evaluasi Kampanye PBB ‘World Toilet Day’ terkait Sanitasi di India;
    • Studi Perbandingan Kekuatan Cyber antara Amerika Serikat dan Cina

Odd, 2015/2016

  • Courses:
    • Indonesia’s Foreign Policy;
    • Development of Information Technology and Warfare;
    • Indonesia in Perspectives

2015

  • Courses:
    • Jepang dan Tata Ekonomi Internasional;
    • Pengantar Ilmu Hubungan Internasional;
    • Pengantar Studi HAM;
    • Seminar on the Environment; Militer dan Politik

2014

  • Courses:
    • Academic Writing;
    • Basic Research Methodology