Publications
Recent Contributions to Academic Journals and Books
- Media and Environmental Destruction in Indonesia, in: Briesen, Detlef/ Sarada Prasanna Das (eds.): Media, Politics and Environment, Cham: Springer, 2023, pp. 79-89, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31252-6_7 (with Ririn Sefsani)
- Mahathir Mohamad in Public Policy and Politics of Malaysia, in: Populasi, Vol. 30, No. 2, 2022, pp. 126-136 (together with Endi Haryono)
- Indonesian Reactions to the Russian-Ukrainian War in 2022, in: Malitz, David M./Surachanee Sriyai (eds.): Civil Societies’ Reactions of East- and Southeast Asian Countries to the Russian War on Ukraine: Preliminary Observations, Tokyo: German Institute for Japanese Studies, 2022, pp. 31-40
- Close Ties but Not Allies: Current Indonesia-Japan Relations, in: Koki Shigenoi (ed.): Japan’s Role for Southeast Asia Amidst the Great Power Competition and its Implications for the EU-Japan Partnership, Ha Noi: Konrad Adenauer Foundation, 2022, pp. 27-36
- Walking the tightrope: Indonesia’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, in: Briesen, Detlef/ Thi Thuy Trang Nguyen/ Quang Minh Pham (eds.): Times of Uncertainty. National Policies and International Relations under COVID-19 in Southeast-Asia and Beyond, Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2022, pp. 39-60
- Indonesia – A Multi-Ethnic, Archipelagic and Democratic State and Malaysia – A Developed and Truly Asian State, in: Porsche-Ludwig, Markus/ Ying-Yu Chen (eds.): Handbook of Asian States – Geography, History, Culture, Politics, Economy, Zürich/Wien: LIT, 2021, pp. 187-202 and pp. 357-369
- Consensual Decision-Making and No Rebels: Presidentialism in Indonesia, in: Jung-Hsinag Tsai (ed.): Presidents, Unified Government and Legislative Control, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, pp. 145-161
- Getting Old Before Getting Rich (and not Fully Realizing It): Premature Ageing and the Demographic Momentum in Southeast Asia, in: Goerres, Achim/ Vanhuysse, Pieter (eds.): Global Political Demography. The Politics of Population Change, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, pp. 167-193
- Islam and Nation-building in Southeast Asia: A Comparative Perspective, in: Warnk, Holger/ Schneider, Irene (eds.): Knowledge, Science, and Local Tradition – Multiple Perspectives on the Middle East and South East Asia in Honor of Fritz Schulze, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2021, pp. 147-165
- ASEAN 2025: Towards Increased Investment in the Southeast Asia Region?, in: AEGIS Journal of International Relations, Vol. 4, No. 1/2020, pp. 1-18
- Achieving unity in extreme diversity? Social cohesion in Indonesia, in: Croissant, Aurel/ Peter Walkenhorst (eds.): Social Cohesion in Asia. Historical Origins, Contemporary Shapes and Future Dynamics, London/ New York: Routledge, 2020, pp. 149-168
- European and Malaysian Approaches to Regionalism, in: Azirah Hashim and Anthony Milner (eds.): Malaysian Perspectives on ASEAN Regionalism, Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press, 2019, pp. 131-147 (together with Gerhard Leitner)
- An analysis of the development assistance for health (DAH) allocations for STD control in Africa, in: Health Economics, Policy and Law, April 2019 (together with Fumitaka Furuoka et al.)
- The Politics and Policies of Population Change in Indonesia and Malaysia, in: AEI Insights: An International Journal of Asia-Europe Relations, Vol 5, No. 1, 2019, pp. 57-72
- Income Convergence in the ASEAN-5 Countries, in: International Journal of Business and Society, Vol. 19, No. 3, 2018, pp. 554-569 (together with Fumitaka Furuoka et al.)
- Islam and Nation-Building in Indonesia and Malaysia, in: ASIEN. The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, No. 146 (January 2018)
- Introduction: A Historic Overview, Malaysia and the EU-ASEAN Political Cooperation, and Conclusion and Perspectives, in: Asia-Europe Institute (ed.): EU-ASEAN Relations: Perspectives from Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur: Asia-Europe Institute, 2017, pp. 1-6, 18-26, and 55-59, see: http://ebook.um.edu.my/aei/EU-ASEAN%20Book/
- Decentralization and its impact on the democratization process, in: Haug, Michaela/ Rössler, Martin/ Grumblies, Anna‐Teresa (eds.): Rethinking Power Relations in Indonesia: Transforming the Margins, London/New York: Routledge, 2017, pp. 29-42
- Political Engineering, Decentralization and Federalism in Southeast Asia: Strengths and Weaknesses of Governance, in: Hofmeister, Wilhelm/ Tayao, Edmund (eds.): Federalism and Decentralization. Perceptions for Political and Institutional Reforms, Singapore: Konrad Adenauer Foundation, 2016, pp. 51-66, also available in Spanish Translation as: Ingenieria policá, decentralizacion y federalism en el Sudeste Asiatico: fortalezas y debilidades del gobierno, in: Hofmeister, Wilhelm/ Aranda, José Tudela (eds.): Sistemas Federales. Una comparacion internacional, Zaragoza: Fundacion Manuel Giménez Abad, 2017, pp. 63-79
- Civil-society Support — A Decisive Factor in the Indonesian Presidential Elections in 2014, in: ASIEN. The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, No. 136 (July 2015), pp. 14-33 (together with Ririn Sefsani)
- Die ASEAN-Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft 2015 - Herausforderungen und Chancen für Südostasien und die EU [The ASEAN Economic Community 2015 – Challenges and Chances for Southeast Asia and the EU], in: Anh Thu Nguyen/ Stoffers, Andreas (eds.): Deutschlands und Vietnams Perspektiven im Zusammenhang mit der Integration ASEANs und der EU, Hanoi, 2016, pp. 271-278
- Wahlen in Indonesien [Elections in Indonesia], in: Großmann, Kristina/ Jordan, Rolf/ Stange, Gunnar (eds.): Handbuch Indonesien, Angermünde: Horlemann, 2015, pp. 223-229
- Dezentralisierung und Demokratisierung als Katalysatoren des Wirtschaftsaufschwungs in Indonesien [Decentralization and Democratization as Catalysts for the Economic Boom in Indonesia], in: Nölke, Andreas/ Claar, Simone/ May, Christian (Eds.): " Die großen Schwellenländer. Ursachen und Folgen ihres Aufstiegs in der Weltwirtschaft", Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 2013, pp. 103-117
- Indonesien [Indonesia], in: Porsche-Ludwig, Markus/ Bellers, Jürgen/ Gieler, Wolfgang (eds.): Sozialpolitik in Asien. Ein Handbuch der Staaten Asiens von A-Z, Münster, LIT-Verlag, 2013, pp. 62-66, and in: Porsche-Ludwig, Markus/ Bellers, Jürgen/ Gieler, Wolfgang (Eds.): Sozialpolitik in Entwicklungsländern. Asien, Afrika, Lateinamerika – Ein Handbuch, Münster, LIT-Verlag, 2013, pp. 136-140 (with Thomas Werthmann)
- Wirtschaftswunderland mit Defiziten. Mit Optimismus und Altlasten in die Zukunft [Economic Wonderland with Deficiencies. Looking Forward with Optimism and Inherited Liabilities], in: Internationale Politik, Länderporträt Indonesien, Nov./ Dec. 2012, pp. 5-13
Journalistic Publications
- "Russia's Short-Sighted 'Victory" in Ukraine, in: The Jakarta Post, 25 February 2022
- "Malaysia: Authoritarian Again?", in: The Jakarta Post, 07 March 2020
- "Golput weakens Democracy", in: The Jakarta Post, 28 January 2019
- "Regime Change in Malaysia", in: The Jakarta Post, 12 May 2018
- "New Election Law puts Indonesia's Democracy at Risk", in: The Jakarta Post, 22 July 2017
- "Brexit, Duterte, and the formidable powers of voters", in: The Jakarta Post, 29 June 2016 (with Ririn Sefsani)
Online Publications for the German Federal Agency for Civic Education (in German language)
- Konfliktporträt Süd-Thailand [The Conflict in Southern Thailand] (updated several times, last revision 2020)
- Friedenskonsolidierung in Aceh - Leistungen und Defizite [Peace Consolidation in Aceh: Positive Outcomes and Shortcomings], (updated several times, last revision 2020)