Resi Qurrata Aini is a PhD student of Politics Research at King’s College London. Previously, she was a lecturer and researcher at the Department of International Relations, Universitas Indonesia. She also served as the managing editor of Global: Jurnal Politik International – the oldest university-based journal in international relations in Indonesia. She also serves as a reviewer for Q1 Scopus-indexed journal in ASEAN Studies. Resi completed her master’s and bachelor’s degrees at the Department of International Relations, Universitas Indonesia.

Research

• International security studies
• East Asian security and affairs
• South-east Asian studies
• Defence reform
• Maritime security
• Non-traditional security

Doctoral research

Middle Power Regional Engagement Initiative: South Korea partnership with ASEAN and African Union.

Doctoral Supervisors

Professor Ramon Pacheco Pardo and Dr Benjamin Jones.

Selected publications

Indonesia and South Korea: Two Middle Powers in Concord amid Great Powers Rivalry (in Lam Peng Er (ed.), “South Korea’s New Southern Policy: A Middle Power’s International Relations with Southeast Asia and India” (London: Routledge, 2023)

Being Bold in the Indo-Pacific: Implications to the ROK’s Middle Power Diplomacy and Strategic Partnership with ASEAN, ASEAN Insights,4 no.4, Dec 2022. Published by ASEAN Studies Center, Universitas Indonesia, supported by ROK Mission to ASEAN ·

Quasi-Alliance at Play: The Curious Case of South Korea's Aborted Withdrawal from GSOMIA in 2019, Jurnal Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik – JSP UGM. 24 No. 3, March 2021

The Implementation of South Korea’s Military Technology Reform in The Perspective of Techno-nationalism, Sospol: Jurnal Sosial Politik – UMM, 7(1), Jan–Jun 2021

The Absence of ASEAN - India Cooperation on COVID-19: a Missed Potential? (Nov 2020) ASEAN Insights, published by ASEAN Study Center Universitas Indonesia with support from The Mission of The Republic of Korea to ASEAN