Curriculum Vitae

DR. ANDREA PASSERI

Senior Lecturer
  • Department of International and Strategic Studies
    Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

BIOGRAPHY

Andrea Passeri is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of International and Strategic Studies, University of Malaya (UM). Prior to joining UM, Dr. Passeri worked as Research Fellow and Adjunct Professor at the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the University of Bologna (Italy) and also served as Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Malaysian and International Studies (IKMAS) of the National University of Malaysia (UKM). He obtained his PhD in International Relations of East Asia from the University of Cagliari (Italy). Dr. Passeri’s research have appeared on leading international journals devoted to East Asian politics, including ‘The Pacific Review’, ‘Southeast Asian Affairs’, and ‘The Korean Journal of Defence Analysis’. His main research interests include nationalism in East Asia, alignment strategies, small power diplomacy, and Myanmar politics. Dr. Passeri regularly collaborates with renowned think thanks and newspapers located both in Italy and abroad, such as the East-West Center, the Myanmar Times, the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI), and the Institute for International Affairs (IAI). 

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
    Europe-Southeast Asia Relations
  • CHINA CONTEMPORARY HISTORY
  • MYANMAR CONTEMPORARY HISTORY
  • INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
    Alignment Strategies
  • FOREIGN POLICY
    Small Powers Diplomacy
  • INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
    IR Theory

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • PhD (History and International Relations of East Asia), (History and International Relations of East Asia)
    University of Cagliari
  • MASTER, (Diplomacy and International Politics)
    University of Bologna
  • M.A, (International Relations)
    University of Bologna
  • B. INTER RELATIONS, (International Relations)
    University of Bologna

MEMBERSHIPS

  • MYANMAR-EUROPE RESEARCH NETWORK (MYERN), AFFILIATE MEMBER, MEMBER
    Since 2019 (International)
  • EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER, MEMBER
    2021 to 2023 (University)

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal
WoS
  1. Passeri, Andrea; Marston, Hunter (2022). The Pendulum of Non-Alignment: Charting Myanmar's Great Power Diplomacy (2011-2021), JOURNAL OF CURRENT SOUTHEAST ASIAN AFFAIRS. 41(2), 188-213. doi:10.1177/18681034221081858
Scopus
  1. Passeri A. (2022). Authoritarian Rule and the Weaponisation of Natural Disasters: The Case of Myanmar from Cyclone Nargis to the COVID-19 Pandemic (2008 2021), Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs. 9(2), 280-300. doi:10.1177/23477970221098475
  2. Passeri A., Marston H. (2022). The Pendulum of Non-Alignment: Charting Myanmar's Great Power Diplomacy (2011 2021)*, Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs. 41(2), 188-213. doi:10.1177/18681034221081858
Others
  1. Passeri, A. (2020). Il nazionalismo iconoclasta e la critica all'etnocentrismo cinese negli scritti di Gu Jiegang (1926-1939). Quaderni Asiatici, 130, 47-64.
  2. Passeri, A. (2020). New media, old narratives? Myanmar s internet boom and the spread of anti-Rohingya propaganda on social media. Rivista Geopolitica, 8 (2), 135-156.
  3. Passeri, A. and R. Neironi (2020). Learning to Coexist. Russia-ASEAN Ties from Enmity to Enmeshment. The Journal of Northeast Asian History, 16 (1), 7- 42.
  4. Passeri, A, (2019). Il boom di Internet in Myanmar e i suoi riflessi nell arena politica: un frutto avvelenato? RISE, 4 (3), 13-17.
  5. Passeri, A. (2019). A tender gourd among the cactus . Making sense of Myanmar s alignment policies through the lens of strategic culture. The Pacific Review, 33 (6), 931-957.
  6. Passeri, A. and A. Fiori (2019). Beyond the Win-Win Rhetoric: Drivers and Limits of the Sino-Russian Partnership in the Arctic. Interdisciplinary Political Studies, 5 (2), 443-475.
  7. Passeri, A. and A. Fiori (2017). Karma e Soft Power. La 'diplomazia del Buddha' cinese in Myanmar. Rivista Geopolitica, 6 (2), 57-74.
  8. Fiori, A. and A. Passeri (2015). Hedging in search of a new age of non-alignment: Myanmar between China and the USA. The Pacific Review, 28 (4), 679 702.
  9. Fiori, A. and A. Passeri (2015). Seventy Years After WWII: Comparing Europe and Northeast Asia's Security Architectures. Korean Journal of Defense Analysis, 27 (2), 233-245.
Books
  1. Fiori, A., Milani, M., and Passeri, A. (2022) Asia. Storia, Istituzioni e Relazioni Internazionali. Milan: Mondadori Education.
  2. Passeri, A. (2020). Il Myanmar nello scenario internazionale. Dall'isolamento ad un'inedita centralit . Milano: Franco Angeli.
Chapter in Books
  1. Passeri, A. & Marston, H. (2023), Neutralism or Non Alignment: Myanmar's Recurring Foreign Policy Dilemma. In Chambers, J. & Dunford, M. H. (Eds.), Myanmar in Crisis (pp. 261 - 288). ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute.
  2. Passeri, A. (2021). Myanmar s Foreign Policy under the NLD Government: A Return to Negative Neutralism?. In M. Cook & D. Singh (Eds.), Southeast Asian Affairs 2021 (pp. 223-236). Singapore: ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute.
  3. Passeri, A. (2020). Towards the Great Rejuvenation : State Nationalism, Shifting Identities, and Foreign Policy Choices in Contemporary China. In S. Bianchini & A. Fiori (Eds.), Rekindling the Strong State in Russia and China. Domestic Dynamics and Foreign Policy Projections (pp. 40-60). Leiden: Brill.
  4. Passeri, A., Fiori, A., S. Kim & Gray, K. (2019). Crossing Boundaries: South Korea s Global Diplomacy outside Northeast Asia. In M. Milani, A. Fiori & M. Dian (Eds.), The Korean Paradox. Domestic Political Divide and Foreign Policy in South Korea (pp. 157-178). Abingdon: Routledge.
  5. Fiori, A. and A. Passeri (2018). Mao Zedong: l uomo, il mito e il suo viaggio ad Occidente. In M. Tesini & L. Zambernardi (Eds.), Quel che Resta di Mao. Apogeo e Rimozione di un Mito Occidentale (pp. 41-64). Le Monnier.
  6. Passeri, A. (2018). Origini ed evoluzione del nazionalismo cinese: dal secolo delle umiliazioni alla grande rinascita di Xi Jinping. In S. Bianchini & A. Fiori (Eds.), Russia e Cina nel mondo globale. Stato e societa fra dinamiche interne e proiezioni esterne (pp. 29-42). Roma: Carocci.
Other Publications
  1. Passeri, A. (2024). L'Indonesia alla Prova delle Elezioni Generali ('Indonesia Faces the Test of General Elections'). Focus Cina e Indo-Pacifico, no. 4, February. Parliament of the Republic of Italy. - Policy Paper
  2. Passeri, A. (2023). Indonesia: tra USA e Cina scommessa non- allineata. ISPI Global Watch, Italian Institute of International Political Studies (ISPI), June 15. - Mass Media(Newspaper,Radio,Tv,Popular Magazine)
  3. Passeri, A. (2023). Luci e ombre della politica di "buon vicinato" cinese verso i Paesi dell'ASEAN ('Promises and Pitfalls of China's Neighborhood Policy towards ASEAN Countries'), Focus Cina e Indo-Pacifico, no. 3, September, Parliament of the Republic of Italy. - Policy Paper
  4. Passeri, A. (2023). Sud-Est asiatico: nuovi leader, antichi vizi. Italian Institute of International Political Studies (ISPI), October 30. - Mass Media(Newspaper,Radio,Tv,Popular Magazine)
  5. Passeri, A. (2023). The Russia-Ukraine War is ASEAN s Latest Political Headache. Australian Outlook, the Australian Institute of International Affairs, June 9. - Mass Media(Newspaper,Radio,Tv,Popular Magazine)
  6. Passeri, A. and Marston, H. (2022). The Pit and the Pendulum, Insight Myanmar, Podcast Episode no. 126, October 26, 2022. - Mass Media(Newspaper,Radio,Tv,Popular Magazine)
  7. Passeri, A. (2021). Indonesia: Ripresa si, ma 'inquinata'. ISPI Global Watch, September 10, https://www.ispionline.it/it/pubblicazione/indonesia-ripresa-si-ma-inquinata-31611. - Mass Media(Newspaper,Radio,Tv,Popular Magazine)
  8. Passeri, A. (2021). L inevitabile ritorno dei militari in Myanmar azzera le conquiste della democrazia disciplinata . Domani, January 31. - Mass Media(Newspaper,Radio,Tv,Popular Magazine)
  9. Passeri, A. (2021). The Domestic and International Implications of Myanmar's 2021 Military Coup, IKMAS Working Paper Series, 1/2021, September 2021. - Technical Report
  10. Passeri, A. (2020). I ragazzi di Bangkok sfidano lo strapotere della monarchia. Domani, October 20. - Mass Media(Newspaper,Radio,Tv,Popular Magazine)
  11. Passeri, A. (2019). Taiwan s New Southbound Policy bets on Myanmar. The Myanmar Times, December 21. - Mass Media(Newspaper,Radio,Tv,Popular Magazine)

PAPER PRESENTED

INVITED SPEAKER
  1. The International Dimension of Myanmar's Political Crisis, Political Developments in Myanmar: Conflict Dynamics And Regional implications, ISIS Malaysia (International) (27 Feb 2024 - 27 Feb 2024)
  2. Constrained Agency. Myanmar's Post-Coup Foreign Policy and Alignment Choices , Southeast Asia in a World of Strategic Competition: Assessing Agency and Options, EAIR - IDFR - UKM - USIP (International) (20 Jun 2023 - 23 Jun 2023)
  3. The Myanmar tragedy: a short photo essay, IRSOC's Stir the Tea, International Relations Society (IRSOC) (National) (31 Mar 2023 - 31 Mar 2023)
  4. Myanmar Crisis: Two Years On, Myanmar Crisis as an Existential Threat to ASEAN and the Philippines Views and Response, FACTS Asia and Amador Research Service Philippines (International) (20 Feb 2023 - 20 Feb 2023)
  5. Malaysia's Strategic Outlook, Roundtable Discussion with the Australian High Commissioner to Malaysia, Australian High Commission to Malaysia (National) (20 Jan 2023 - 20 Jan 2023)
  6. EU s Role in a Contested Indo-Pacific, EU s Role in a Contested Indo-Pacific, Institute of Strategic & International (ISIS) Malaysia (National) (15 Dec 2022 - 15 Dec 2022)
  7. Myanmar's Domestic and International Politics after the Coup, Guest Lecture in History of Contemporary Asia, Ca'Foscari University of Venice (International) (28 Nov 2022 - 28 Nov 2022)
  8. The Pendulum of Non-Alignment: Charting Myanmar s Great Power Diplomacy (2011 2021), Myanmar: One Year After the Coup, Myanmar-Europe Research Network (MYERN) (International) (18 Feb 2022 - 19 Feb 2022)
  9. China and Myanmar's Political Crisis, Regional Order and Global Transformations: Asia and China in the Changing Geopolitical Economy, Institute of China Studies - UM (International) (09 Dec 2021 - 09 Dec 2021)
  10. Myanmar's military coup , Roundtable discussion with Australia's Head of Mission to ASEAN, Australian High Commission, Kuala Lumpur  (International) (25 Jul 2021 - 25 Jul 2021)
  11. The Pendulum of Neutralism: Myanmar's Shifting Approach to Non-Alignment (2010-2020), Myanmar Update 2021, Myanmar Research Center - Australia National University (ANU) (International) (16 Jul 2021 - 16 Jul 2021)
  12. The crisis in Myanmar. A Historical Perspective, Invited Lecture in the course 'History and Institutions of East Asia', Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Cagliari (Italy) (International) (28 Apr 2021 - 28 Apr 2021)
  13. Myanmar s Foreign Policy after the Coup: Back to Negative Neutralism?, IKMAS-EAIR Webinar Forum, IKMAS and East Asian International Relations (EAIR) Caucus (International) (17 Mar 2021 - 17 Mar 2021)

TEACHING

Master
  1. (2022) AOF7004 - International Relations Theory
  2. (2021) AOF7004 - International Relations Theory
Bachelor
  1. (2023) AOF7004 - International Relations Theory
  2. (2023) AIE1006 - Introduction to Theories of International Relations
  3. (2023) AIE2001 - Theories of International Relations I
  4. (2022) AIE2004 - Foreign Policy Analysis
  5. (2022) AIE1006 - Introduction to Theories of International Relations
  6. (2022) AIE2001 - Theories of International Relations I
  7. (2022) AIE2002 - Theories of International Relations Ii
  8. (2022) AIE3010 - Theory and Practice of Diplomacy
  9. (2021) AIE2004 - Foreign Policy Analysis
  10. (2021) AIE1006 - Introduction to Theories of International Relations
  11. (2021) AIE2002 - Theories of International Relations Ii
  12. (2021) AIE3010 - Theory and Practice of Diplomacy
  13. (2021) AIE2002 - Theories of International Relations Ii
  14. (2021) AIE3010 - Theory and Practice of Diplomacy
  15. (2020) AIE3010 - Theory and Practice of Diplomacy