Farizal Bin Mohd Razalli
Dr. Farizal Bin Mohd Razalli: Lecturer in Strategy Programme
Contact
Ext:
Email: yoguapo@gmail.com, farizal@ukm.edu.my
School of History, Politics, and Strategy
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
National University of Malaysia
43600, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.
Qualifications
Ph.D in Political Science (Regional energy politics in Latin America-Southeast Asia) from Institute of Political Studies Paris (Sciences Po, Paris) – très honorable (with distinction)
MA in Global Studies – A European perspective from Vienna University, Austria (Grade obtained – 1,2 (distinction))
MA in Strategy & Diplomacy from Institute of Diplomacy & Foreign Relations, Malaysia (IDFR) – National University of Malaysia (UKM)
BSc. Ed. (Hons) TESL with minor in Multimedia from Malaysian University of Technology (UTM)
Area of expertise
Energy Politics – Oil and Natural Gas (LNG); Mineral resources
Regional institutions – ASEAN, Mercosur, UNASUR, CELAC, European Union (EU)
Political Leadership – Political leaders and International Relations; Bilateral and Multilateral Diplomacy; Public-Private Partnerships; MNCs-State relations
Investment strategy – Political and economic risk analysis; investment scenario analysis; case study approach
Current research
1) Energy politics and its implications on regional integration – a research project that specifically focuses on Latin American region
2) LNG’s future in Southeast Asia: from the political perspective of ASEAN external partners – a proposed research project for grants from the ASEAN secretariat
3) IMF di Argentina: evolusi dan implikasi (IMF in Argentina: evolution and implications) – a proposed book project with Dewan Bahasa & Pustaka, Malaysia
Selected Publications
Articles:
1) “Retrospektif ekonomi Malaysia 2004 – Dewan Masyarakat, Jan 2005
2) “Bridging the Gaps” – Gothe Institute of Australia, 2006
2) “Derita Eropah: Hutang yang Memakan Diri” – Dewan Masyarakat, May 2009
3) “China’s Foreign Energy Quest and ASEAN” – an article published in Asian Conflict Reports, no. 11, June, 2011
4) “Perancis kaya tetapi berhutang” – Dewan Masyarakat, Nov 2011
Papers/Book chapters:
1) “The IMF in Argentina: Who was the real culprit in Argentina?” – Excerpt from MA Thesis presented at Internal Post-grad Seminar, National University of Malaysia in February 2003
2) “Reinventing Governance in Corporate Malaysia: Challenges Ahead” – A joint paper with Michael Yeoh presented at Workshop on Malaysia’s Political Economy: Future trends and challenges held at ISEAS, Singapore, September 2004 (ISEAS Publication)
3) “Die Integration von Ostasien: Die trübe Zukunft nach dem EAEC” (East Asian Regional Integration: The bleak future after the failure of EAEG) – A paper presented during the Conference on regionalization and globalization in Asia organized by Association of Southeast Asia, Austria in Vienna, January 2007
4) “The Indochina Power Market: Identifying the Multiple Categories” – A paper with limited circulation to the Khazanah’s Vietnam Investment team in September 2008
5) “The United States Counterbalancing Chindia’s Energy Quest: Leveraging on Cooperative Energy Approach” – A book chapter in Challenges and issues in American Foreign Policy towards Asia (IKON, UKM Publication, 2011)
6) “The role of leadership in regional energy cooperations: South America and Southeast Asia compared” – Macrothème Journal for Business and Economics, Fall 2013
7) “La integración energética del Sur desde el fracaso del Gran Gasoducto del Sur” – (forthcoming publication by Sciences Po – UTREF, Buenos Aires, end 2014)
Rapports:
1) ASLI’s Business Outlook Survey Report for 2nd Quarter 2004 – 2005
2) Malaysian Economy Quarterly Forecast 2004 and 2005 – Headed by Datuk Dr. Zainal Aznam
3) 2nd OIC Business Forum Full Report – Chief Rapporteur
Awards & Recognitions
Global Public Policy Fellowship Award – Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore (Jan 2012 to March 2012 )
Sciences Po Doctoral Research Fieldwork Award – FLACSO, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Nov 2011)
MOHE – UKM Full Ph.D. Scholarship – Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po), Paris (Oct 2010 to Oct 2013 )
European Union Erasmus Mundus Scholarship Program – Global Studies (International Political Economy) based in Germany & Austria (July 2005 – Sept 2007)
Malaysia’s Varsity Debate for Best Achievement Award (Dec 2011)
Best Alumni Award UTM (July 2001)
Language proficiency
Malay: Mother tongue
English: Bilingual
French: Spoken, Written, Reading
German: Spoken, Written, Reading
Spanish: Spoken, Written, Reading
TV/Newspaper Interviews
TV3; Astro Awani; Reuters; BERNAMA; MediaCorp Singapore; TVRI, Indonesia; NSTP; NST Singapore