Delphine Alles - Transnational Islamic Actors and Indonesias Foreign Policy: Transcending the State

Delphine Alles is Professor of Political Science at Universit Paris-Est, France and teaches international relations and Asian politics at Sciences Po Paris, France. She is a senior research fellow at LIPHA (Hannah Arendt Interdisciplinary Institute for the Study of Politics, Universit Paris-Est) and IRSEM (The Institute for Strategic Research, Paris).

Edited by Duncan McCargo, University of Leeds, UK

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13Transnational Islamic Actors and Indonesias Foreign Policy

Transcending the state

Delphine Alles

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Delphine Alles

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This book owes its existence to Dr. Rizal Sukma, Executive Director of Jakartas Centre for Security and International Studies, who welcomed me in his Tanah Abang office where I had candidly stepped on my first field research in Indonesia in 2008. Within a few weeks, Rizals humour and critical perspectives contributed to enrich of my vision of Indonesias socio-political sphere, more than the dozen books I had read before arriving on the archipelagos territory. While I kept on promoting a sociological and transnational approach for the study of international relations, Rizal defended the English School perspective. The idea emerged of pursuing together the path he had opened with his own book, Islam in Indonesias Foreign Policy (Routledge, 2003), by focusing on the interactions between non-state actors and official foreign policy narratives and practices. As Rizals academic, administrative and political responsibilities progressively piled up, they did not leave him with enough time to pursue this initially common endeavour. It is nevertheless thanks to his impulse that the project was concretized and through our long exchanges that the first version of its structure was shaped for which I remain tremendously grateful. As this project progressed, Duncan McCargo knew how and when to inquire and encourage to ensure that the final point would finally be typed. With Gwenael Njoto-Feillard, they provided constructive feedback which was critical in helping me shape the final version of the manuscript. The benevolent attention and example of Professor Bertrand Badie, who supervised the PhD thesis from which this book is partially extracted, have been major impulses for my work. I am also indebted to the many actors from the Indonesian civil society and various national administrations who kindly agreed to share their time and experience during interviews and left many black boxes partially ajar by allowing me to attend some of their meetings. I also wish to thank Routledges editors for their patience as I was struggling with the arcanes of the writing process. The concretization of this research would not have been possible without the support of the institutions which have hosted or funded my research, both in France and Indonesia: Sciences Po Paris, IRSEM and Universit Paris Est in France, CSIS and EFEO in Jakarta. Marians tolerance and support patience also proved essential at every step of the way. Although the result is considerably greater than it would have been without these impulses and supports, I fully assume responsibility for its remaining weaknesses.