Theresia Octastefani is a Lecturer at the Department of Politics and Government, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Currently she is also a Student at the Ph.D Program in Asia Pacific Regional Studies, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan. She holds a Bachelor of Public Administration and Master of Public Administration from the Faculty of Administrative Sciences, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia. Then she earned her second master's degree in Political Science (Security Studies) from the Faculty of Political Science and Law, Burapha University, Chonburi, Thailand.