He is also Director of the International Political Economy Program at Cornell, and Associate Director of the Cornell Modern Indonesia Project. Besides his activities in Cornell University, Prof. Pepinsky is also the President of the American Institute for Indonesian Studies (AIFIS). Prof. Pepinsky works on comparative and international political economy, with focus on emerging markets. His research spans several substantive areas, including international finance, authoritarianism and regime change, and the modern political economy of Southeast Asia. He published a book titled “Economic Crises and the Breakdown of Authoritarian Regimes: Indonesia and Malaysia in Comparative Perspective,” and many journal articles, book chapters, and commentaries. Prof. Pepinsky received his Ph.D. from Yale University in 2007.