Evan A. Laksmana is currently a researcher with the Department of Politics and International Relations at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Jakarta, Indonesia.
Before joining CSIS, from October 2006 to July 2009, he was a research analyst with the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (IDSS) at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. In 2007, he was awarded the Research Analyst Award by the school to pursue his Master’s degree part-time, while continuing his full-time research work with the school’s Indonesia Programme.
He is also affiliated with a California-based non-profit civil society group called Overseas Think-Tank for Indonesia (OTTI) as a contributing analyst.He has been actively involved in the Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR), serving as a delegate to the academic conference in 2006 in Singapore, and as a paper presenter in 2008 at Harvard University, USA.
As an undergraduate at Parahyangan Catholic University, he had served as Vice President (2003-2004) and President (2004-2005) of the Students’ Study Group for International Affairs (KSMPMI), during which he co-founded Indonesia’s first internationally-registered International Relations academic journal solely organized, written, and published by undergraduates.
He holds a Master of Science in Strategic Studies from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science (Cum Laude) from the Department of International Relations, Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung, Indonesia.
Research Field: Strategic and Defense Studies. Sub-field: Civil-Military Relations, Military History, Military Innovation, Strategic Thought, and Revolution in Military Affairs. Area: Indonesia and Southeast Asia.
He can be reached at evanlaksmana [at] yahoo [dot] com
Dear Evan..
Apa kabar Van? You know I’m proud to see you success in RSIS. I have read some of your excellent articles and I also heard a lot from other people about you. I am sure you can triple your success by keep writing, keep surrounding yourself with ‘big and important’ people and never stop trying and developing yourself.
GBU and all the best..
Bonggas
nice to know you.
me too!! so impressed after read the author’s biography above, hey, is this really you? well, such a pride to have you as my ex-high school mate. never imagine that you could be this awesome, now..
evan rocks ^^ all d best of luck for you and GBU all the way..
keep on researching..keep on doing great things