Evan A. Laksmana

Evan A. Laksmana is a researcher with the Department of Politics and International Relations at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Indonesia, and an adjunct lecturer at the Indonesian Defense University. Beginning in August 2011, he will be a Fulbright Presidential PhD Scholar at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, New York, USA.

He was previously an ASC fellow at the U.S. Department of Defense’s Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies, Honolulu, and was recently a visiting associate fellow at the Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies at S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Prior to joining CSIS, he was an analyst with the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Singapore, where he was awarded a Research Analyst Award to complete his Master’s degree in Strategic Studies.

Affiliated with the Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations and Pacific Forum Young Leaders, he also participated in the Council of Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP) Study Group on Naval Enhancement in the Asia Pacific. He regularly consults numerous government institutions and foreign officials on Indonesia’s defense and military policy. He has also addressed major international conferences, including the 2011 Pacific Area Special Operations Conference (PASOC) organized by the U.S. Pacific Command. In late June 2011, he will participate in the NATO Europe Asia Security Dialogue in Brussels, Belgium.

His writings will or have appeared in Defence Studies, Journal of Indian Ocean Region, Harvard Asia Quarterly, Wilson Quarterly, The Diplomat, Foreign Policy, World Politics Review, Asia Pacific Bulletin, Asia Pacific Defence Reporter, The Jakarta Post, The Straits Times, and The China Times. He has also written for and consulted with Indonesia’s National Resilience Institute, Ministry of Defense, Coordinating Ministry for Legal, Political and Security Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Brookings Institution, Japan’s Ocean Policy Research Foundation, Thailand’s Institute of Security and International Studies, Singapore Armed Forces, Korean National Defense University, University of Manchester, and Complutense University, among others.