Welcome to The ASEANesian

Honor guards wave flags of Southeast Asian countries [Credit Flickr Ferdinand Edralin]

WELCOME

Welcome to The ASEANesian, a blog on all things ASEAN. Following the launch of the ASEAN Community in 2015, there has never been a more important time for the peoples of ASEAN to be better informed, better aware and better prepared for all the issues surrounding the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

With this in mind, The ASEANesian will play its part by reporting on the major issues taking place in the region and offering its own voice to the discourse. The posts that follow in The ASEANesian will be a collection of articles, observations and other musings by me, A. Ibrahim Almuttaqi. Who am I? Read on the read my profile.

ABOUT ME

A Ibrahim Almuttaqi works for the Jakarta-based think tank, The Habibie Center. Having first joined in February 2012, he is currently the Head of its ASEAN Studies Program, leading its development into one of the flagship programs of The Habibie Center. He is a regular contributor to national newspapers, including The Jakarta Post, providing opinion articles and comments on important foreign policy issues affecting Indonesia and the wider region. He is often invited to speak at conferences and seminars – both in Indonesia and abroad – to share his expertise on ASEAN regionalism, Indonesia’s foreign relations and international politics. He has also taught part-time at BINUS (Bina Nusantara) University International on courses including Southeast Asian Culture and Competitive Strategy in ASEAN.

In 2015 A Ibrahim Almuttaqi was a recipient of an Australia Award (Short Course) as well as participated in the ASEAN-ROK Next-Generation Opinion Leaders Program. In 2016 he successfully completed a Professional Fellows Exchange Program organized by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs.

A Ibrahim Almuttaqi read International Masters in ASEAN Studies at the Asia-Europe Institute, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur where he attained a Pass with Distinction in 2011 and also holds a First Class Honours Degree from the School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London, London in BA History & Politics which he obtained in 2009. He can be followed on Twitter at: @ibrahim_id and/or be contacted at ibrahim@habibiecenter.or.id.