About the Author
Dr Rizal Sukma is the Executive Director, Centre for Strategic and International Studies
(CSIS) Jakarta, Indonesia. Dr Sukma was previously the Deputy Executive Director of
the CSIS. He is also the Chairman of International Relations Division, Central Executive
Board of Muhammadiyah (second largest Islamic organisation in Indonesia); member
of the board at Syafii Maarif Institute for Culture and Humanity; and a member of the
National Committee on Strategic Defense Review, Indonesia’s Ministry of Defence.
Dr Sukma has also been appointed by Indonesia’s Foreign Minister as a member of
Board of Governor of the Institute of Peace and Democracy (IPD), the implementing
agency for the Bali Democracy Forum (BDF). He received his PhD in International
Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), United
Kingdom in 1997. Dr Sukma is the author of numerous papers and reports, and has
published in several journals and other internationally circulated publications.