I am currently Senior Fellow for Southeast Asia Military Modernisation at the Asia office of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS-Asia) based in Singapore.

Prior to joining IISS, I held senior research positions with the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore and the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Jakarta, Indonesia. I have also held visiting and non-resident positions with Carnegie China, Lowy Institute for International Policy, the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, the National Bureau of Asian Research, the University of Sydney's Southeast Asia Centre, the German Marshall Fund of the United States, and Nanyang Technological University’s S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies. I have taught at or given lectures to Australian National University's National Security College, Australian Defence College's Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies, Syracuse University, Indonesian Defense University, Indonesian Air Force Staff and Command College, and Parahyangan Catholic University.

I earned my MA and Ph.D. in Political Science from Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, where I was a Fulbright Presidential Scholar. I also hold an MS in Strategic Studies from Nanyang Technological University and a BA in Political Science (Cum Laude) from Parahyangan Catholic University. I received additional training in social science methodology, strategic analysis, and security cooperation from Syracuse University's Institute for Qualitative and Multi-method Research (IQMR), University of Michigan's ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Method of Social Research, Columbia University's Summer Workshop on the Analysis of Military Operations and Strategy (SWAMOS), and U.S. Department of Defense's Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS).

Reach me at evan[dot]laksmana[at]iiss[dot]org or through the social link boxes above.

Last updated: May 2023