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Alexander R Arifianto

Research Fellow, Indonesia Programme, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University

Research Fellow, Indonesia Programme, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University Alexander R. Arifianto is a Research Fellow with the Indonesia Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University. Previously, he was a Visiting Fellow with the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) and a Post-doctoral Fellow at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame (Indiana, United States of America). In addition, he worked as a research analyst with the SMERU Research Institute in Jakarta, Indonesia. Dr. Arifianto earned his Ph.D. in political science from Arizona State University in August 2012. His ongoing research interests include: political Islam in Indonesia, civil society organizations and social movements in Indonesia, and comparative politics of Southeast Asia.