DR. DENIS SUARSANA

Dr. Denis Suarsana has been the Director of the Indonesia office of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) in Jakarta since 2022. From March to August 2025, he acted as the Interim Director of the KAS Australia and the Pacific office in Canberra. Previously, Mr. Suarsana was Deputy Director Strategy and Digitalization at the German Employers’ Association (BDA) in Berlin. From 2016 to 2018, he worked as a Policy Advisor at the German Federal Foreign Office. He holds a doctorate in economics and studied political science and European studies in Germany, Poland and the United Kingdom. His most recent publications include International Perceptions of Germany’s and Europe’s Competitiveness (2025), De-Risking, but where to? The Emerging ASEAN countries as an alternative to China (2024) as well as The Economic Race in Southeast Asia – and why Europe is falling behind (2024).

 

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