Capt. Elfin Nur Rakhim born on August 14, 1999, is an ADC of Chief of Indonesia Coast Guard since 2024.

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LCDR Komang Sukrawan born on October 5, 1984, is an Technical Policy Analyst at the Indonesia Coast Guard (Bakamla RI) since 2023.

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LCDR Kustriyani, S.T., M.Eng.Sc., born on December 21, 1985, is an Associate Policy Analyst for Bilateral and Regional Cooperation at the Indonesia Coast Guard (Bakamla RI) since 2022.

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First Admiral Askari, P.S.C., S.I.Kom., M.Sc., M.A., born on January 13, 1973, is the current Director for Cooperation of Indonesia Coast Guard (Bakamla RI). Throughout his distinguished naval career, he has been instrumental in advancing Indonesia’s maritime diplomacy and international collaboration, particularly in strengthening partnerships to enhance maritime domain awareness and security operations. Under his leadership, Bakamla RI has expanded its cooperative framework with various global partners.

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Ristian Atriandi SUPRIYANTO (Andi/Ristian) is a lecturer with the Department of International Relations and researcher at the ASEAN Study Center, FISIP, Universitas Indonesia (UI). He is also a research fellow with the Indonesia Sinology Forum (FSI), Jakarta, and PhD scholar at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University. Ristian obtained a Master of Science in Strategic Studies from the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University (RSIS-NTU) in Singapore and a Bachelor of Social Science in International Relations from UI. Before joining UI, he worked for the Maritime Security Programme at RSIS-NTU. Andi comments and writes numerous works on sea power, maritime security, strategic studies, and international relations. His works include “Naval Modernisation in Southeast Asia: Problems and Prospects for Small and Medium Navies” (Palgrave, 2018) with Geoffrey Till. Submitted in March 2025, Ristian’s doctoral thesis is titled “Competing over America in the Cold War: Australia-Indonesia Relations, 1945-1978.”

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Dr. Oktaheroe Ramsi is a Dean in Indonesia Defense University on Defense Strategic Faculty. He is mastering in Defense Strategy as his expertise inline with his under graduate school in Political Science in Indonesia Open University 1997, than he got master degree in International Relations from RSIS – Nanyang Technological University 2010 and he concluded his Doctoral in Indonesia Defense University in 2023 consecutively. Along with his career as an active military members, he oftenly followed some international seminar which focus on International Relation issues in Bratislava, Jakarta, Singapore, Bangkok and some other countries as speakers and participants. It is also developed his insight in civil-military cooperation and rising his opinion about the importance of knowledge that influences state policy, especially tendencies that can trigger tension between countries and how we can choose to cooperate in many things rather than choosing confrontation in international relations conflicts. With this he believes that choosing peace over rivalry is very important in all the reasons that must be chosen. He is awarded the rank of major general in his current position.

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Vice Admiral Dr. Irvansyah, S.H., M.Tr.(Opsla), born on May 10, 1968 in Bengkulu, Indonesia, is the current Chief of the Indonesian Coast Guard (Bakamla RI), appointed on September 13, 2023. A graduate of the Indonesian Naval Academy (AAL) class of 1990, he has built an extensive career in the Indonesian Navy, holding various strategic positions including Commander of KRI Oswald Siahaan, Commander of the Sorong Naval Base, and Commander of the Joint Regional Defense Command I (Pangkogabwilhan I). As Head of Bakamla, Vice Admiral Irvansyah focuses on strengthening Indonesia’s maritime security through institutional reform, international cooperation, and the development of Bakamla into a fully empowered national coast guard with law enforcement authority at sea.

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Aristyo Rizka Darmawan is a lecturer in international law at the Faculty of Law Universitas Indonesia. Currently he is a Ph.D Scholar at the School of Regulation and Global Governance at the Australian National University. His research focuses on the intersection between international law of the sea, foreign policy and maritime security in the Asia Pacific with particular focus on the South China Sea.
He obtained his Master’s Degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, United States and Bachelor of Law from Universitas Indonesia. He is also a former Visiting Fellow with the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University

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