Our associate consultant, Rio Kevin, has extensive experience in foreign policy analysis and specializes in international political economy, geopolitics, security, and global policy. Prior to Mandala Consulting, Rio worked in Indonesian think tanks, Myanmar-based non-profit organization, and an academic institution, where he dealt with reports and publications. He is interested in navigating the conjunction of international and domestic realms.
Rio graduated from Department of International Relations, University of Indonesia with
cumlaude distinction. He was also awarded a fully funded scholarship
from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology to the University of Galway,
Ireland. During his studies, his thesis was recognized as the best
thesis of the semester. Outside of his academic endeavours, Rio also
published an article journal about Australia’s defence policy and
commentaries on Southeast Asia’s political economy.