I am currently a Master of Strategic Studies (Advanced) student at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University. My research focuses on the economic–security nexus in Southeast Asia, Indonesian strategic policy, and the intersection of cyber and emerging technologies in the region. I have published several op-eds and articles in The Strategist and The Jakarta Post. My current research examines the evolution of Indonesia’s strategic autonomy discourse in the context of China’s deep economic enmeshment in Indonesia’s nickel sector.