Lecturer of International Relations, Universitas Islam Indonesia (UII)
Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat is an academic at Universitas Islam Indonesia and is a research associate at Jakarta-based Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (INDEF). His research focuses on China's foreign policy in Indonesia and the Middle East. He completed his PhD on the Belt and Road Initiatives in the Gulf at the University of Manchester in 2018.
Indonesia and China inks deal to promote the use of the Yuan and Rupiah
Oct 15, 2020 14:44 pm UTC| Economy
Last month, China and Indonesia signed an agreement to promote the use of local currencies Chinese Yuan (RMB) and Indonesian Rupiah (Rp) in trade and investment transactions between the two countries. Yuan has...
US-China tensions give Southeast Asian nations reason to find other partners elsewhere
Aug 09, 2020 22:49 pm UTC| Insights & Views
As tensions between the US and China intensify, Southeast Asian countries, including Indonesia, should rethink their ties with the two great powers. They should lessen their dependency on the two countries by strengthening...
Why Indonesia's aggressive stance on China in South China Sea may fall short
Aug 01, 2020 15:02 pm UTC| Politics
Defying the global COVID-19 pandemic, Chinese fishing fleets with the support of armed Chinese Coast Guard ships have been penetrating Indonesias territory in the past few months. The move is part of Chinas growing...
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