Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat is an academic focusing on the political economy of China-Indonesia-Middle East trilateral relations.
Based at Universitas Islam Indonesia as an assistant professor and director of Institute for Global and Strategic Studies (IGSS), he is also an associate faculty member at Binus University and is a research associate at the Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (INDEF).
In 2021, he was also a visiting lecturer at Universitas Paramadina.
Starting in March 2022, he is also a research professor at Busan University of Foreign Studies in South Korea.
He completed his PhD on Belt and Road Initiatives in the Gulf at the University of Manchester in 2018.
Experience
2022–present
Research professor, Busan University of Foreign Studies
2019–present
Assistant professor, Universitas Islam Indonesia
2021–present
Associate faculty member, Binus University
2019–present
Research associate, Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (INDEF)
2021–2021
Visiting lecturer, Universitas Paramadina
Education
2018
The University of Manchester, Ph.D in Politics
2015
The University of Manchester, M.A. in International Politics
2014
Qatar University, B.A. in International Affairs
Publications
2022
The Political Economy of China-Indonesia Relations in 2021, INDEF
2021
The Political Economy of Indonesia-Gulf Relations, Pustaka Pelajar
2021
Islam and China's Diplomacy towards Muslims in Indonesia, Pustaka Pelajar
2021
Neo-Gramscianism and China's Roles in Indonesia, IPB Press
2020
The Political Economy of China-Indonesia Relations in 2020, INDEF
2019
China’s Efforts to Legitimize the Implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative in the Arabian Gulf, KFRCIS
Honours
The Most Productive Author 2020 (The Conversation Indonesia)