This report is based on a focused group discussion to assess Russia’s post-2022 pivot to Asia through the lenses of defense cooperation, energy diplomacy, institutional participation, and soft power outreach.
Radityo Dharmaputra
Radityo Dharmaputra is a lecturer in the Department of International Relations at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Airlangga and a researcher at the Centre for European and Eurasian Studies, Universitas Airlangga. Radityo holds three master’s degrees from Airlangga (International Relations), Glasgow (Russia, Central, and East European Studies), and Tartu (Baltic Sea Region Studies). He is currently completing his PhD dissertation from the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies from the University of Tartu, Estonia. His research interests encompass Russian foreign policy in Asia, disinformation and influence operations, and the geopolitics of Europe and Eurasia, with a particular emphasis on their implications for Indonesia and Southeast Asia. His works have been published in Eurasian Geography and Economics, Contemporary Security Policy, Journal of Regional Security, and other academic journals, as well as book chapters published by Routledge.
