Anies Baswedan

Anies Baswedan, Ph.D., (born in Indonesia, May 7, 1969) is currently the President of [http://www.paramadina.ac.id/ Paramadina University] in Jakarta, Indonesia. He is also the Research Director at [http://www.theindonesianinstitute.org/ The Indonesian Institute] Center for Public Policy Analysis in Jakarta and Senior Researcher at The Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI).

Prior to his current positions, he worked as Research Manager at IPC in Bannockburn, Illinois, USA (2004-2005). Beginning in April 2006, he served as National Advisor on Decentralization and Regional Autonomy at the [http://www.kemitraan.or.id/ Partnership for Governance Reform] and later became Governance Assessment Coordinator.

Baswedan holds a Doctorate in Philosophy from Northern Illinois University, a masters degree in Public Policy from University of Maryland School of Public Policy, College Park, and a degree in Business Management from Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. He has received several distinguished awards and scholarships, including the Fulbright Scholarship, the 2004 Gerald Maryanov Fellow from Northern Illinois University, Indonesian Cultural Foundation Scholarship in New York and William P. Cole III Fellowship from the University of Maryland. He was also awarded the JAL Scholarship to attend Summer Session of Asian Studies at Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan when he was a student at Gadjah Mada University.

Baswedan’s publications include “Political Islam in Indonesia: Present and Future Trajectory,” Asian Survey, a Bimonthly Review of Contemporary Asian Affairs published by University of California, Berkeley, and numerous op-ed articles in leading newspapers and magazines in Indonesia.

He was actively involved in the student movements in Indonesia during Suharto's authoritarian regime. He is known as one of a few student leaders from the early 90's movements who won Fulbright scholarship and went abroad for graduate education. He is now a prominent political analyst in Indonesia and often referred to as one of Indonesia's youngest university presidents.

The US magazine Foreign Policy named him as one of the top 100 public intellectuals in the world in May 2008. [ [http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4293 Foreign Policy: Top 100 Intellectuals] ]

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* [http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/05/08/anies-r-baswedan-young-nationalist-with-a-global-view.html Anies Baswedan - Jakarta Post Interview]
* [http://jurnalnasional.com/?med=Koran%20Harian&sec=INDONESIAN%20RISING&rbrk=&id=59378&postdate=2008-08-04&detail=INDONESIAN%20RISING Young Intellectual with International Acknowledgement]
* [http://new.asiaviews.org/?content=634ft600014545e&features=20080717211749 Tempo Magazine Interview: Islamic moderates should also be militant]
* [http://www.campusasia.co.id/great/great2.htm Campus Asia Interview: Visionary Educator]
* [http://www.republika.co.id/koran_detail.asp?id=330537&kat_id=505 Profile/Interview in Republika Daily Newspaper]
* [http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=605109982&play=1 Anies Baswedan on CNBC Live Interview]
* [http://www.commongroundnews.org/article.php?id=23661&lan=en&sid=1&sp=0&isNew=1 Clash of civilisations or calculation of interests: an interview with Anies Baswedan]
* [http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/asiapac/programs/s2099812.htm Anies Baswedan on ABC Radio Australia Interview]
* [http://www2.kompas.com/kompas-cetak/0602/04/Politikhukum/2409565.htm Profile/Interview in Kompas Daily Newspaper]
* [http://www.wikimu.com/News/DisplayNews.aspx?id=4485 Testimonial: Student Journalist]
* [http://www.mail-archive.com/[e-mail]/msg04299.html Testimonial: Student Demonstration at Gadjah Mada University]
* [http://israrardi.multiply.com/journal/item/10? Testimonial Friend from Kindergarten]
* [http://www.suarapembaruan.com/News/2008/07/20/Profil/pro01.htm Suara Pembaruan: Anies Baswedan's Profile]
* [http://www.mail-archive.com/[e-mail]/msg13141.html Anies Baswedan's Letter on Special Registration]
* [http://pjvermonte.wordpress.com/2007/03/12/obituari-professor-koesnadi-hardjasoemantri Anies Baswedan on Koesnadi Hardjasoemantri, former Presiden of Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia]
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/isnet-bl/message/3308 Anies Baswedan's Short Story on Violence in Aceh and Afganistan]
* [http://www.freelists.org/archives/ppi/03-2004/msg00178.html Anies Baswedan's OpEd on Democracy and Football]
* [http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a783868997~db=all~order=page Anies Baswedan's Journal Article in Bulletion of Indonesian Economic Study]
* [http://caliber.ucpress.net/doi/abs/10.1525/as.2004.44.5.669 Anies Baswedan's Journal Article in Asian Survey, UC Berkeley]
* [http://www.jawapos.com/index.php?act=detail_c&id=307704 Anies Baswedan's OpEd on Muslim Minority vs Majority]
* [http://unisosdem.org/article_printfriendly.php?aid=1236&coid=3&caid=22 Anies Baswedan's OpEd on Special Registration in the US ]
* [http://www.arsip-milis.s5.com/politik4.htm Anies Baswedan's essay on Paradigm ini Analysing Terrorism]
* [http://www.suaramerdeka.com/harian/0706/10/bincang01.htm Interview in Suara Merdeka Daily Newspaper]
* [http://www.suaramerdeka.com/harian/0706/10/bincang02.htm Anies Baswedan's Brief Bio in Suara Merdeka Daily Newspaper]