Tobias Basuki is co-founder and managing director of Aristoteles Consults, a political risk consulting firm. His background is in research and academia where he was previously senior researcher at the department of Politics and International Relations, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Indonesia and International Relations lecturer at Universitas Pelita Harapan. His analysis and commentaries had been featured on CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera, MSNBC, Channel News Asia, TRT World among other international news channels.