Mustafa Izzuddin
Biography
Publications
Dr Mustafa Izzuddin, who received his PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), is a foreign policy analyst on maritime Southeast Asia and research fellow at the National University of Singapore’s Institute of South Asian Studies and University Scholars Programme. He was formerly a Fellow with the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute and a Fulbright Fellow at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and East-West Center in Washington DC.
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India has left RCEP behind, but not its ambition in Southeast Asia
Withdrawing from a mega-regional trade deal is a setback, but New Delhi has other ways of enhancing regional engagement.
![Jokowi and Modi’s budding bromance](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-963669552.jpg?itok=C5Lu-uaL)
Jokowi and Modi’s budding bromance
With both leaders re-elected and with shared goals, the challenge is to ensure Indonesia and India remain firm friends.
![En masse Muslim resignations a setback for healing in Sri Lanka](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-1148084845.jpg?itok=7hZaI2m3)
En masse Muslim resignations a setback for healing in Sri Lanka
The Muslim community is a vital to combatting terrorism and promoting social harmony so alienating them makes no sense.