Dr. Denis Suarsana

Dr. Denis Suarsana is currently the Director of the Regional Programme Political Dialogue Asia of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) based in Singapore, where he also heads the KAS Global Geoeconomic Hub. From 2022 to 2026 Mr. Suarsana has been the Director of the KAS Indonesia office in Jakarta. In 2025 he also acted as the Interim-Director of the foundation’s Australia and the Pacific office in Canberra. Previously, he was Deputy Director Strategy and Digitalization at the German Employers’ Association (BDA) in Berlin. From 2016 to 2018, Mr. Suarsana worked as a Policy Advisor at the German Federal Foreign Office. He holds a doctorate in economics and studied political science and European studies in Germany, Poland and the United Kingdom. His recent publications include “International perceptions of Germany’s and Europe’s competitiveness” (2025), “De-Risking, but where to? The Emerging ASEAN countries as an alternative to China” (2024) as well as “The Economic Race in Southeast Asia – and why Europe is falling behind” (2024).