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Michael Vatikiotis is Regional Director for the Geneva-based the Henry Dunant Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue. Based in Singapore, he works on promoting dialogue and conflict resolution in Asia. He is also a Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
Formerly editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review, Vatikiotis has been a writer and journalist in Asia for 20 years. He has lived in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand as well as Hong Kong.
He has written two books on regional politics; “Indonesian Politics Under Suharto” and “Political Change in Southeast Asia”. His published fiction includes “The Spice Garden” a novel on religious conflict in Eastern Indonesia published in 2004 and “Debatable Land” a collection of short stories on Southeast Asia. He is a regular contributor to the opinion page of several newspapers. Vatikiotis is a graduate of the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, earned his doctorate from Oxford University and was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Maryland. He is a member of the Asia Society’s International Council. He speaks the Thai and Indonesian languages fluently.
