Department of Politics and International Studies
Christian Jean Bachheimer
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- Roles
- Department of Politics and International Studies PhD researcher
- Qualifications
- BEng (EFP), MBA (Heriot Watt), DBA (Southern Cross), MSc (LBS), MA (Fletcher)
- Email address
- 687462@soas.ac.uk
- Thesis title
- "Unpacking Patterns & Concepts of hedging strategies in Indonesia, Asean with the wider Asia Pacific Powers
- Internal Supervisors
- Dr Michael Buehler
Biography
| Christian spent 32 years in South East Asia as a CEO in various businesses, and finally as a Group Director in the largest Indonesian conglomerate until 2022. Christian completed his Master of Arts in International Relations at Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, in September 2017, as a capstone in his Asian life. His thesis dealt with China’s Foreign Policy impact on Southeast Asia (‘Old Wine’ in New Bottle: China’s Trade, Guns and Ports’ The Impact of China’s International Trade & Investment Policy on ASEAN countries’ foreign policy autonomy) under supervisor Dr. Robert L. Pfaltzgraff. In 2022, Christian added an MPhil at SOAS university in international Politics, with focus on the link between SouthEast nations domestic politic and foreign policy. Since then, he is a Doctoral researcher at SOAS, London; under Dr. Tat Yan Kong and Dr. Michael Buehler, working on unpacking hedging strategies and domestic factors in Maritime Southeast Asia. Christian co-authored in 2022 a book chapter on SouthEast Asia in https://www.policycenter.ma/publications/aftermath-war-europe-west-vs-global-south, as well as several publications in East Asia forum at https://www.eastasiaforum.org/author/christian-bachheimer/. Christian holds a Doctorate in Business Administration (Southern Cross University, 2003, Australia – Thesis “A Strategic Model for Global Capital Intensive Industries”), a Sloan Master of Science (London Business School, 2008, UK, Thesis ‘Industry structure Evolution: A Case study of the Ophthalmic Lens Ecosystems’) and an MBA (Edinburgh Business School, UK, 1998), as well as a Bachelor in pulp and paper technology (1988). |
Research interests
| Grand Strategy - South East Asia - Foreign Policy Analysis - Hedging Strategies - South East Asian leadership - ASEAN |
Personal links
https://www.eastasiaforum.org/author/christian-bachheimer/
