Rizki Wahyudi

Profile

I am PhD Researcher at POLIS and an Indonesian Army officer. I hold a MSc in Terrorism Studies from the University of Indonesia (2022), where my research focused on the role of Special Joint Operations (Koopsgabsus) in counterterrorism efforts in Central Sulawesi, using a case study approach.

Starting on the 2025/26 academic year, I am committed to deepening my knowledge, enhancing my research skills, and expanding my academic network to become a well-rounded scholar.

Research interests

Supervised by Dr. Gordon and Prof Ted, my doctoral research, building on over mission experience and my master’s thesis, investigates civil–military configuration shape counterterrorism (CT) effectiveness in democracies with has praetorian legacies.

The study addresses three clusters of literature’s limitation on the relationship between regime type, civil-military relations, and CT outcomes that could not explain why a formally democratic state with supposedly reformed civil-military institutions consistently produces a specific skewed CT effectiveness profile.

Significance:

• Introduces the “institutional bias” perspective to provide a mechanism that transform internal security threats into military intervention.

• Proves a hypothesis that CT effectiveness is dimensional rather than linear progression with applies the trinity framework, helping scholars resolving the contradictory empirical findings from previous studies.

Qualifications

• MSc in Terrorism Studies University of Indonesia
• BA in Defence Administration Indonesian Military Academy

Research groups and institutes

• Centre for Global Security Challenges
• Centre for Democratic Engagement