Senior Research Fellow
Southeast Asia and Indo-Pacific Security

Dr Pia Dannhauer
Dr Pia Dannhauer is an Senior Research Fellow at the Perth USAsia Centre.
Pia’s PhD thesis on Indonesia’s leadership in ASEAN was accepted at Griffith University in 2023.
An English, German and Indonesian speaker, she previously worked for the Asia Pacific Research and Advice Network – an internal think tank that supports EU decision makers.
Pia holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Studies, with a focus on South and Southeast Asia, from Leiden University in the Netherlands, as well as a joint Master’s in International Relations from three German universities.
Publications
- The next key player? Assessing ASEAN’s role in global critical minerals supply chains

- Pragmatism and ambition: Indonesia’s foreign policy under Prabowo

- ASEAN’s many challenges in Myanmar

- Enhancing Australia-Cambodia ties through education and skills

- Constitutional crisis and democratic resilience in Indonesia

- ASEAN centrality stands in the way of an Indonesia-Australia alliance

- Southeast Asia’s great haze: Laggards and leaders

- Vietnam – an emerging regional leader?

- Understanding microchips (Part 2)

- Understanding microchips (Part 1)

- Failing to seize the moment

- Exploring Quad+ cooperation
