Members
The Asia-Pacific Leadership Network (APLN) has over 180 members from 26 countries across Asia and the Pacific, consisting of former political, diplomatic and military leaders, senior government officials, and scholars and opinion leaders, dedicated to addressing security challenges in the Asia-Pacific, with a particular focus on nuclear non-proliferation, risk reduction, and disarmament.
Michael TENE
Senior Fellow of the Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia
Senior Fellow of the Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia
R.M. Michael Tene is a Senior Fellow of the Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia. He was a senior Indonesian diplomat and served at Indonesian Embassies in London (1997-2001) and Washington DC (2005-2009). He was the Chief of Staff to the Foreign Minister and the Spokeperson of the Indonesian MFA (2010-2014). In 2015-2018, he was assigned as an Ambassador/Deputy Permanent Representative at the Permanent Mission of Indonesia for the UN and other international organizations in Geneva (2015-2018).
He worked for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as the Deputy Secretary General of ASEAN for Community and Corporate Affairs (2019-2021) and as the Deputy Secretary General of ASEAN for ASEAN Political Security Community (2021-2024).
Mr. Tene has in-depth knowledge, understanding and experiences on ASEAN related issues. He has been dealing with ASEAN since 1994 and was involved in developing and negotiating various key initiatives of ASEAN. He was also involved at various stages of ASEAN’s conflicts management efforts in dealing with issues in Myanmar, Thailand-Cambodia, and South China Sea.