Aniello Iannone is a Lecturer in International Political Economy and International Relations in the Department of International Relations at President University, Indonesia, and a Vasey Fellow at Pacific Forum. Previously, he taught in the Department of Politics and Government Studies at Diponegoro University. He is also a Research Fellow and Vice-Coordinator of the Asia and Pacific Desk at Geopolitica.info, an Italian think tank. He holds a PhD in Social Sciences from Universitas Airlangga, specializing in International Relations and International Political Economy. His research focuses on ASEAN regionalism, the political economy and politics of Indonesia and Southeast Asia, and the interaction between domestic political change and regional order. His research on Taiwan focuses on the New Southbound Policy, Taiwan’s political and economic engagement with Southeast Asia, and the political economy of migration and labour relations between Taiwan and Indonesia. He has held visiting academic positions at Tamkang University, Taiwan, Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand, and the University of Naples L’Orientale, Italy.