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About
Established on April 1, 2025, World Order Lab is a youth-driven think-tank dedicated to advancing rigorous analysis and producing high-impact insights on Southeast Asia's most pressing security and governance challenges. Across our two thematic areas, security and governance, we pursue the objectives of peace through cooperative security and prosperity through good governance, seeking to contribute to a more stable Southeast Asia for future generations. We are a strictly nonpartisan and non-profit initiative supported by individuals and institutions that value the depth and clarity of our analysis.
World Order Lab is structured into three departments: the Analyst Department, Program Department, and Creative Department, each with distinct functions supporting the organization’s research, programs, communications, and institutional development. Our mission is to empower young voices to engage critically with international affairs and to contribute well-researched perspectives that inform public understanding, policymaking, and academic discourse. We are proud to bring together 35 active members and 19 former members, representing young people from Southeast Asian countries and ASEAN Dialogue Partner countries across the region.
It is within the prime interest of World Order Lab to engage constructively with governments, diplomatic communities, international and regional organizations, think-tanks, academic institutions, civil society, the private sector, and other relevant stakeholders on matters concerning Southeast Asia, ASEAN, and the region’s evolving political, security, economic, and governance landscape. We seek to connect Southeast Asian perspectives with institutions and stakeholders across ASEAN Member States, ASEAN Dialogue Partner countries, and the wider international community, while providing our members with greater opportunities to engage directly with policymakers, diplomats, academics, practitioners, and other actors shaping Southeast Asia’s future.
Executive Leadership
Muhammad Izzuddin Al Haq
Executive Director;
Chair, Maritime Security Working Group;
Indonesia Liaison Officer
Muhammad Izzuddin Al Haq pioneered the idea of World Order Lab and established the youth think-tank in April 2025 alongside Geo Dzakwan Arshali and Muhammad Farhan Yaumil Ramadhan. Haqqi currently serves as World Order Lab’s Executive Director, overseeing the organization’s strategic direction, institutional development, and day-to-day operations. In this capacity, he works to strengthen World Order Lab’s research agenda, expand its regional network, and develop meaningful engagement with stakeholders across Southeast Asia.
Geo Dzakwan Arshali
Program Manager;
Chair, G-2 Affairs Working Group;
Singapore Liaison Officer
Geo Dzakwan Arshali is among the founding members of World Order Lab, established in April 2025 alongside Muhammad Izzuddin Al Haq and Muhammad Farhan Yaumil Ramadhan, where he initially served as a Senior Analyst before forming the Program Department as part of the think-tank’s expansion. Geo currently serves as Program Manager, leading the Program Department, which oversees the organization’s projects, partnerships, external relations, strategic communications, publication dissemination, stakeholders management, working groups, and members affairs. In this capacity, he also advises the Executive Director on the organization’s day-to-day operations and supports the implementation of World Order Lab's strategic priorities, in coordination with Lead Analyst and Lead Creative.
Katherine Viella Irwanto joined World Order Lab as a Senior Analyst in October 2025, six months after the think tank was formally established. Katherine currently serves a Lead Analyst, leading the Analyst Department, which oversees the organization’s research agenda, analytical outputs, external publications, and regional desks. In this role, she sets the research agenda, coordinates analysts across the organization, supports the quality and consistency of research outputs, and contributes to shaping World Order Lab’s broader intellectual direction. She also advises the Executive Director on research strategy and assists the implementation of World Order Lab's strategic priorities, in coordination with Program Manager and Lead Creative.
Katherine Viella Irwanto
Lead Analyst;
Chair, Non-Proliferation
Working Group
Sely Astuti is among the inaugural members of World Order Lab, having joined the think-tank during its first recruitment cycle in April 2025 as a Graphic Designer. Sely currently serves as Lead Creative, leading the Creative Department, which oversees the organization’s visual and multimedia output and supports the effective communication and dissemination of its research, publications, institutional initiatives, and public engagement activities. As part of her responsibilities, she also advises the Executive Director on the presentation of the organization’s public-facing work and helps the implementation of World Order Lab's strategic priorities, in coordination with Lead Analyst and Program Manager.
Sely Astuti
Lead Creative;
Chair, Women Empowerment
Working Group
Our Work
Research
Our analysts produce research and analysis in the form of commentaries and op-eds, which are published through external media platforms. Through the regional desks, we also produce regional reports on a biannual basis, providing structured analysis of key political, security, economic, and governance developments across four distinct regional areas, but its analysis remains grounded in Southeast Asia.
Program
Our associates organizes and work with external stakeholders on events and projects that bring our research into wider public discussion. Our work includes webinar, workshop, and lecture series, as well as our flagship publication, the Geostrategic Development Review. Our associates also build partnerships with external organizations to expand the reach and impact of our work.
Working Group
Working Groups are thematic, solution-oriented platforms that bring together World Order Lab’s analysts and associates with shared interests and expertise to research emerging issues, develop policy recommendations, organize initiatives addressing regional and global challenges. Our six Working Groups cover two areas, security and governance, with three Working Groups under each.
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World Order Lab is a youth-driven think-tank dedicated to advancing rigorous analysis and producing high-impact insights on Southeast Asia's most pressing security and governance challenges. We are strictly nonpartisan and non-profit initiative.