See Seng Tan is President & CEO of International Students Inc (ISI), a faith-based, non-profit organisation in the United States, and concurrently Research Adviser at RSIS and Senior Associate at the Centre for Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) at NTU. A faculty member of RSIS/NTU from 2000 to 2021, Dr Tan was a tenured Professor of International Relations. He received the 2018 Distinguished Alum Award from Arizona State University’s School of Politics and Global Studies and the 2016 Best Teacher Award from RSIS. The author/editor of 19 books and monographs, Dr Tan has published over a hundred scholarly articles and book chapters. His latest books include Awaiting the Impossible: A Dialogue with Derrida, Deconstruction, and the Endless Wait for Messiah (Wipf & Stock, 2022), The European Union’s Security Relations with Asian Partners (Palgrave, 2021), The Responsibility to Provide in Southeast Asia: Towards an Ethical Explanation (Bristol UP, 2019), and The Legal Authority of ASEAN as a Security Institution (Cambridge UP, 2019). Dr Tan has consulted for various international organisations and national governments, including that of Singapore, and has held visiting appointments and fellowships at various universities and research institutes. At RSIS, he previously served as Deputy Director and Head of Research of the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (IDSS) and as the founding Head of the Centre for Multilateralism Studies (CMS). He holds BA Honours (First) and MA degrees from the University of Manitoba, a PhD from Arizona State University, and a Doctor of Ministry (DMin) from Biola University’s Talbot School of Theology.
