Our People

From Left to Right: Berlany Ng, Nur Azha Putra, Belinda Chng, Pau Khan Khup, Priyanka Bhalla, Jaspal Singh, Julie Balen, Alistair D.B. Cook, Mely Caballero-Anthony, Roderick Chia, Cheryl Lim, Steven Poh, Irene Kuntjoro, Collin Koh, Kevin Punzalan and Sofiah Jamil.

The international staff members of RSIS' Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies come from a diverse array of academic backgrounds – including political science, economics, engineering, public health, law and anthropology. This multi-disciplinary approach provides the Centre for NTS Studies with the ability to carry out holistic and cutting-edge research and policy recommendations.

In addition to this, the Centre of NTS Studies also receives several visiting NTS researchers to further enhance the quality of research and diversity of opinions within the school. This also provides visiting researchers with the opportunity to engage with other scholars and practitioners, not only within the RSIS network but also the NTS-Asia network.

RSIS Staff

Mely Caballero Anthony
Associate Professor and
Head, Centre for NTS Studies
Secretary-General, NTS-Asia
Email: ismcanthony@ntu.edu.sg
DID: +65 6790 5886

Mely Caballero-Anthony is an Associate Professor at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Singapore and Head of the RSIS Centre for Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studies. She is also the Secretary-General of the Consortium on Non-Traditional Security Studies in Asia (NTS-Asia). Her research interests include regionalism and regional security in Asia Pacific, multilateral security cooperation, politics and international relations in ASEAN, conflict prevention and management, as well as human security. At RSIS, she teaches courses on Non-Traditional Security, and Government and Politics in Southeast Asia. She also lectures regularly on special topics related to regionalism and security in the Asia-Pacific at the SAFTI Military Institute (Command and Staff College), the Singapore Police Academy and the Civil Defence College.
  
Her publications both single-authored and co-edited include, Political Change, Democratic Transitions and Security in Southeast Asia (Routledge, 2009), Understanding Non-Traditional Security in Asia: Dilemmas in Securitization (UK: Ashgate, 2006), Studying Non-Traditional Security in Asia: Trends and Issues (Singapore: Marshall Cavendish, 2006), Regional Security in Southeast Asia: Beyond the ASEAN Way (Singapore: ISEAS, 2005); UN Peace Operations and Asian Security (Routledge, 2005).  She has also published extensively on a broad-range of security issues in the Asia Pacific which appeared in peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of International Affairs, Asian Survey, Asian Security, Asian Perspective, International Peacekeeping, Pacific Review, Southeast Asian Affairs, and Contemporary Southeast Asia; as well as a number of book chapters on non-traditional security issues, human security, think-tanks and civil society.  Dr Anthony is also on the editorial board of The Pacific Review and the newly-established journal Global Responsibility to Protect (GR2P).   See below for a list of Dr Anthony’s recent selected publications.
 
Dr Anthony has been active in Track II work through her association with the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP) and the ASEAN Institutes of Strategic and International Studies (ASEAN-ISIS) network.   She is also a member of the International Advisory Board of the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (APCR2P).  Prior to joining RSIS, she was a Senior Analyst at the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS), Malaysia (1997-2001) and a Research Officer at the Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong (1993-1996).  She was also a Visiting Research Fellow at the Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA), Japan (2001) and a Research Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore (1997).

Publications (2008-2009)

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

• International Politics and Regional Security
  
  

  • “Evolving Regional Governance in East Asia: from ASEAN to an East Asian Community”, in Nicholas Thomas, ed. Governance and Regionalism in Asia, (Oxford and New York: Routledge, 2009), pp. 32-65.
    
    
  • “Humanitarian Intervention in East Asia: Exploring Points of Convergence”, in Sorpong Peou, ed., Human Security in East Asia:  Challenges for Collaborative Action (London and New York: Routledge, October 2008), pp. 61-78.
    
    
  • “Re-thinking Peace Operations in East Asia:  Problems and Prospects”, in Donald Daniel, Patricia Taft and Sharon Wiharta (eds.), Peace Operations: Trends, Progress and Prospects, (Washington: Georgetown University Press, 2008), pp. 169-186.
    
    
• Multilateralism and Regionalism
  
  

  • “Cyclones and Humanitarian Crises: Pushing the Limits of R2P in Southeast Asia”, in Global Responsibility to Protect, Volume 1, Number 2, March 2009 , (pp. 135-155(21)
    
    
  • “Non-Traditional Security and Multilateralism in Asia: Reshaping the Contours of Regional Security Architecture”, in Bates Gill and Michael Green, (eds.), Asia’s Multilateralism: Cooperation, Competition and the Search for Community (New York: Columbia University Press, 2009), pp. 306-328.
    
    
  • “The ASEAN Charter: An Opportunity Missed or One that Cannot be Missed?”, Southeast Asian Affairs, 2008, pp. 71-85.
    
    
  • Non-Traditional Security, Democracy, and Regionalism in Southeast Asia”, in Donald K Emmerson, ed. Hard Choices: Security, Regionalism and Democracy in Southeast Asia, (Brookings Institution Press/Stanford University Press, December 2008).
    
    
  • Joint Study on Best practices and Lessons Learned In Preventive Diplomacy, Study prepared by RSIS and CSIS, June 2008.
    
    
• Non-Traditional Security

Click here for a complete listing of Dr Caballero-Anthony’s selected publications.

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RSIS Staff

Rajesh Manohar Basrur
Senior Fellow
Email: israjesh@ntu.edu.sg
DID: +65 6513 7608

Rajesh M. Basrur is Associate Professor at RSIS. He has obtained MA and M Phil degrees in History (Delhi) and MA and PhD in Political Science (Bombay). Earlier, he was Director, Centre for Global Studies, Mumbai, India (2000-2007) and taught History and Politics at the University of Mumbai (1978-2000). He has engaged in post-doctoral research at RSIS (2006-07), Stanford University (2002-2003), Sandia National Laboratories (2002), the Brookings Institution (2001-2002), the Henry L. Stimson Center (2001), the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1995-96), and Simon Fraser University (1994). His research interests encompass the policy aspects of Human Security, Nuclear Politics, Nuclear/Radiological Terrorism, the International Politics of South Asia, and International Relations Theory. He has published over 50 research papers and chapters in Contemporary South Asia, India Review, Journal of Peace Research and other journals and edited volumes. His papers have also been published in French and Russian.

List of Selected Publications

Current Project

1. ‘Human Security in South Asia’ – chapter for a book project organized by South Asian Free Media Association, Lahore, Pakistan

Forthcoming

1. (With Timothy Hoyt, Rifaat Hussain and Sujoyini Mandal) The 2008 Mumbai Terrorist Attacks: Strategic Fallout (Singapore: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, forthcoming).

Books

1. Edited, Challenges to Democracy in India (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2009)

2. Edited, (with Mallika Joseph) Reintroducing the Human Security Debate in South Asia (New Delhi: Samskriti Publishers, 2007)

3. Minimum Deterrence and India's Nuclear Security (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2006)

4. Edited, Security in the New Millennium: Views from South Asia (New Delhi: India Research Press, 2001)

5. India's External Relations: A Theoretical Analysis (New Delhi: Commonwealth Publishers, 2000)

Research and Policy Papers

1. “Indian Perspectives on the Global Elimination of Nuclear Weapons,” in Barry Blechman, ed. Unblocking the Road to Zero: China and India, Henry L. Stimson Center, Washington, DC, March 2009

2. "WMD Terrorism: Challenge and Response," in Hiro Katsumata and See Seng Tang, eds., People's ASEAN and Governments' ASEAN, RSIS Monograph No. 12 (Singapore: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, 2007)

3. "Bringing Human Security Back into South Asia," in Rajesh M. Basrur and Mallika Joseph, eds., Reintroducing the Human Security Debate in South Asia (New Delhi: Samskriti Publishers, 2007)

4. (With Friedrich Steinhausler) "Nuclear and Radiological Threats for India: Risk Potential and Countermeasures," Journal of Physical Security, 1, 1 (2004)

5. "Nuclear Terrorism and Nuclear Posture in India and Pakistan," Proceedings, 13th International Security Conference, International Security Challenges and Strategies in the New Era, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, April 23rd - 25th, 2003

6. (With Hasan-Askari Rizvi), "Nuclear Terrorism and South Asia," Occasional Paper, 25, Cooperative Monitoring Center, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, February 2003

7. "Towards Democratization of Nuclear Policy," in Nawaz B. Mody, Kannamma Raman and Louis D'Silva, eds., Revitalizing Indian Democracy (Mumbai: Allied Publishers, 2001)

8. "Human Security, the State and Democracy in A Globalising World," in Rajesh M. Basrur, ed., Security in the New Millennium: Views from South Asia (New Delhi: India Research Press, 2001)

9. "Structure and Interaction in the Global System," International Studies, 31, 4 (October-December 1994): 377-397

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RSIS Staff

Chang Youngho
Associate Professor
Email: isyhchang@ntu.edu.sg
DID: +65 6316 8781

Chang Youngho is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the School and the Division of Economics, Nanyang Technological University. He is teaching Energy Security for graduate students at the School and Energy Economics for undergraduate students at the Division of Economics. He is a member of R&D Workgroup for the National Climate Change Committee (N3C). He specializes in the economics of climate change, the economics of renewable resources, energy security, oil and economy, and electricity market deregulation. His current research interests are oil price fluctuation and macroeconomic performance, the economics of energy security, the transition of resource use in an economy, the economics of sustainability, energy use and climate change, and the effectiveness of a new market structure in a deregulated electricity market.

From 1999 to 2007, Dr Chang taught Resource and Energy Economics, Environmental Economics, Macroeconomics, Principles of Economics, and Economics of the Environment at the National University of Singapore. He has published research papers in academic journals like Econometric Theory, Economics Letters, Energy Policy, International Journal of Global Energy Issues, and International Journal of Electronic Business Management. Apart from academic publications, he carried out consultation projects for the public and private sector including analysis of the effectiveness of new market structure in electricity industry, understanding the drivers for ethanol demand and the cost-benefit analysis of the Kyoto Protocol for Singapore. He also worked for international academic associations such as the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) as a member of the organizing committee for its annual conferences and a judge for best student paper competition for the IAEE conference. He was a degree fellow at the East-West Center, Hawaii and received his Ph.D. (in Economics) from University of Hawaii at Manoa, U.S.A

List of Selected Publications

Books & Book Chapters

1. Feasibility Study on Establishing of Oil Product Spot Market in Northeast Asia, with Jin Young So (Lead Author), Nam Jin Roh and Hyun Jin An, Korea Energy Economics Institute, December 2007 (in Korean with Executive Summary in English)

   
   

2. "Singapore: National energy security and regional cooperation," with L. Lye, in Energy Security: Managing Risk in a Dynamic Legal and Regulatory Environment, ed. by B. Barton, C. Redgwell, A. Ronne and D. Zillman. Oxford: Oxford University Press, (2004).

   
   

3. "Equity, efficiency and effectiveness of greenhouse gas emissions reduction paradigms: Agenda for advanced developing economies (focus in Korea)," in Reinforcing Asia-Europe Cooperation on Climate Change, ed. by Asia-Europe Environment Forum, Asia-Europe Foundation, (2004).

   
   

4. "Overview of energy security in Asia," in Energy & Security: The Geopolitics of Energy in the Asia-Pacific edited by the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (IDSS), Nanyang Technological University (2006).

   
   

5. "Country studies: South Korea," in Energy & Security: The Geopolitics of Energy in the Asia-Pacific edited by the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (IDSS), Nanyang Technological University (2006).

   
   

6. "Renewable energy and the environment: Technology and economic perspectives," in Energy Perspectives on Singapore and the Region edited by Mark Hong, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (2007).

   
   

7. "East Asian energy supply and demand outlook" with Elspeth Thomson in Asian Energy Security (tentative) edited by East Asian Institute, NUS, National University of Singapore Press (forthcoming).

   
   

8. "The potential for energy conservation in East Asia" with Elspeth Thomson in Asian Energy Security (tentative) edited by East Asian Institute, NUS, National University of Singapore (forthcoming).

   
   

Published Papers

1. "Electricity market deregulation and energy security: A study of the UK and Singapore electricity markets," with Jian Liang Lee, International Journal of Global Energy Issues 29(1/2): 109-132 (2008).

   
   

2. "Efficiency of generation companies in the deregulated electricity market of Singapore: Parametric and non-parametric approaches," with Wai Lit Toh, International Journal of Electronic Business Management 5(3): 225-238 (2007).

   
   

3. "Differing perspectives of major oil firms on future energy developments: An illustrative framework," with Jiayun Yong, Energy Policy 35(11): 5466-5480 (2007).

   
   

4. "Electricity market structure, electricity price and its volatility" with Cheolbeom Park, Economics Letters, 95(2): 192-197 (2007).

   
   

5. "The new electricity market of Singapore: Regulatory framework, market power and competition," Energy Policy, 35(1): 403-412 (2007).

   
   

6. "Efficiency and deregulation of the electricity market in Singapore," with Tuan Hin Tay, Energy Policy, 34(16): 2498-2508 (2006).

   
   

7. "Oil price fluctuations and the Singapore economy," with Joon Fong Wong, Energy Policy, 31(11): 1151-1165 (2003).

   
   

8. "Economy, energy, and environment: A general-equilibrium model of heterogeneous demand and extraction in natural resources," Environmental and Resource Economics Review, 6: 193-210 (1997).

   
   

9. "The asymptotic variance of ML estimator of MA (1) coefficient – Solution," with Eric Im, Econometric Theory, 9: 527-530 (1993).

   
   

10. "The asymptotic variance of ML estimator of MA (1) coefficient," with Eric Im, Econometric Theory, 8: 424-426 (1992).

    
    

The complete listing of Dr. Chang's selected publications is available here

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RSIS Staff

Alvin Chew
Ajunct Fellow
Email: isalvinchew@ntu.edu.sg
DID: +65 6790 6845

Alvin Chew is Research Fellow at RSIS. He is currently involved in energy security issues and also coordinates the programme on Science, Technology and Security in the institute. The programme is multi-disciplinary in nature, and draws the expertise from the scientific and engineering communities in NTU to work with social scientists in addressing international security concerns. He will also be teaching the MSc course module, Technology and Strategic Policy, in RSIS. He is also actively involved in the track 2 level meetings of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP) Study Group on Energy Security. He had also previously worked in the areas of Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) and military transformation, and also taught at the Singapore Armed Forces Military Institute. Prior to joining RSIS, he was also employed at the Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) and conducted studies on the protection of critical infrastructure.

List of Selected Publications

Commentaries

1. Alvin Chew, "The Obstacles to Military Transformation", RSIS Commentary, June 2007

2. Alvin Chew, "Haze as a Security Threat to the Nation", in Yang Razali Kassim ed. Strategic Currents, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technology University, 2006

3. Alvin Chew, "Is Nuclear Energy a Viable Option for All?", RSIS Commentary, October 2007

4. Alvin Chew, "A Regional Nuclear Cooperation", YHYS Conference on Energy and Environment, November 2007

5. Alvin Chew, "Prospects for an ASEAN Nuclear Cooperation", RSIS Commentary, December 2007

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RSIS Staff

Irene A. Kuntjoro
Associate Research Fellow & Centre Event Manager
Email: isirene@ntu.edu.sg
DID: +65 6316 8782

Irene A. Kuntjoro is an Associate Research Fellow at the Centre for Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), where she has been primarily attached to the Climate Change, Environmental Security and Natural Disasters Programme since 2008. She has also been involved in the research work of the Food Security Programme and Internal and Cross Border Conflict Programme.

Since March 2010, she has been assigned the additional role of Centre Event Manager which involves coordinating all events and seminars organised by the Centre.

She obtained a BA in International Relations from the University of Indonesia and an MA in International Security and Terrorism from the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. She is part of the British Chevening scholars network and also the Open Society Institute (OSI) network due to the scholarship that she was awarded during her master’s study.

Prior to her current position, she was a teaching assistant for the Undergraduate Programme of the International Relations Department, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, the University of Indonesia (2003–05). She also worked as a consultant on security and justice reform for the Partnership for Governance Reform, a national NGO closely affiliated with the United Nations for Development Programme (UNDP) Jakarta (2007–08).

Her research interests encompass climate change, environmental security and natural disasters, conflict prevention and resolution, multilateralism, Southeast Asia regionalism, human security and humanitarian intervention.

List of Selected Publications

1. Sofiah Jamil and Irene A. Kuntjoro, Changing Cityscapes: Signs of Development or Disaster?, NTS Perspective, Issue No. 1, 2010.
   
   
2. Irene A. Kuntjoro, ‘Natural Disasters in Southeast Asia: How Prepared Are We?’, AsiaViews, Edition 33/VI/November/2009.
   
   
3. Alistair Cook, Belinda Chng and Irene Kuntjoro, "The AICHR Framework for Action", NTS Insight, October 2009.
   
   
4. Mely Caballero-Anthony, Irene A. Kuntjoro and Sofiah Jamil ‘Typhoon Kestana: Asia’s Katrina’, RSIS Commentaries, 2 October 2009.
   
   
5. Irene A. Kuntjoro and Sofiah Jamil, "Weighing Issues: Human Security in ASEAN's Fight For Food", NTS Insight, October/02 2008.
   
   
6. Irene A. Kuntjoro, ‘Global Counter-Terrorism Campaign: ASEAN's Trivial Role’, Orbit - Jurnal Hubungan Internasional (Journal of International Relations), Vol. 1/1, January-June 2008.
   
   
7. Mely Caballero-Anthony, Sofiah Jamil and Irene Kuntjoro, ‘Stop Sweeping Food Issue Under the Carpet’, Today, 2 May 2008.
   
   
8. "Managing Food Fights from Food Rights in ASEAN", Mely Caballero-Anthony, Sofiah Jamil and Irene Kuntjoro, RSIS Commentaries, 53, 28 April 2008.
   
   
9. Andi Widjajanto and Irene A. Kuntjoro, ‘Global Terror: A Threat of Globalized Dimension’, Global - Jurnal Politik Internasional (Journal of International Politics), Vol. 5/2, 2003.

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RSIS Staff

Sofiah Jamil is an Associate Research Fellow at the Centre for NTS Studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), where she co-leads two of the Centre’s programmes - Climate Change and Environmental Security; and Energy Security. Sofiah’s contribution to the Centre span at least 4 years since mid-2006, when she first joined RSIS as a Research Analyst and was primarily involved in running the activities of the Consortium of Non-Traditional Security Studies in Asia (NTS-Asia).

Sofiah graduated from the University of Western Australia in mid-2006. She majored in Political Science and Anthropology. She was conferred upon graduation a 2nd Class Honours (Upper) in Political Science and International Relations. Her honours thesis is entitled "Oh I See!" - The Organisation of Islamic Conference's Enlightened Moderation Agenda. She has also been conferred a Master of Science (International Relations) from RSIS, NTU in mid-2010. Her MSc dissertation was entitled "Democracies and Effective Climate Change Mitigation: An Indonesian Case Study".

In 2009, Sofiah was part of the pioneer batch of the United States Institute of the Environment (USIE), a programme funded by the US Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and hosted by the East-West Center. She also serves on the Board of Management of the Young Association of Muslim Professionals (Young AMP) in Singapore.

She is keenly interested in contemporary Muslim politics, human security, migration and environmental issues. Her blog, The Green Bush, documents her thoughts on environmentalism, with a focus on Muslim states and communities.

List of Selected Publications

1. Curbing a Culture of Careless Consumption, Presentation during the "Going Green" Panel of the Young Leaders Forum, 6th World Islamic Economic Forum, 18 May 2010
   
   
2. Changing Cityscapes: Signs of Development or Disaster?, Sofiah Jamil and Irene A. Kuntjoro, NTS Perspectives, May 2010
   
   
3. Civil Society Actions and Reactions to COP15, Irene A. Kuntjoro and Sofiah Jamil, NTS Alert January 2010 (Issue 2)
   
   
4. Update on COP15: States’ Deliberations and Decisions, Irene A. Kuntjoro and Sofiah Jamil, NTS Alert January 2010 (Issue 1)
   
   
5. Ensuring Good Health During the Hajj in a Time of the H1N1 Pandemic, Sofiah Jamil and Julie Balen, NTS Alert November 2009 Special Edition
   
   
6. Typhoon Kestana: Asia's Katrina, Mely Caballero-Anthony, Irene A. Kuntjoro & Sofiah Jamil, RSIS Commentaries, 2 October 2009
   
   
7. "Lifting the Lid Off Xinjiang’s Insecurities", Sofiah Jamil and Roderick Chia NTS Insight, 01/September 2009
   
   
8. Muslims and their Environment: Advocating a Green Deen, Visions 2009 - an annual publication by the National University of Singapore's Muslim Society
   
   
9. "Post-Kyoto Protocol: Changing A Climate of Denial?", (8 April 2009) Sofiah Jamil, RSIS Commentaries No. 36
   
   
10. Report on the United States Institute on the Environment, Hosted by the East West Center, Hawaii., 10 May - 21 June 2009
    
    
11. "Islam & Environmentalism: Greening Our Youth" in Igniting Thought, Unleashing Youth: Perspectives on Muslim Youth and Activism in Singapore, Select Books, Singapore
    
    
12. "Weighing Issues: Human Security in ASEAN's Fight For Food", Irene Kuntjoro and Sofiah Jamil,NTS Insight, 02/October 2008
    
    
13. "Managing Food Fights from Food Rights in ASEAN", Mely Caballero-Anthony, Sofiah Jamil & Irene Kuntjoro, RSIS Commentaries, 53, 28 April 2008.
    
    
14. "The Rush for Nuclear Energy in Southeast Asia: Promises and Pitfalls", Mely Caballero- Anthony & Sofiah Jamil, RSIS Commentaries, 23 July 2007
    
    
15. "Singapore Can Play a Unique Role in the Muslim World", Sofiah Jamil, The Straits Times, 9 June 2007
    
    
16. "OIC's Journey to Enlightenment", Sofiah Jamil, RSIS Commentaries, 7 June 2007
    
    
17. "Climate Change and the Muslim World: The OIC Could Do With Captain Planet", Sofiah Jamil RSIS Commentaries, 14 Feb 2007
    
    
18. "Clearing up ASEAN's Hazy Relations", Sofiah Jamil, IDSS Commentary, 25 Oct 2006 - Also published in The Straits Times, 28th Oct 2006, Pg. S10
    
    
19. "Changing Cityscapes: Signs of Development or Disaster?", Sofiah Jamil and Irene A. Kuntjoro, NTS Perspective, Issue No. 1, 2010.

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RSIS Staff

Kevin YL Tan
Adjunct Associate Professor
Email: equilibrium@pacific.net.sg

Kevin YL Tan is Adjunct Associate Professor at the School. He was born and educated in Singapore, graduating with LLB (Hons) from the Faculty of Law of the National University of Singapore in 1986. He joined the teaching staff of the same faculty that same year. Subsequently obtained his LLM (Masters of Law) and JSD (Doctor in the Science of Law) at Yale Law School in the United States. From 1986 to 2000, he taught at the Law Faculty, specializing in Constitutional and Administrative Law, Law and Government, Law and Society and International Human Rights. He resigned as Associate Professor in 2000 to start his own consultancy but continues to teach law on the part-time basis at both the National University of Singapore and the Nanyang Technological University.

Beyond his university duties, he has been active in many organisations, serving as National Programme Commissioner in the Singapore Scout Association (1992-95); Council Member of the National Youth Achievement Award Council (since 1998), Singapore Red Cross Society (since 1999), CSCAP (since 1998), Board Member of the Preservation of Monuments Board (since 1998), Singapore Academy of Law Legal Heritage Committee (since 1999), Executive Director of the Society of International Law, Singapore (1998-2003), President, The Roundtable (1999-2002). Since 2001, he has been President of the Singapore Heritage Society. He has published widely in his areas of specialization and his Constitutional Law in Malaysia and Singapore is the standard casebook in use in Malaysia and Singapore.

List of Selected Publications

1. Current work in progress - Second collection of legal history essays, a book of essays on Singapore's constitution (with Thio Li-ann) and a book on media law (with Ang Peng Hwa)

   
   

2. Tan, K. 2005, Introduction to Singapore's Constitution (Talisman, 2005)

   
   

3. Tan, K. 2004, Essays in Singapore Legal History (Marshall-Cavendish Academic, 2004)

   
   

4. Tan, K. 2004, Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys: Singapore-Malaysia Edition, Brownsea

   
   

5. Tan, K. & Wan M.H. 2002, Scouting in Singapore: 1910-2000, Singapore Scout Association/National Archives, Singapore

   
   

6. Tan, K. 1999, The Singapore Legal System, Singapore University Press

   
   

7. Tan, K. & Lam P. E. 1999, Lee's Lieutenants: Singapore's Old Guard, Allen & Unwin

   
   

8. Tan, K. & Lam P. E. 1997, Managing Political Change in Singapore: The Elected Presidency, Routledge

   
   

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RSIS Staff

Belinda Chng
Programme Manager
Email: ISHKChng@ntu.edu.sg
DID: +65 6790 5889

Belinda Chng is program officer for the Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies (Centre for NTS Studies) at the Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS). She is responsible for the Asia Security Initiative (ASI) funded by the MacArthur Foundation, involving themes such as 1) Internal and Cross Border Conflict, 2) Climate Change and Environmental Security, and 3) Energy and Human Security.

Apart from the ASI, she is also responsible for the Centre’s Pandemics and Security program. Most recently, she was associate research fellow at the Centre, research assistant for the Multilateralism and Regionalism program at RSIS, and research analyst at the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research.

Belinda holds an MSc in International Relations, and BA from the Australian National University. She has a strong interest in human security and developmental issues, humanitarian intervention, conflict prevention and conflict management.

Her Master's thesis was entitled "The Aceh Peace Process – The Anatomy of Success and Failure". The thesis put forward the case of a conflation of separatism with terrorism in Southeast Asia, and proposed the use of a human security approach towards the resolution of separatist conflicts.

List of Selected Publications

1. “ICC’s Verdict on Darfur: Whose Responsibility?”, RSIS commentary 33/2009, 31 March 2009, (with Mely Caballero-Anthony and Roderick Chia).
   
   
2. (Forthcoming) “Cyclones and Humanitarian Crises: Pushing the Limits of R2P in Southeast Asia”, Global Responsibility to Protect, (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers), 2009, Vol. 1, No. 2, (with Mely Caballero-Anthony).

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RSIS Staff

Regina Arokiasamy
Secretary to Head
Email: isregina@ntu.edu.sg
DID: +65 6790 6053

Regina Arokiasamy is Secretary to the Head, Centre for Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU). Regina also provides secretarial and administrative support to the Centre. Prior to taking up this role, she was secretary to the Head of External Programmes, RSIS.

RSIS Staff

Ong Suan Ee
Research Analyst
Email: Isseong@ntu.edu.sg
DID: +65 6513 2037

Ong Suan Ee is Research Analyst at the Centre for Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU).

Suan Ee holds a BA in French and International Studies and BA (Hons) in International Studies from the University of Melbourne, Australia. She also holds an international exchange diploma from the Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po), Paris, France. Her Honours thesis was entitled “The World Health Organization and Avian Influenza in Southeast Asia: Challenges to the Effective Implementation of Health Policy in the Fight against H5N1”.

Her research interests are primarily in health security, particularly global health governance, pandemic preparedness and outbreak response management in the Asia-Pacific region. She is also keen on exploring the role of language and semantics in interpreting public health policies, changes and trends in perceptions of health risks and the rise of health scares.

Suan Ee is also an avid advocate of Model United Nations conferences as a training platform for aspiring global movers and shakers. She served on the secretariat of the Paris International Model United Nations Conference (PIMUN) in 2008. She was a delegate of the Disarmament and Security Committee and journalist for the United Nations Press Committee at the Model United Nations of the University of Salamanca (MUNUSAL), Spain.

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RSIS Staff

Li Hongyan
Associate Research Fellow
Email: ishyli@ntu.edu.sg
DID: +65 6592 1817

Li Hongyan is an Associate Research Fellow at the Centre for Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), where she is part of the Global Health and Human Security and the Food Security Programmes.

Hongyan holds a Bachelor of Arts in European Studies from the National University of Singapore and a Master in International Relations from RSIS, NTU.

Prior to her current position, Hongyan was a research analyst at the RSIS International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research. Her research interests include perceptions of notions of illness and deviancy, public understanding and media representations of health risks, and the themes of health and food security in general.

RSIS Staff

Pau Khan Khup Hangzo
Research Analyst
Email: ISKKPau@ntu.edu.sg
DID: +65 6513 7521

Mr. P.K. Hangzo is a Research Analyst at the Center of Non-Traditional Security Studies in the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) of Nanyang Technological University (NTU). He is currently pursuing Master of Science in Strategic Studies in RSIS. Prior to this,P.K. had graduated from Delhi University in in 2005. He majored in Geography.

He is interested in a wide range of Non-Traditional Security issues like energy, water and climate change as well as traditional security issues including military weapons, arms race and conflicts. He also has a special interest in analyzing ethnic conflicts.

List of Selected Publications

1. "Managing Water Security: Issues in the Greater Mekong Subregion", Pau Khan Khup Hangzo, NTS Insight, December 2008.

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Visiting Researchers

Jean Michel Montsion
Visiting Research Fellow
Email: montsijm@mcmaster.ca

Jean Michel Montsion was a Visiting Research Fellow at RSIS, NTU (Feb-April 2008) and 3rd year Ph.D Candidate in International Relations at McMaster University. His dissertation focuses on the evolution of transnational social practices of Chinese communities in Southeast Asia (Malaysia and Singapore) and their (re)production of regional transnational social spaces. He is interested in understanding (mis)representations of (overseas) Chinese activities in Southeast Asia and North America. More specifically, his work focusses on the development of a hermeneutic phenomenology of the diasporic everyday life through Henri Lefebvre's rhythmanalysis.

Jean Michel's research interests are critical geography; international relations theory (critical approaches); (trans)migrant identity; transnationalism; diasporas and the challenge to state sovereignty. Jean Michel holds a Specialized Honours and a Master's Degree in Political Science (International Relations) from the University of Ottawa.

Relevant Publications & Conference Presentations

1. Jean Michel Montsion, Richard Stubbs, "Le pouvoir des plus faibles: L'ANASE et le projet de coopération régionale en Asie de l'Est" Etudes internationales 38(2), June 2007, pp.167-187

   
   

2. Jean Michel Montsion, "La mondialisation est-elle un danger pour l'État?" Colloque des jeunes chercheurs en Sciences sociales, Petit Séminaire de Québec (Outaouais), May 2004

   
   

3. Jean Michel Montsion, "Que constitue la diaspora chinoise? Au-delà des modèles existants, saisir l'expérience migrante et transmigrante" Master's Dissertation University of Ottawa, 2003, 163p

   
   

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Visiting Researchers

Long Sarou
Cambodian Research Fellow (2008)

Long Sarou is a Cambodian Research Fellow at the Centre of Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studies from July – December 2008. He obtained his BA in Project Management from Cambodian Build Bright University and is currently near completion of his M.A in Development Studies at Royal University of Phnom Penh ((RUPP), Cambodia. He has been working closely and efficiently with Buddhist monks at the Association of Buddhists for the Environment (ABE) since 2005 in the development and implementation of many projects, including the establishment of the tree nurseries and home gardens, water harvesting and water resource management, community accountability and management training, and environmental education awareness projects.

He is currently interested in doing research on "Livelihood Strategies Amongst Indigenous People in Central Cardamom Protected Forests, Cambodia". The main objective of the study is to determine the impact of interventions such as government – natural resource management policies, and NGO interventions, as well as the impact of newcomers/outsiders on livelihoods of indigenous people and how these indigenous are coping in livelihoods. He expected that the study will be made to understand policies and practice linkage and to analyze opportunities to enhance the rights of indigenous people in order to access and use the natural resource in more sustainable way. The report from this study will also be useful to a wide ranged stakeholders engaged in promoting natural resource management in Cambodia, which will help development practitioners, NGOs, and government to develop better strategies to combine livelihood programmes and natural resource management components into rural communities, especially with marginalized and indigenous people.

Click here to view a write up on Long Sarou's field work in Cambodia

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Visiting Researchers

Neth Naro
Cambodian Research Fellow (2008)

Neth Naro is a Cambodian Research Fellow at the Centre of Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studies from July to December 2008. He is currently pursuing his Masters at the University of Cambodia, and is a research assistant for the Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace, Cambodia. In 2007, he participated in a 6-month training program on Economic Development of CLMV countries at the Institute of Developing Economic Japan External Trade Organization in Japan. During his stay in RSIS, he will be working on Migration and Human Trafficking- A case for regional cooperation. This topic was chosen as it is a serious problem in Cambodia due to a number of factors, including poverty, socio-economic imbalance between rural and urban areas, increased tourism, and the lack of unemployment and education. As a result, seeking job opportunities in neighbouring countries would seem to be the best alternative in securing a well-paying job. However, in the midst of doing so, many are coerced into labor and sexual exploitation due to ill-prepared migration measures and the lack of good governance.

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Visiting Researchers

Rizal Sukma
NTS-Asia Research Fellow (2007)

Dr. Rizal Sukma is currently Deputy Executive Director at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Jakarta , Indonesia. He is also the Chairman of International Relations Division, Central Executive Board of Muhammadiyah (second largest Islamic organisation in Indonesia with approximately 25 million members); member of the board at Syafii Maarif Institute for Culture and Humanity; a visiting lecturer at Department of International Relations at Muhammadiyah University - Malang; and a member of the National Committee on Strategic Defense Review, Indonesia's Ministry of Defence.

He received his PhD degree in international relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), United Kingdom in 1997. Dr Sukma is the author of numerous papers and reports, and has published in several journals and other internationally circulated publications. During his time in RSIS, Dr Sukma wrote a paper on Securitisation of Human Trafficking in Indonesia.

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NTS-Asia Network

The Centre for NTS Studies is also the Secretariat of the Consortium on Non-Traditional Security Studies in Asia (NTS-Asia), which brings together 20 research institutes and think tanks from across Asia, and strives to further develop the process of networking, consolidate existing research on NTS-related issues and mainstream NTS studies in Asia.

The Consortium was officially launched on 8th January 2007 at the Marina Mandarin, Singapore. Former Thai Foreign Minister and Member of the International Human Security Commission (and current ASEAN Secretary General) Dr. Surin Pitsuwan , presented a highly motivating keynote address, which was then followed by speeches from the Ford Regional Representative, Prof. Andrew Watson; Dean of RSIS, Amb. Barry Desker; and the then NTS-Asia Secretary General, Prof. Amitav Acharya.

Visit the NTS-Asia Website at www.rsis-ntsasia.org

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RSIS Staff

Josephine Ng
Administrative Officer
Email: islyng@ntu.edu.sg
DID: +65 6316 8785

Josephine Ng is Administrative Officer at the Centre for Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University. She graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business and Business Admin (BBBA) from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. She handles Finance and HR matters at the Centre.

RSIS Staff

Bill Durodie
Senior Fellow
Email: iswdurodie@ntu.edu.sg
DID: +65 6513 8060

Dr Bill Durodié is the Senior Fellow coordinating the Health and Human Security research programme in the Centre for Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studies of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, where he teaches a course on 'The Politics of Risk' as part of the Masters programme.

He previously coordinated the Homeland Defence research programme in the Centre of Excellence for National Security (CENS) there, during which time he organised the 3rd Asia-Pacific Programme for Senior National Security Officers (APPSNO), and the conference 'Therapy Culture Revisited: The Impact of the Language of Therapy on Public Policy and Social Resilience', as well as writing policy briefs on various topics pertaining to societal resilience for the Ministry of National Development (MND).

He is an Associate Fellow of the International Security Programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (RIIA), Chatham House in London, having also completed three years as Senior Lecturer in Risk and Corporate Security in the Resilience Centre of Cranfield University, part of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom at Shrivenham. Prior to that he was Director of the International Centre for Security Analysis, and Senior Research Fellow in the International Policy Institute, within the War Studies Group of King's College London.

His main research interest is into the causes and consequences of our contemporary consciousness of risk. He is also interested in examining the erosion of expertise, the demoralisation of élites, the limitations of risk management and the precautionary principle, and the growing demand to engage the public in dialogue and decision-making in relation to science.

Durodié was educated at the Royal College of Science, part of Imperial College London, the London School of Economics, and New College Oxford, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford. In 2007 he was also awarded a PhD by Public Works from Middlesex University.

He is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research at the University of Kent, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA). He has previously been a Member of the Society for Risk Analysis, and an Advisory Forum Member of the Scientific Alliance.

Durodié's work has appeared and been commented on in a wide range of publications, and he is regularly requested to provide expert commentary for television and radio broadcasts. He appeared in the BAFTA award-winning BBC documentary series produced by Adam Curtis: The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear.

A transcript of his September 2006 interview with the Australian broadcaster Robyn Williams for 'In Conversation' on ABC Radio National is available from; http://www.abc.net.au/rn/inconversation/stories/2006/1738904.htm

A video podcast of his lecture 'Resilience in the Face of Terrorism' given on 9 March 2007 at the University of Warwick Business School is available from; http://www.wbs.ac.uk/news/features/2007/03/13/Resilience/in/the

Durodié was one of the founding members of the Manifesto Club (http://www.manifestoclub.com), a network of individuals celebrating human achievement and challenging social, cultural and political pessimism.

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RSIS Staff

Cheryl Lim
Senior Programme Officer
Email: ischeryllim@ntu.edu.sg
DID: +65 6592 7521

Cheryl Lim is a Senior Programme Officer for the Centre of NTS Studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS). She worked for close to five years in the Press Department of the Embassy of France in Singapore prior to her arrival at the Centre. She is a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) graduate from the National University of Singapore.

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RSIS Staff

Manpavan Kaur is a Research Analyst at the Centre for Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU).

Manpavan graduated with a second upper class LLB (Hons) from Brunel University, United Kingdom. She was awarded an LLM (Merit) in International Development Law and Human Rights from the University of Warwick, United Kingdom in 2009.

Her master’s thesis was entitled, ‘Recognising Socio-Political Responsibility towards Female Migrant Domestic Workers. A Case Study of Singapore’. She has previously worked as a case manager with revenue and customs on criminal border detections and with immigration authorities in the United Kingdom. She also acts as a consultant to a local non-governmental organisation.

Manpavan’s responsibilities focus on the Centre’s programme on Internal and Cross-Border Conflict and its Non-Traditional Security (Plus) programme, for which she researches migration, human trafficking and transnational crime. Her main research interests are human security, human rights, governance, development studies, analysing internal conflicts and resolution processes, and identity politics.

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RSIS Staff

Holly Haywood
Research Analyst
Email: ishhaywood@ntu.edu.sg
DID: +65 6790 6053

Holly Haywood is a Research Analyst at the Centre for Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS).

Holly holds a BA in International Relations (Asia-Pacific studies) from Griffith University and a Masters in International Studies (Peace & Conflict Resolution) from the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

Her masters thesis was undertaken through the Asia-Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect and investigated the extent to which the emerging norm of the Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) might be localized in the ASEAN region.

Her research interests encompass new approaches to conflict resolution and peacebuilding, the analysis of ethnic conflicts, the promotion of the RtoP norm in Southeast Asia, and new developments within ASEAN aimed at addressing the growing range of NTS challenges.

RSIS Staff

Alistair Cook
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Email: isdbCook@ntu.edu.sg
DID: +65 6790 6053

Alistair D. B. Cook is a Post Doctoral Fellow at the RSIS Centre for Non Traditional Security Studies. His research interests include the study of ASEAN, Asia-Pacific Security and Politics, Conflict Management and Resolution, Forced Migration, Human Security, International Institutions, and Terrorism and Political Violence. He has taught at both the undergraduate and graduate levels including courses on Civilian Protection and the Humanitarian Sector (Masters level), Australian Foreign Relations, Contemporary Political Ideologies, Democracy, Global Politics, Globalization and its Discontents, International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, and Terrorism: Shifting Paradigms.

Dr. Cook’s interests have seen him convene the 2006 Melbourne Graduate Forum on Southeast Asian Studies: ASEAN Workshop and subsequently edit a book on its scholarly work, Culture Religion and Identity in Southeast Asia (Cambridge Scholars Press, 2007). He co-authored a chapter with Christopher Freise, Terrorism and Forced Migration: Southeast Asian Human Security Challenges, which was published in this edited book. He has also participated in the CAPSTRANS Winter Workshop on Gender and Border Security, funded by the Centre for Asia-Pacific Social Transformation Studies and the Asia-Pacific Futures network in 2007.

His research was recognised by The University of Melbourne, Australia, in 2008 with an ongoing Honorary Fellowship with the School of Political and Social Sciences. Dr. Cook’s fieldwork activities has seen him interview government officials and representatives  from non-governmental organisations both in the field along the Thai-Burmese border, and at international headquarters in Geneva and Washington, D.C. His professional memberships including the American Political Science Association, International Political Science Association, and the International Studies Association. He has written a journal article, Positions of Responsibility: A Comparison of ASEAN and EU Approaches to Myanmar, which will appear in a forthcoming edition of International Politics in 2009..

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RSIS Staff

Steven Poh Boon Chye
Multimedia Webmaster
Email: isbcpoh@ntu.edu.sg
DID: +65 6592 7522

Mr Steven Poh is the Multimedia Webmaster for the Centre of NTS Studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS). He graduated with a Diploma in Multimedia Computing from Ngee Ann Polytechnic.  Amongst other things, he is responsible for the maintenance of the Centre's websites and desktop publications.

RSIS Staff

Lina Gong
Research Analyst
Email: islinagong@ntu.edu.sg
DID: +65 6513 2035

Gong Lina is a Research Analyst at the Centre for Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU).

Lina holds a BA in English Language and Literature and an MA in Interpreting and Translation from Sichuan University, China. She also holds a Master in International Relations from RSIS, NTU. She is now pursing her PhD at RSIS, NTU.

Her master’s thesis was on the evolution of the Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) from when it was introduced in 2001 to the 2009 United Nations (UN) report on implementing the RtoP. For her PhD, Lina continues her exploration of the emerging RtoP norm with particular focus on its internalisation in Southeast Asia.

Her research interests include the localisation of the RtoP norm in the Asia-Pacific region, conflict resolution, issues on internally displaced persons (IDPs), energy security and new trends within the ASEAN frameword in addressing NTS issues.

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RSIS Staff

Ong Suet Yen
Copyeditor
Email: issyong@ntu.edu.sg
DID: +65 6316 8785

Ong Suet Yen is Copyeditor at the Centre for Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU). Yen graduated with a BA (Hons) in Modern English Language Education from the University of Lancaster, United Kingdom. Prior to joining the Centre, Yen was Senior Editor with a book publisher specialising in Southeast Asian history, art and culture.

RSIS Staff

Devin Maeztri
Research Analyst
Email: isdmaeztri@ntu.edu.sg
DID: +65 6513 2037

Devin Maeztri is Research Analyst at the Centre for Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU). Her research interests are mainly in food security, climate change and community empowerment; she is also fascinated by the concept of resilience thinking of social-ecological systems.

Devin holds a Bachelor of Agriculture in Landscape Architecture from Bogor Agricultural University (IPB) in Indonesia. She later pursued a Master of Environment at the University of Melbourne under an AusAid scholarship. Her areas of study were development, education, governance, policy and communication, and sustainable cities and regions.

Devin has previously worked as a coordinator for school-based environmental education in urban areas for the Peka Indonesia Foundation, a member of the global Wildlife Trust Alliance. Following her successful internship at the Victorian Eco-Innovation Lab, a project of the Australian Centre for Science Innovation and Society, she was employed to assist in research on food systems and sustainability. After graduating in 2009, Devin was part of a team involved in the development of a grand strategy for the Millennium Challenge Corporation compact programme development in Jakarta.

Devin was also awarded two scholarships as an exchange student to Japan: the AFS Intercultural Programs and the University of the Ryukyus Student Exchange Program.