Associate Research Fellows, Senior Analysts and Research Analysts

• Terrorism and extremism in Southeast Asia
• Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism
• Radicalisation Process

• International political economy
• Digital economy, trade, (geo)politics and foreign policy
• Global and regional trade governance
• Malaysian economic foreign policy

• Arabic translations
• Arabic Linguistics
• Online extremism in Bahasa Indonesia website domain
• Community engagement in the Southeast Asia region
• Social psychology of the Singapore community
• Islam and Psychology

• Online Extremism
• International Terrorism
• Religion and Identity
• Arabic Language and Literature

• Moderation Studies
• Psychological aspects of an extremist
• History of extremists in Muslim world and their threats to politics and society
• Counter narrative extremism strategy

• Political Violence and Terrorism in South Asia
• Counterterrorism
• Assessment of PVE/CVE programmes
• Rohingya Crisis and regional security

• Chinese Foreign Policy
• China-ASEAN and China-US Relations
• Regional Maritime Security
• China’s Territorial Disputes in East Asia

• International Relations Theory
• International and Regional Organisations
• Democracy and Democratisation
• Critical Security Studies

• Chinese Domestic Politics
• Civil-Military Relations in China
• China’s Diplomatic Strategies in the Global South
• Chinese Nationalism as a Source of Political Legitimacy

• HADR Landscape in the Asia-Pacific; Institutional Memory
• Human Rights in Asia
• Forced Migration
• Politics & Conflicts in the Asia-Pacific
• Humanitarian Technology

• Political Parties of Indonesia
• State and Society in Indonesia
• Indonesian Ethnic Chinese Community
• Contemporary Issues of Timor-Leste
• China-Indonesia Relations
• Indonesia Foreign Policy

• Small-State Security
• History of Colonial Singapore
• Environmental History of Singapore

• Indonesia’s Foreign Policy
• Indonesian Politics
• Local dynamics in the Riau Archipelago

• Critical International Relations Theory
• International Politics of Southeast Asia and Asia-Pacific Regions
• Maritime Security Issues, especially the South China Sea Disputes
• Malaysia’s Foreign Policy

• Terrorist Rehabilitation
• Community Engagement
• Moderation
• Political Islam

• European Union Security
• Migration in the Mediterranean

• Naval affairs
• Airpower
• Hybrid warfare
• Irregular warfare
• Light-infantry and special operations

•    Korean Peninsular Politics, Security and History
•    East Asian Security
•    ASEAN-Korea relations

• Political Psychology
• Organisational Behaviour
• International Organisations
• Decision-making
• Reputation Management
• Communication

• Indian Ocean Security
• Sino-Indian Relations
• ASEAN and regional security
• Insurgency in Northeast India and its trans-national linkage

• Terrorism and political violence
• Ethnic separatism

• International/Regional Organisations
• ASEAN
• Human rights and governance
• Gender

• Maritime security and cooperation in the Indo-Pacific
• South China Sea conflict
• Maritime trade and the blue economy
• China’s ocean policy
• Belt and Road Initiative

• Military History
• Cold War History
• Hybrid Warfare Theory

• Cyber terrorism
• Online Radicalisation
• Social Media Analytics
• Inter-Religious Relations
• Political Islam

• Translation
• Languages
• History of Singapore
• Current Tourist Attractions in Singapore
• Cultures and Religions in Singapore

• Indonesian Defence and Security Policy
• Civil-military Relations in Indonesia
• Indonesian Politics
• Indonesian Military

• Translation
• Languages

• Dynamic modelling of public policy systems
• Complexity
• Governance institutions and strategy development
• Small and medium enterprises (SME) and tourism development

• Indian Foreign Policy
• India-Iran Relations
• India-Middle East Relations
• Western Indian Ocean Region

• Singapore’s National Security and its History, and Outreach and Education efforts
• Fake News
• Radicalization, Extremism and Social Cohesion
• The Internet Landscape of Singapore

• Middle Eastern and North African politics
• Political Islam
• Islamic Jurisprudence
• Communication

• International Relations Theory
• Critical Theory
• Gender, Power and Security
• US-Singapore Relations
• United States Foreign Policy

• Gender and HADR
• R2P and Human Security in Southeast Asia
• Multilateralism and Security in the Asia-Pacific

• Energy Security
• Geopolitics of Energy
• Environment, Development, and Transboundary Implications
• Peace, Human Security, and Development
• ASEAN Environmental Cooperation

• International relations theory
• Post-structuralism, critical theory
• Malaysian foreign policy
• Malaysia-Singapore relations

• Indian Foreign and Domestic Policy
• Hindutva, Salafism and Online extremism
• Terrorism and Political Violence in Yemen
• Al Qaeda and the Islamic State

• Terrorism and extremism in Central Asia, China and Russia, and domestic and international implications of such political violence
• Counter-terrorism policy and strategy pertaining to these regions
• Foreign fighter militancy in the Middle East
• Security developments in Afghanistan

• Defence innovation
• Artificial intelligence and machine learning
• Emerging technologies
• Arms trade
• Defence industries

• Islamism
• Contemporary Salafism
• Radical ideologies
• Governance and political system in the early Islam
• Terrorist rehabilitation and peace-building

• Critical theory
• Gender politics
• Symbiosis of religio-political discourse and subjectivities

• Indonesia’s Foreign Policy
• Indonesia’s Defence Policy
• Indonesia’s Politics
• Southeast Asia and ASEAN
• International Relations in East Asia

• State behaviour in International issues
• Cybersecurity
• Aviation Issues
• Singapore Foreign Policy

• Japan’s Foreign Policy
• International Relations of Northeast Asia
• Politics of History and Memory

• Indonesian Straits Chinese heritage and social studies
• Inter-cultural studies
• Orientalism

• Indonesian Defence and Security Policy
• Civil-military Relations in Indonesia
• Indonesian Foreign Policy
• Indonesian Politics
• International Relations theories

• International geopolitics and security issues in the Asia-Pacific region
• Security architecture in Northeast and Southeast Asia

• Terrorist Ideology
• Political Discourses on Climate Change
• Research Methods and Interdisciplinary Approaches
• South and Southeast Asian Politics

• Digital Economy
• Disruptive Technologies
• Smart Cities
• Intersection between Security and Science & Technology
• ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)
• International Political Economy

• Party politics
• Racial and religio-political discourses
• Racialization and international politics
• Discourse analysis

• Social media analytics
• Security sector reform, ethno-religious relations and the role of the social media in contemporary Indonesia
• Epistemology, knowledge-making and their implications on digital maturity