Executive Deputy Chairman’s Office
Ambassador Ong Keng Yong
Executive Deputy Chairman, RSIS
Director of Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies
Education
LLB Hons (University of Singapore); MA (Georgetown University) Areas of Expertise
- ASEAN’s Strategic Role in Regional Architecture
- ASEAN’s Relations with External Parties
- ASEAN’s Community-building Initiatives
- Relations between Singapore and Malaysia and India
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Dr Alvin Chew
Senior Fellow
Education
BEng (NTU); PhD (Imperial); MSc (RSIS, NTU); ACE (MIT Sloan) Areas of Expertise
- Nuclear Governance and Architecture
- Nuclear Energy Developments and Reactor Technology
- Nuclear Security and Non-Proliferation
- Nuclear Emergency Response and Crisis Communications
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Dr Collin Koh Swee Lean
Research Fellow
Coordinator of Projects (Naval/Maritime Affairs)
Education
BEng Hons (NTU); MSc (RSIS,NTU); PhD (RSIS,NTU) Areas of Expertise
- Primary research interests: Naval Affairs in the Asia-Pacific Region, Especially in Southeast Asia and Focusing on Naval Modernization Issues
- Naval Arms Control
- Confidence and Security-Building Measures at Sea
- Offence-Defence Theory
- Concept of Non-Provocative Defence
- Nuclear Energy Development in Southeast Asia
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Dr Tamara Nair
Research Fellow
Head of Research Integrity and Data Management Unit; Coordinator of Projects (Women and Children in ASEAN Community)
Education
BA (NUS); MEnvMgmt (UNSW); PhD (UNSW) Areas of Expertise
- Decentralised Governance in Developing Nations
- Sustainable Development and Issues of Social Justice: Equitable Development in Local Communities
- Climate change, Natural Resource Management and the Role of Women
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Dr Kumar Ramakrishna
Professor of National Security Studies; and Provost’s Chair in National Security Studies
Associate Dean; Head of International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research; and Research Adviser to National Security Studies Programme
Education
BSSc Hons (NUS); M, Defence Studies (UNSW); PhD (Royal Holloway University of London) Areas of Expertise
- History of Strategic Thought
- Propaganda Theory
- Counter-insurgency Theory
- History of the Malayan Emergency (1948-60)
- Terrorist Motivations and Ideology
- Counter-terrorism Strategy
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Mr Adrian Tan
Head of Strategic Planning, Coordination and Projects;
Deputy Director of Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies
Education
BA Hons (NUS); MA (Stanford University) Ms Ariel Tan
Senior Fellow
Coordinator of Malaysia Programme; Deputy Head of Policy Studies
Education
BA Hons (NUS); MPA (Harvard University) Ms Tan Ming Hui
Associate Research Fellow
Education
BA Hons (NUS); MSc (RSIS,NTU) Areas of Expertise
- Japanese Studies
- International Relations of Northeast Asia
- Policy and Society
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Dr Tan Teck Boon
Research Fellow
Education
BSc (State University of New York); MSocSc (NUS); PhD (LKYSPP, NUS) Areas of Expertise
- Smart Cities
- Emerging Science and Technology
- Urban Innovation and Adaptive Capacity
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