Executive Deputy Chairman’s Office

Ambassador Ong Keng Yong

Executive Deputy Chairman, RSIS

Director, 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

Entity: RSIS

Dr Christopher H. Lim

Senior Fellow

Education: BS magna cum laude (NMU); MS (UIC); PhD (ANU)

Entity: RSIS

Dr Kumar Ramakrishna

Associate Professor

Head of Policy Studies and Coordinator of National Security Studies Programme

Education: BSSc Hons (NUS); M, Defence Studies (UNSW); PhD (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

Entity: NSSP / RSIS

Mr Adrian Tan

Deputy Head of Policy Studies

Education: BA Hons (NUS); MA (Stanford University)

Entity: RSIS

Mr Nandhakumar Gunasekaran

Senior Analyst

Education: BSSc Hons (NUS); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Entity: RSIS

Ms Tan Ming Hui

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BA Hons (NUS); MSc (RSIS,NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Japan’s foreign policy
• International relations of East Asia
• Politics of memory

Entity: RSIS

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
• Inter-organisational cooperation and information sharing

Entity: NSSP