Faculty and Research

Mr Muhammad Faizal Bin Abdul Rahman

Research Fellow

Education: BBA (NUS); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Global Trends and Implications on Homeland Security
• Strategic Foresight and Intelligence
• Counter-Terrorism

Entity: CENS

Dr Farish (Badrol Hisham) Ahmad-Noor

Associate Professor

Coordinator of PhD Programme

Education: PhD (University of Essex,Colchester, UK)

Areas of Expertise:

• Political Religion in South and Southeast Asia
• New Modes of Religio-political Mobilisation in Asia
• Religious Violence and Counter-Terrorism in Asia
• Malaysian and Indonesian Studies

Entity: GPO

Dr Mohamed Bin Ali

Assistant Professor

Education: BA (Al-Azhar, Cairo); MSc (RSIS, NTU); PhD (University of Exeter, UK)

Areas of Expertise:

• Islamic Studies – Shariah Law, Theology
• Islam and Politics – Islamist Ideology, Salafism and Jihadism
• Religious Violence and Extremism
• Inter-religious Relations – Islam and the Religious Other
• De-Radicalisation and Rehabilitation of Violent Extremist Offenders

Entity: SRP

Dr Adrian Ang U-Jin

Research Fellow

Education: BA (Okanagan University College); MA (University of Calgary); PhD (University of Missouri)

Areas of Expertise:

• American public opinion
• American political parties
• US elections, campaigns and voting behaviour
• US congressional politics

Entity: IDSS

Mr Benjamin Ang

Senior Fellow

Education: LLB (NUS); MBA/MS-MIS (Boston)

Areas of Expertise:

• Computer Misuse and Cyber Security Act and other legal issues related to cybersecurity
• Personal Data Protection Act and other legal issues related to data privacy
• Technology Law
• Media, New Media and Intellectual Property Law

Entity: CENS

Dr Ang Cheng Guan

Associate Professor

Associate Dean of S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies; Deputy Director of Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies

Education: BA Hons (NUS); MA (University of London); PhD (University of London)

Areas of Expertise:

• Cold War International History of Southeast Asia and The Indochina Wars

Entity: IDSS / RSIS

Dr Mely Caballero-Anthony

Professor

Head of Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies

Education: BA Hons; MA (UP); PhD (HKU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Regionalism and Regional Security in the Asia-Pacific
• Non-Traditional Security
• Human Security, Comparative Politics and International Relations in Southeast Asia
• Conflict Prevention and Management, Human Rights, Democracy
• Human Security
• Migration and Protection of Civilian
• Responsibility to Protect

Entity: NTS Centre

Dr Alexander Raymond Arifianto

Research Fellow

Education: BA (Ripon College); MA (Brandeis University); MA (Johns Hopkins University); PhD (Arizona State University)

Areas of Expertise:

• Indonesian Politics
• Comparative Politics of Southeast Asia
• Islamic Politics in Indonesia
• Political Economy of Regional Autonomy and Local Level Governance
• Civil Society Organizations and Social Movements

Entity: IDSS

Mr Abdul Basit

Research Fellow

Education: BA (Punjab University); MSc; MPhil (Quaid-I-Azam University)

Areas of Expertise:

• Countering and Preventing Violent Extremism in Af-Pak
• Non-state violent actors in Af-Pak
• Radicalisation and Islamist militancy

Entity: ICPVTR

Ms Jane Chan Git Yin

Senior Fellow

Coordinator of Maritime Security Programme, IDSS

Education: LLB (Tasmania); MSc (IDSS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Regional Security
• Maritime Security Issues
• Regional Institutions and Cooperation
• Alternative Dispute Resolutions

Entity: IDSS

Mr Chris Cheang

Senior Fellow

Education: BSSc Hons (University of Singapore)

Areas of Expertise:

• Basis and Directions of Russian Foreign Policy;
• Russia’s Relations with China and the US, as Seen from the Russian Perspective;
• Role of Central Asia in Russia’s Relations with China and the US; and
• Russo-ASEAN Relations

Entity: RSIS

Dr Damien D. Cheong

Research Fellow

Coordinator of National Security Studies Programme

Education: BCom; BA Hons (Murdoch University); PhD (Monash University)

Areas of Expertise:

• Homeland Defence
• Strategic Communication
• Security Studies
• Political Violence and Middle East Politics

Entity: NSSP

Dr Alan Chong

Associate Professor

Acting Head of Centre for Multilateralism Studies; Deputy Coordinator of MSc (International Relations) Programme

Education: BA; BSSc Hons (NUS); MSc; PhD (LSE)

Areas of Expertise:

• International Relations Theorizing of Southeast Asia
• Foreign Policy, Political Economy and Political Thought of Singapore
• Post-1945 Southeast Asian Political Thought
• Soft Power and International Communication
• Cybersecurity in Asia

Entity: CMS

Dr Alistair D. B. Cook

Senior Fellow

Coordinator of Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Programme

Education: MA Hons (University of St Andrews); MA (Purdue); PhD (Melbourne)

Areas of Expertise:

• Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response
• Peace and Conflict
• Asia Pacific Regionalism
• Foreign Policy and Internal Conflicts in the Asia Pacific
• Myanmar
• Cambodia

Entity: NTS Centre

Ambassador Barry Desker

Distinguished Fellow

Education: BA Hons (University of Singapore); MA (London); D. Litt (Warwick); LLD (Exeter)

Areas of Expertise:

• WTO
• Terrorism and civil conflict in Asia
• Regional economic and security issues

Entity: RSIS

Dr James M. Dorsey

Senior Fellow

Education: BEcon Hons (University of Amsterdam); PhD (University of Utrecht)

Areas of Expertise:

• The Politics of the Middle East and North Africa
• The Wave of Popular Revolts and The Ensuing Violence Shaking the Region
• Social Movements
• Arab Militaries
• The Nexus of Sports, Politics and Society

Entity: RSIS

Dr Ralf Emmers

Dean of S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies and President’s Chair in International Relations

Education: BA (VUB-Vesalius College); MSc; PhD (LSE)

Areas of Expertise:

• Security Studies and International Relations Theory
• Maritime Security
• International Institutions in the Asia Pacific
• Security and International Politics of Southeast Asia

Entity: RSIS

Mr Joseph Franco

Research Fellow

Education: BA (University of the Philippines); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Radicalisation
• Counter-terrorism
• Counter-insurgency
• Asia Pacific Security

Entity: CENS

Dr Lina Gong

Research Fellow

Education: MA (Sichuan University); MSc (RSIS, NTU); PhD (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Non-Traditional Security Studies in East Asia
• China-ASEAN Relations
• China’s UN Diplomacy
• Peace and Conflict
• Human Security
• Responsibility to Protect

Entity: NTS Centre

Dr Xue Gong

Research Fellow

Education: BPhil (NNU); MSc (RSIS, NTU); PhD (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• China’s Economic Diplomacy
• Chinese Overseas Investments
• State-Firms Relations
• China-ASEAN Relations
• China’s CSR Activities

Entity: IDSS

Dr Rohan Gunaratna

Professor of Security Studies

Education: MA (University of Notre Dame); PhD (University of St Andrews)

Areas of Expertise:

• Islamic State and Al-Qaeda
• Counter-terrorism Intelligence
• Counter-terrorism Operations
• Countering the Financing of Terrorism
• Strategic Prevention
• Online Radicalization
• Rehabilitation and Reintegration

Entity: RSIS

Dr Gulizar Haciyakupoglu

Research Fellow

Education: BS (SUNY, Binghamton); BA (Boğaziçi University), MA (University of Sheffield, UK); PhD (NUS)

Areas of Expertise:

• Disinformation Campaigns and Influence Operations
• Trust in Cyberspace
• Internet, Communication and Authority
• Gender Equality Advocacy in Cyberspace
• Online Activism

Entity: CENS

Dr Mahfuh Bin Haji Halimi

Research Fellow

Education: BA Hons (UKM, Malaysia); MSc; PhD (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Islamism and Security Issues in Southeast Asia
• Political Violence and Terrorism in the Middle East
• Jihadist Rehabilitation & Revision

Entity: ICPVTR

Dr Irm Haleem

Assistant Professor

Manager (Research & Publications) at ICPVTR; Coordinator of MSc (International Relations) Programme

Education: BA (Eckerd College); MA (Northeastern University); PhD (Boston University)

Areas of Expertise:

• Conceptual Study of Violence
• Social Philosophy and Violence
• Theory of Recognition and Violence
• Political Theory and Violence

Entity: ICPVTR

Mr Han Fook Kwang

Senior Fellow

Education: BSc (University of Leeds); MPA (Harvard University)

Areas of Expertise:

• Media
• Media and Public Policy
• Politics and Governance

Entity: RSIS

Dr Ahmed Salah Hashim

Associate Professor

Head of Horizon Threats and Strategies, IDSS

Education: BA (Warwick University); MSc (MIT); PhD (MIT)

Areas of Expertise:

• Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia Strategic Issues
• Strategic Theory and Military History
• Insurgency and Counterinsurgency
• Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism
• Cyber Warfare Doctrines
• Guerilla and Asymmetric Warfare
• Civil-Military Relations

Entity: IDSS

Dr Muhammad Haniff Hassan

Research Fellow

Education: BA Hons (UKM); MSc (IDSS, NTU); PhD (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Islamic Jurisprudence and Contemporary Issues
• Political Islam
• Islamic and da`wah Movements
• Moderation and Extremism Study

Entity: ICPVTR

Dr Paul Hedges

Associate Professor

Education: BA Hons; MA; PhD (University of Wales)

Areas of Expertise:

Interreligious Studies:

•   Interreligious Relations in Plural Societies.
•   Histories (C19th-today) of Interreligious Encounters.
•   Theories of Interreligious Encounters and Dialogue.
•   Interreligious Ethics.

Modern and Contemporary Christian Thought:

•  Theologies of Religions in Global Context.
•  Intercultural and Comparative Theologies.

Theory in the Study of Religion and Theology:

•  Definitions of Religion and Debates around Postcolonialism.

Other Areas:

• Sacred Space, Religious Architecture, and Pilgrimage.
• Death Studies and Religion.
• Religions in East, South, and Southeast Asia.

Entity: SRP

Dr Benjamin Ho

Assistant Professor

Education: BComm Hons (NTU); MSc (RSIS, NTU); PhD (LSE)

Areas of Expertise:

• Security Multilateralism in the Asia Pacific Region With a Focus on Regional Institutions and Fora
• Chinese Foreign Policy and Ethical Philosophy
• National Security (Intelligence)
• Sociology of Religion

Entity: IDSS

Dr Hoo Tiang Boon

Assistant Professor

Coordinator of MSc (Asian Studies) Programme

Education: BEng (NUS); MSc (NTU); PhD (University of Oxford)

Areas of Expertise:

• China’s Foreign and Security Policy
• US-China Relations
• China’s International Role
• Cross-strait Relations
• China’s Regional Relations

Entity: IDSS

Dr Shashi Jayakumar

Senior Fellow

Head of Centre of Excellence for National Security and Executive Coordinator of Future Issues and Technology

Education: BA; MA; DPhil (Oxford)

Areas of Expertise:

• Radicalisation and Countering Violent Extremism
• Singapore’s National Security
• Singapore History post-1965

Entity: CENS

Dr Jason Ji Xianbai

Research Fellow

Education: BEng (Xiamen University); MSc; PhD (RSIS, NTU)

Entity: RSIS

Mr Yang Razali Kassim

Senior Fellow

Education: BA; BSSc Hons (University of Singapore)

Areas of Expertise:

• Southeast Asian and ASEAN affairs, in particular international political and economic relations of Southeast Asia
• Political change and development in Malaysia and Indonesia
• Issues of regionalism and multilateralism, including political, economic and security cooperation between ASEAN and its trading partners
• Non-Traditional Security including climate change and its multi-dimensional impacts
• Renewable energy

Entity: RSIS

Dr Arunajeet Kaur

Research Fellow

Education: BA (NUS); PGDip (NIE, NTU); MA (NUS); PhD (ANU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Migration
• Diaspora
• Multi culturalism
• Minority rights
• South East Asian communities
• ASEAN

Entity: RSIS

Dr Collin Koh Swee Lean

Research Fellow

Coordinator of United States Programme, IDSS

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

Entity: IDSS

Mr Kwa Chong Guan

Senior Fellow

Education: BA Hons (University of Singapore); MA (Kent)

Entity: RSIS

Dr John Kwok

Research Fellow

Education: BA; PhD (University of Wollongong)

Areas of Expertise:

• War Crimes,
• War and Memory
• Social Military History

Entity: IDSS

Dr Jikon Lai

Assistant Professor

Education: BSc (LSE); MPhil (Oxon); PhD (ANU)

Areas of Expertise:

• International political economy
• Comparative politics
• Political economy of East Asia
• Global political economy of finance
• Politics of Islamic finance
• Economic governance and development

Entity: CMS

Dr Chia-yi Lee

Assistant Professor

Education: BA (National Taiwan University); MA (National Taiwan University); MA (Washington University in St. Louis); PhD (Washington University in St. Louis)

Areas of Expertise:

• Political Economy
• International Politics
• Resource Politics
• Foreign Direct Investment
• Terrorism
• Quantitative Methods
• Game Theory

Entity: CMS

Dr Lee Jonghyuk

Assistant Professor

Education: BA (Korea University of Foreign Studies); MA (Harvard University); PhD (UCSD)

Entity: IDSS

Dr Su-Hyun Lee

Assistant Professor

Coordinator of MSc (International Political Economy) Programme

Education: BA (Korea University); MA (Korea University); PhD (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

Areas of Expertise:

• International and Comparative Political Economy
• International Trade and U.S. Trade Politics
• (Re)Distributive Politics
• Political Institutions, Parties and Party Systems
• Research Methods
• Developing Countries, and Korean Politics

Entity: CMS

Ms Tricia Lee

Research Fellow

Education: BAcc Hons (NTU); MHR&ER (UWA)

Entity: ICPVTR / SRP

Dr Li Mingjiang

Associate Professor

Coordinator of China Programme, IDSS

Education: BA; MA (Foreign Affairs University, Beijing); PhD (Boston)

Areas of Expertise:

• China’s Diplomatic History
• Domestic Sources of Chinese Foreign Policy
• China’s Relations with East Asian Nations and the United States
• Asia-Pacific Security
• The South China Sea Disputes
• The Rise of China and Its International Implications

Entity: IDSS

Dr Christopher H. Lim

Senior Fellow

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

Entity: RSIS

Mr Eddie Lim

Senior Fellow

Head of Military Studies Programme, IDSS

Education: BA (NUS); PGDE (NIE, NTU); MSc (NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• ASEAN Affairs
• Civil-Military Relations
• Strategic Studies
• Military History

Entity: IDSS

Dr Joseph Liow Chin Yong

Research Adviser, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies and Tan Kah Kee Chair in Comparative and International Politics

Education: BA Hons (Wisconsin-Madison); MSc (RSIS, NTU); PhD (LSE)

Areas of Expertise:

• Asia Pacific Security Issues
• Comparative Politics of Southeast Asia
• Muslim Social and Political Movements in Southeast Asia

Entity: RSIS

Dr Bernard Loo Fook Weng

Senior Fellow

Coordinator of MSc (Strategic Studies) Programme

Education: BSSc Hons (NUS); MA (ANU); PhD (Aberystwyth)

Areas of Expertise:

• Defence Policy
• Evolution of Wafare
• Strategic Theory
• Conventional Military Strategies
• Strategic Problems of Small Powers
• Problems and Prospects of Military Transformation

Entity: IDSS

Dr Mohamed Feisal Bin Mohamed Hassan

Research Fellow

Education: BHmnSc (IIUM); MA (IIUM); PhD (University of Melbourne)

Entity: ICPVTR

Dr Mohamed Nawab Mohamed Osman

Assistant Professor

Education: BA Hons (NUS); MA (NUS); PhD, Politics and International Relations (ANU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Muslim Politics in Southeast and South Asian countries (Domestic and International Politics of Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan and India, Islamic Party of Malaysia, Prosperity Justice Party in Indonesia, Jamaat-e-Islami in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh, Islamic institutions and organizations in Malaysia and Indonesia)
• Transnational Islamic Movements (Hizb-ut-Tahrir (HT), Muslim Brotherhood (MB), Fethullah Gulen movement, Jamaat-e-Islami)
• Muslim Minorities in Southeast Asia(Conflicts in Southern Thailand, Southern Philippines and Myanmar, Muslim Minority in Singapore)
• Islam and Politics in the Middle East(Transnational Linkages between Islamist political parties in the Middle East (esp the Muslim Brotherhood and Turkey’s AKP) and Islamist parties in Southeast Asia , Impact of Post-Islamism in the Middle East on Southeast Asian Islam)
• Counter-Radicalization(Muslim grassroots activities in countering radical Islam and terrorism, Counter-Radicalization strategies in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and United Kingdom)

Entity: IDSS

Dr Anit Mukherjee

Assistant Professor

Deputy Head of Graduate Studies

Education: BA (Jawaharlal Nehru University); MA; PhD (Johns Hopkins University)

Areas of Expertise:

• Civil-military Relations
• Defence Reforms, Counterinsurgency and India’s Foreign and Defence Policies
• South Asia Security

Entity: GPO / IDSS

Ambassador Mohammad Alami Musa

Head of Studies in Inter-Religious Relations in Plural Societies Programme

Education: BEng (University of Singapore); MSc (NUS)

Areas of Expertise:

• Interreligious Relations, Dialogue & the Religious Other
• Muslim Identity Formation in Plural Societies
• Muslims in Secular States

Entity: SRP

Dr Nah Liang Tuang

Research Fellow

Education: BSc (University of London); PGDip (NIE, NTU); MSc; PhD (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Politics and Strategy of Nuclear Armament and Disarmament
• North Korean Politics
• Non-Traditional Security

Entity: IDSS

Dr Tamara Nair

Research Fellow

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

Entity: NTS Centre

Dr Stephanie Neubronner

Research Fellow

Education: BA Hons; PhD (University of Western Australia)

Areas of Expertise:

• Socio-Cultural Identity
• Governance and Social Relations
• Influence of New Media

Entity: NSSP

Dr Joel Ng

Research Fellow

Education: DPhil (Oxon.); MA (Distinction) (Sussex); BA (Hons) (East Anglia)

Areas of Expertise:

• Norms
• Regional Organizations
• African Union
• ASEAN
• International Humanitarian Law
• Rule of Law & Governance

Entity: CMS

Ambassador Ong Keng Yong

Executive Deputy Chairman, RSIS

Director of Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies; Head of International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research

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: ICPVTR / IDSS / RSIS

Dr Ong Wei Chong

Assistant Professor

Education: BA (University of East Anglia, Norwich); MSc (IDSS, NTU); PhD (University of Exeter)

Areas of Expertise:

• Military History
• Strategic Studies
• War Studies
• Insurgency/Counterinsurgency
• Expeditionary Operations
• Civil-Military Relations
• Media/Information Operations

Entity: IDSS

Dr Kaewkamol Pitakdumrongkit

Assistant Professor

Deputy Head of Centre for Multilateralism Studies; Deputy Coordinator of International Political Economy Programme

Education: BA (California State University, Long Beach); MA; PhD (University of California)

Areas of Expertise:

• International Negotiations
• International Economic Institutions
• Asian Economic Governance
• Regional-global Economic Governance Dynamics
• ASEAN Economic Community

Entity: CMS

Dr Kumar Ramakrishna

Associate Professor

Head of Policy Studies and Head 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

Dr Pradumna Bickram Rana

Associate Professor

Coordinator of International Political Economy Programme

Education: MA (Tribhuvan University); MA (Michigan State University); PhD (Vanderbilt University)

Areas of Expertise:

• Asian economic integration
• Economic linkages between South Asia and East Asia
• Global financial architecture
• Theories of financial crisis

Entity: CMS

Dr Michael Raska

Assistant Professor

Coordinator of Military Transformations Programme, IDSS

Education: BA (Missouri Southern State College); MA (Yonsei University); PhD (LKYSPP, NUS)

Areas of Expertise:

• Military Innovation: Theory, Processes, and Debate – Impact of emerging disruptive technologies and new types of armaments on military transformation and modernisation, particularly when it comes to new operational concept and new operating areas, especially in the maritime, air, and space domains;
• Security Conceptions, Strategic Trends, and Military Modernisation in East Asia: Regional approaches to military modernisation and its implications for the medium to long-term stability of the geo-strategic environment of the Asia Pacific;
• Information & Cyber Warfare: Cross-Domain Strategic Interactions – Implications of cyber and information warfare on international security; Long-range trends and developments when it comes to future warfare.

Entity: IDSS

Ms Pauline C. Reich

Senior Fellow

Education: MA (The City University of New York); JD (New York Law School)

Areas of Expertise:

Cybersecurity and critical information infrastructure protection;cyber security insurance; cryptocurrency/ mobile payments/micropayments, online gambling and online money laundering;

Internet governance and law; Internet-based legal research; smart cities, privacy and cybersecurity; balancing privacy and security issues in government, law, business, educational institutions.

Entity: CENS

Dr Evan Resnick

Assistant Professor

Coordinator for External Teaching

Education: BA Hons (York); MA; MPhil; PhD (Columbia University)

Areas of Expertise:

• International Relations Theory
• International Security Studies
• United States Foreign Policy, Defence Policy, and Grand Strategy
• Military Alliances
• Positive Sanctions and Statecraft

Entity: GPO

Dr Leonard C. Sebastian

Associate Professor

Coordinator of Indonesia Programme, IDSS

Education: BA Hons, Grad Dip Strat Studies; MA (York, Canada); PhD (ANU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Indonesian Politics
• Indonesian Defence and Security Policy
• Indonesian Foreign Policy Trends
• Political Islam and Militant Movements in Indonesia
• Indonesian Counter-terrorism Strategy
• Indonesian Political Economy and Decentralisation
• Singapore-Indonesia Relations
• Regional Security Developments in Southeast Asia with special reference to normative structures, the ASEAN Political and Security Community concept, and neo-classical realist approaches including the impact of domestic policy on foreign policy decision making
• Democratic Transitions in Asia
• Civil-military Relations in Asia.

Entity: IDSS

Dr Bhubhindar Singh

Associate Professor

Head of Graduate Studies; Coordinator of Regional Security Architecture Programme, IDSS

Education: BA Hons (NUS); BA (NUS); MSc (RSIS, NTU); PhD (University of Sheffield)

Areas of Expertise:

• Japanese Foreign Security Policy
• International Relations of Northeast Asia

Entity: GPO / IDSS

Dr Sinderpal Singh

Senior Fellow

Coordinator of South Asia Programme, IDSS

Education: BA (NUS); MA (ANU); PhD (Aberystwyth)

Areas of Expertise:

• Indian Foreign Policy
• IR Theory
• Asia’s International Politics
• Regionalism in International Politics
• Indian Ocean Security

Entity: IDSS

Dr Rafal Stepien

Assistant Professor

Deputy Coordinator of MSc (Asian Studies) Programme

Education: BA (UWA); BA Hons; MA (University of Oxford); M.Phil (University of Cambridge); MA; MPhil; PhD (Columbia University)

Areas of Expertise:

• Indian and Chinese Buddhist Philosophy and Literature
• Arabic and Persian Islamic Philosophy and Literature
• South and East Asian Religions
• Comparative Religion and Philosophy of Religion

Entity: SRP

Mr Cameron Sumpter

Research Fellow

Education: BA Hons; MA (The University of Auckland)

Areas of Expertise:

• • Processes of radicalisation
  • P/CVE initiatives
  • Prison-based disengagement strategies

Entity: CENS

Dr Olli Pekka Suorsa

Research Fellow

Education: BA (Tallinn University of Technology); MSc (SOAS); PhD (CityU_

Areas of Expertise:

• Defence diplomacy
• Maritime security
• Military modernization and technology
• Security and defence in the Indo-Pacific
• Foreign and security policies of small powers

Entity: IDSS

Dr Kevin Tan Yew Lee

Professor

Education: LLB Hons (NUS); LLM; JSD (Yale)

Areas of Expertise:

• International Human Rights
• Public International Law
• Constitutional and Administrative Law
• Legal History
• The Singapore Legal System

Entity: RSIS

Dr Tan See Seng

Professor of International Relations

Education: BA Hons (Manitoba); MA (Manitoba); PhD (Arizona State University)

Areas of Expertise:

• Critical Social Thought
• International Relations Theory
• Multilateralism and Regionalism
• Conflict Management
• Politics and Security of Southeast Asia and the Asia Pacific

Entity: RSIS

Mr Tan Seng Chye

Senior Fellow

Education: BSc Hons (University of Singapore)

Areas of Expertise:

• Regional political and security architecture in Asia Pacific and major powers rivalry for influence
• ASEAN as an important neutral platform in East Asia for regional cooperation: ASEAN affairs and emerging trends
• Energy Security
• Maritime Security
• Developments in Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia

Entity: RSIS

Dr Tan Teck Boon

Research Fellow

Coordinator of Science and Technology Studies Programme

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

Entity: STSP

Dr Terri-Anne Teo

Research Fellow

Education: BSocSc (SMU); MSc (University of Bristol); PhD (University of Bristol)

Areas of Expertise:

• Race relations
• Ethnicity and Migration
• Multiculturalism
• Critical citizenship
• Postcolonialism
• Poststructuralism

Entity: CENS

Ms Teo Yi-Ling

Senior Fellow

Education: LL.B. Hons (The University of Liverpool); LL.M. (Northwestern University in Chicago)

Areas of Expertise:

• Media and Communication Law and Regulation
• Intellectual Property Law and Management
• Data Protection and Privacy Law
• Cybersecurity Law and Management
• Legal Issues in Disruptive Technology and Science
• Ethical Decision-making Models

Entity: CENS

Mr Julius Cesar Imperial Trajano

Research Fellow

Education: BA (University of the Philippines Manila); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Human Security, with Emphasis on Political and Economic Security
• Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response
• Ethnic Conflicts and Separatism in Southeast Asia
• Human Rights and Democratisation Issues in Southeast Asia
• Energy Security, Particularly Nuclear Energy Governance
• Traditional Security Issues in the Asia-Pacific, Particularly South China Sea Disputes

Entity: NTS Centre

Dr Norman Vasu

Senior Fellow

Deputy Head of Centre of Excellence for National Security

Education: MA Hons (Glasgow); MSc (LSE); PhD (Aberystwyth)

Areas of Expertise:

• Multiculturalism
• Ethnic relations
• Narratives of governance
• Citizenship
• Immigration
• National security

Entity: CENS

Dr Pascal Vennesson

Senior Fellow and Head of Research, Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies

Professor of Political Science, University Panthéon-Assas, Paris II (on leave)

Education: MA (University Pantheon-Sorbonne, Paris I); PhD summa cum laude (Sciences Po Paris)

Areas of Expertise:

• Changing Character of War
• Strategic Thought in International Relations Theory
• Coalition and strategic decision-making
• Risk Taking in War
• Security in Europe and Asia

Entity: IDSS

Mr Jansen Wee

Research Fellow

Education: BA Hons (NUS)

Areas of Expertise:

• National Security
• Military History
• Civil Wars
• Unconventional Warfare
• Terrorism

Entity: NSSP

Dr Friedrich Wu

Adjunct Associate Professor

Education: BA Cum Laude (California State University, Chico); MA; PhD (Washington)

Areas of Expertise:

• Globalisation of the Chinese Economy and Enterprises
• Economic-Political Risk Analysis and Financial Crisis Forecasting
• ASEAN- China Relations

Entity: CMS

Dr Wu Shang-Su

Research Fellow

Education: BA; MA (National Taiwan University); PhD (University of New South Wales)

Areas of Expertise:

• Small States’ Security
• Security Issues of Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines and Taiwan
• People’s Liberation Army.

Entity: IDSS

Mr Zhang Hongzhou

Research Fellow

Education: BSc (NTU); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Food Security, Agricultural Policy and Rural Development,
• Water Security, China’s Approaches to Trans-boundary River Management
• China’s Fishing Policy and Maritime Disputes
• China’s Belt and Road Initiative
• Energy Security, Biofuel

Entity: IDSS