Faculty and Research

Mr Muhammad Faizal Bin Abdul Rahman

Research Fellow

Education: BBA (NUS)

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 Jurisprudence
• Islamist Ideology
• Religious Extremism
• Inter-religious Relations and Rehabilitation of Muslim Extremists

Entity: SRP

Mr Mushahid Ali

Senior Fellow

Education: BA Hons (University of Singapore)

Areas of Expertise:

• Political History and Security of Malaysia, Indonesia
• Communist Insurgencies in Southeast Asia

Entity: RSIS

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

Head of Graduate 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: GPO

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

Dr Mely Caballero-Anthony

Associate 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 Rajesh Basrur

Professor of International Relations

Coordinator of South Asia Programme, IDSS

Education: BA; MA; MPhil (Delhi); MA; PhD (Bombay)

Areas of Expertise:

• Indian Foreign Policy
• South Asian Security
• The Politics of Nuclear Weapons
• International Relations Theory

Entity: IDSS

Ms Jane Chan Git Yin

Research 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:

• The basis and directions of Russian foreign policy;
• Russia’s relations with China and the U.S., as seen from the Russian perspective;
• The role of Central Asia in Russia’s relations with China and the U.S.; and
• Russo-ASEAN relations

Entity: RSIS

Dr Damien D. Cheong

Research Fellow

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

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 Daniel Chua

Assistant Professor

Deputy Head of Graduate Studies

Education: BA Hons (NTU); MA (NTU): PhD (ANU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Singapore-United States Diplomatic History
• Cold War History
• Southeast Asian Diplomatic History
• Asia Pacific Security
• Strategic Studies

Entity: IDSS

Dr Alistair D. B. Cook

Research Fellow and 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
• Nuclear Safety, Security and Safeguards

Entity: NTS Centre

Ambassador Barry Desker

Distinguished Fellow

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

Areas of Expertise:

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

Entity: RSIS

Dr J. Soedradjad Djiwandono

Professor of International Economics

Education: BA (Yogyakarta); MSc (Wisconsin, Madison); MA; PhD (Boston)

Areas of Expertise:

• Monetary Economics and Banking
• International Trade and Development Economics of Indonesia

Entity: CMS

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

Professor of International Relations

Associate Dean, RSIS; Head of Centre for Multilateralism Studies

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: CMS / RSIS

Mr Joseph Franco

Research Fellow

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

Areas of Expertise:

• Radicalisation
• Counter-terrorism
• Counterinsurgency
• 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

Head of International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research

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: ICPVTR

Dr Gulizar Haciyakupoglu

Research Fellow

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

Areas of Expertise:

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

Entity: CENS

Dr Irm Haleem

Assistant Professor

Manager (Research & Publications)

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

Areas of Expertise:

• Conceptual Study of Violence
• Political Theory and Violence
• Radical Islamist Violence and Martyrdom

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 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
• and Jihadist Rehabilitation & Revision

Entity: ICPVTR

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 Ahmed Salah Hashim

Associate Professor

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 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 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, and China’s regional relations

Entity: IDSS

Dr Jolene Jerard

Research Fellow

Deputy Head of International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research (ICPVTR)

Education: BSSc Hons (NUS); MSc (RSIS, NTU) ; PhD (University of St Andrews)

Entity: ICPVTR

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 Collin Koh Swee Lean

Research Fellow

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 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 Su-Hyun Lee

Assistant Professor

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

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

Ms Tricia Lee

Research Fellow

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

Entity: ICPVTR / SRP

Dr Joseph Liow Chin Yong

Professor of Comparative and International Politics

Dean, RSIS

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

Associate Professor

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 Nawab Mohamed Osman

Assistant Professor

Coordinator of Malaysia Programme, IDSS

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

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: 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 Stephanie Neubronner

Research Fellow

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

Areas of Expertise:

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

Entity: NSSP

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

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 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 Graham Ong-Webb

Research Fellow

Education: BSSc Hons (NUS); MSc (LSE); AKC; PhD (KCL)

Areas of Expertise:

• Geopolitics in the Asia Pacific (with a current focus on the crisis in the Korean Peninsula, and tensions in the South China Sea)
• Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) proliferation, threats and responses (with a focus on the nuclear domain)
• Terrorism and counter-terrorism developments in Southeast Asia (with a current focus on Singapore’s counter-terrorism and national resilience capabilities)
• The social and security impacts of emerging technologies (with a current focus on Artificial Intelligence)

Entity: RSIS

Dr Kaewkamol Pitakdumrongkit

Assistant Professor

Deputy Head of Centre for Multilateralism Studies

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 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

Dr Pradumna Bickram Rana

Associate Professor

Coordinator of International Political Economy Programme; Coordinator of MSc (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

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

Areas of Expertise:

• East Asian security, crisis management, and intelligence: Threat assessments, security conceptions, defense strategies, and force modernization trends in East Asia
• Military Innovation: Diffusion of military technologies, ideas and concepts, comparative defense industry trends
• Information Conflicts & Cyberwarfare: concepts, strategies, policies

Entity: IDSS

Dr Evan Resnick

Assistant Professor

Coordinator of United States Programme, IDSS; 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: IDSS

Dr Leonard C. Sebastian

Associate Professor

Coordinator of Indonesia Programme, IDSS

Education: BA Hons; MA; 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

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: IDSS

Dr Sinderpal Singh

Senior Fellow

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 Tan See Seng

Professor of International Relations

Deputy Director and Head of Research of the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies

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: IDSS

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 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 Terri-Anne Teo

Research Fellow

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

Areas of Expertise:

• Multiculturalism
• Critical citizenship
• Identity politics in Singapore
• Postcolonial theory
• Poststructuralism
• Discourse analysis

Entity: CENS

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

Professor of Political Science

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