Faculty and Research
Dr Anit Mukherjee
Associate 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
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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
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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 Joel Ng
Research Fellow
Deputy Head of Centre for Multilateralism Studies
Education
BA (Hons) (East Anglia); MA (Distinction) (Sussex); DPhil (Oxon.) Areas of Expertise
- Norms
- Regional Organizations
- African Union
- ASEAN
- International Humanitarian Law
- Rule of Law & Governance
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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
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Dr Ong Wei Chong
Senior Associate Fellow
Head of National Security Studies Programme; Deputy Coordinator of MSc (Strategic Studies) Programme
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
- Hybrid Warfare & Grey Zone Conflict
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Dr Kaewkamol Pitakdumrongkit
Senior Fellow
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 Governance (e.g. WTO, IMF, AIIB, CPTPP, RCEP)
- Regional-Global Economic Governance Dynamics
- Free and Open Indo-Pacific
- Economic Development
- ASEAN+3 Financial Cooperation
- ASEAN Economic Community and ASEAN’s External Economic Relations
- Mekong subregion
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Dr Adhi Priamarizki
Research Fellow
Education
BA (Parahyangan Catholic University); MSc (RSIS, NTU); PhD (Ritsumeikan University) Dr Kumar Ramakrishna
Professor of National Security Studies; and Provost’s Chair in National Security Studies
Dean of S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies; and Research Adviser to International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research
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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Dr Dipinder Singh Randhawa
Senior Fellow
Education
BA Hons; MA (University of Delhi); PhD (Syracuse University) 
