Management
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 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 Ang Cheng Guan
Professor of the International History of Southeast Asia
Associate Dean of S. Rajaratnam School of International 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
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Dr Mely Caballero-Anthony
Professor of International Relations
Associate Dean (International Engagement); Head of Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies; President’s Chair in International Relations and 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
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Dr Bhubhindar Singh
Associate Professor
Associate Dean (Academic Affairs); Head of Graduate Studies
Education
BA Hons (NUS); MSc (RSIS, NTU); PhD (University of Sheffield) Areas of Expertise
- Japanese Foreign Security Policy
- International Relations of Northeast Asia
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Mrs Ong-Chew Peck Wan
Head of Corporate Affairs
Education
BA Hons (NUS); MSJ (Northwestern University) Dr Shashi Jayakumar
Senior Fellow
Head of Centre of Excellence for National Security; Executive Coordinator of Future Issues and Technology
Education
BA; MA; DPhil (Oxford University) Areas of Expertise
- Radicalisation and Countering Violent Extremism
- Singapore’s National Security
- Singapore History post-1965
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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
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Mr Benny Oon
Head of Outreach; Executive Coordinator of Risk & Innovation Management
Education
BSSc Hons (NUS); MComms (USC) 
Dr Kaewkamol Pitakdumrongkit
Assistant Professor
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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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) 
