PhD Student Profiles

Education: BA (Mackenzie University, São Paulo); Postgraduate (FGV – Fundação Getúlio Vargas, São Paulo); MSc (S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies-Nanyang Technological University)

Thesis Title: From mobilisation to disinformation, the impact of social media on democratisation: the case of Brazil & Indonesia

Research Interest:

• Social Media
• Big Tech in the Global South
• Online disinformation & computational propaganda
• Political communication
• Digital activism and online mobilisation

Email: [email protected]

 

Education: BA (Al-Azhar University, Cairo); MSc (S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies-Nanyang Technological University)

Thesis Title: The Impact of Tamil Nadu Islam on Indian Muslims in Singapore

Research Interest:

• Islam (Theology and Shariah) and Inter-religious Relations
• Religious violence and Islamist Extremism
• Counterterrorism and De-Radicalisation

Email: [email protected]

 

Education: BA (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies); MPP (Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS)

Thesis Title: Change in Japan’s Security Orientation: A Strategic Cultural Explanation

Research Interest:

• Japanese Security Policy
• Strategic Culture

Email: [email protected]

 

Education: BSocSc(Hons) (Hong Kong Baptist University); MSc (S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies-Nanyang Technological University)

Thesis Title: China’s Activism in Regional Integration along the Borders: A Subnational Analysis

Research Interest:

• Regional Integration
• Domestic Source of Foreign Policy
• Economic Governance
• China-Southeast Asian Relations

Email: [email protected]

Education: BA (Australian National University); MSc (S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies-Nanyang Technological University)

Thesis Title: The subnational push for palm oil sustainability governance

Research Interest:

• Comparative Political Economy
• Global Governance
• Environmental Politics

Email: [email protected]

Education: BA (Wuhan University); MSc (S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies-Nanyang Technological University)

Thesis Title: Detangling Terrorism’s Impact on Foreign Investment: How Do Domestic Politics and Investment Incentives Matter

Research Interest:

• Comparative Political Economy
• Political Violence
• Foreign Investment
• Environment

Email: [email protected]

Education: BA (UCLA); MS (Thunderbird); MA (John Hopkins)

Thesis Title: Suicide Bombings in Indonesia and the Philippines: A Comparative Case Study of Salafi Jihadi Organizations and Individuals

Research Interest:

• Terrorist Organizations and Strategies
• Islamic State and Al-Qaeda
• Counter-terrorism and Counter-insurgency
• Countering Foreign Influence Operations
• Asymmetric Warfare

Email: [email protected]

Education: BA (Adams State College); BComm (Nanyang Technological University); MSc (S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies-Nanyang Technological University)

Thesis Title: Understanding the Outcomes of US-led Minilaterals

Research Interest:

• Political Psychology
• Decision-Making
• International Institutions
• Organizational Behaviour

Email: [email protected]

Education: BA (Juniata College US); MA (Qatar University)

Thesis Title: Why Some Resource-abundant Countries Choose to Industrialize While Others Do Not: the Case of MENA Countries

Research Interest:

• Comparative Political Economy
• Energy Security
• Industrial Policy
• Middle East and North Africa

Email: [email protected]

Education: BA (University of Delhi (Hons); MA (University of Delhi (Hons)

Thesis Title: Problematizing the Problem: A Constructivist Analysis of how the Kashmir’ problem was constructed via process tracing

Research Interest:

• Postcolonial Critical Constructivism
• Process Training
• Constitutive Causality
• Genealogy of Conflict

Email: [email protected]

Education: B. Eng (National University Singapore); M. Si (Han) (Indonesian DefenseUniversity); MA (King’s College London)

Thesis Title: Historical Institutionalism Analysis of Low-Carbon Energy Transition in the Philippines and Indonesia

Research Interest:

• Climate Change
• Energy Security
• Technological Developments
• Governance

Email: [email protected]

Education: BS Economics (University of the Philippines); MSc Finance (University of the Philippines)

Thesis Title: The Politics of Disaster Risk Financing in ASEAN

Research Interest:

• Disaster Risk Finance / Climate Finance
• Regional Integration and Cooperation
• Early Warnings Systems
• Debt Sustainability

Email: [email protected]

Education: BA (Hungarian National University), MA (Tongji University)

Thesis Title: Historical and Contemporary Strategic Engagement In Cases of Competitive Security Dynamics

Research Interest:

• Chinese Foreign Policy
• China-India Relations
• China and South Asia

Email: [email protected]

Publications:

Daniel Balazs: “Archival Research in China: Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way”, in War on the Rocks, January 27, 2020 https://warontherocks.com/2020/01/archival-research-in-china-where-theres-a-will-theres-a-way/

Maximilian Mayer, Dániel Balázs: “Modern Silk Road Imaginaries and The Silk Road”, in Maximilian Mayer (ed.): “Rethinking the Silk-Road:  China’s Belt and Road Initiative and Emerging Eurasian Relations” London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. pp. 205-226.

殷昊、Dániel Balázs：“匈牙利视野中的中国“一带一路””， in 程妤 主编：来华留学生视野中的“一带一路”倡议，上海：同济大学出版社，2017年版，第26-55页

Dániel Balázs, “Setback in Sri Lanka for China’s silk road”, in East Asia Forum, May 24, 2017 https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2017/05/24/setback-in-sri-lanka-for-chinas-silk-road/

 

Dániel Balázs, Patrick Mendis: “Is China on the Road to International Isolation?”, in The Diplomat, January 21, 2017 https://thediplomat.com/2017/01/is-china-on-the-road-to-international-isolation/

Patrick Mendis, Dániel Balázs: “President Xi’s Silk Road Conundrum”, in China-US Focus, October 24, 2016 https://www.chinausfocus.com/finance-economy/president-xis-silk-road-conundrum

Walter Andersen, Dániel Balázs: “Why China Isn’t Too Worried by Expanding US-India Ties”, in The Diplomat, June 17, 2016 https://thediplomat.com/2016/06/why-china-isnt-too-worried-by-expanding-us-india-ties/

Dániel Balázs: “The Maldives Takes its Place in Indian Ocean Geopolitics”, in Foreign Policy, June 8, 2016 https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/06/08/the-maldives-takes-its-place-in-indian-ocean-geopolitics/

Patrick Mendis, Dániel Balázs: “Sri Lanka’s delicate balancing act”, in East Asia Forum, May 2, 2016 https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2016/05/02/sri-lankas-delicate-balancing-act/

Patrick Mendis, Dániel Balázs: “When the TPP and the One Belt, One Road meet”, in East Asia Forum, April 26, 2016 https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2016/04/26/when-the-tpp-and-one-belt-one-road-meet/

杨烨，丹尼：“印度对’一带一路’的回应：如何从态度冷漠到寻求合作？”， in 一带一路研究报2016 年第 2 期，总第 4 期，February 20, 2016

Dániel Balázs, Patrick Mendis: “Colombo Consensus 2.0”, in Foreign Policy, October 1, 2015 https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/10/01/colombo-consensus-2-0/

Dániel Balázs: “Monsoons on the New Silk Road”, in Foreign Policy, June 23, 2015 https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/06/23/monsoons-on-the-new-silk-road/

Dániel Balázs: “Kína békés felemelkedése.” in P. Szabó Sándor (ed.): “A Sárkány közbelép: Kína nemzetközi kapcsolatai, gazdasága és közigazgatási rendszere a 21. században.” Budapest: National University of Public Service, 2012. pp. 117-123.

Education: BA (Brigham Young University), MA (Georgetown University), MS (National Intelligence University)

Thesis Title: Intelligence Failure in Terrorism: Connecting the Dots or Hard Target

Research Interest:

• Terrorism
• Intelligence Failure
• Country Threat Assessment
• Security Risk
• Shi’a Opposition Groups

Email: [email protected]