PhD Student Profiles

Education: BA Hons (University of Reading); MA (King’s College London)

Thesis Title: State of Flux – Democratisation and Alliance Commitment

Research Interest:

• Military Alliances
• Foreign Policy in Asia Pacific
• International Relations Theory

Email: [email protected]

Education: BA summa cum laude (Marymount Manhattan College); MSc distinction (University of Oxford)

Thesis Title: The Ideational Foundations of Chinese Economic Statecraft

Research Interest:

• U.S-China relations
• Chinese foerign and security policy
• Economic statecraft

Email: [email protected]

Education: B. Eng (Xiamen University); MSc RSIS, NTU

Thesis Title: The Butterfly Effect of Mega-regionalism

Research Interest:

• Trade diplomacy
• Free trade agreement
• International Trade
• European Union integration and economy
• Economic Development

Email: [email protected]

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

Thesis Title: Islamism, and the Ideological Questioning of the Pancasila

Research Interest:

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

Email: [email protected]

Education: BA (Economics Hons), University of Delhi; MA (Economics), Delhi School of Economics; MBA National University of Singapore

Thesis Title: ASEAN Economic Community: Balancing Globalisation and Domestic Interests

Research Interest:

• International Trade
• Regional Economic Integration
• Economic issues of Southeast Asia

Email: [email protected]

Publications:

Books

Author, “The Political Economy of the RCEP and TPP Agreements: An ASEAN Perspective“, ISEAS Trends in Southeast Asia Series (2014)

Author, “Road to Recovery: Singapore’s Journey Through the Global Crisis”, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2010 (adopted as a text book by University of Minnesota, USA; ISEAS Bestseller in 2011)

Editor, “Achieving the ASEAN Economic Community 2015: Challenges for Member Countries and Businesses”, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (2012)

Editor, “Enhancing ASEAN’s Connectivity”, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, (2013)

Editor, “ASEAN Economic Community Scorecard: Performance and Perception”, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, (2013)

Editor, “The ASEAN Economic Community: A Work in Progress”, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, (2013)

Book Chapters

“Southeast Asia in 2013: Waiting for a Rebound”, Southeast Asian Affairs, 2014. Edited by Daljit Singh. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2014

“Sub-regional Zones and ASEAN Economic Community” (with Richard Pomfret), ASEAN Economic Community: A Work in Progress, edited by Sanchita Basu Das, Jayant Menon, Rodolfo Severino and Omkar Lall Shrestha. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (2013)

“Southeast Asian Economies: Moderating Growth Momentum”, Southeast Asian Affairs, 2012. Edited by Daljit Singh and Pushpa Thambipillai. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2012.

“Rationale for free trade agreements in Southeast Asia (with Aekapol Chongvilaivan)”, in The New Political Economy of Southeast Asia, edited by Rajah Rasiah and Johannes Dragsbaek Schmidt, Edward Elgar, 2010.

“ASEAN’s Bilateral Free Trade Agreements: Benefits and Challenges for the Region”, in Economic Integration and The Investment Climates in ASEAN Countries: Perspective from Taiwan Investors, ASEAN Studies Centre Report No. 7, 2009.

“ASEAN Economic Integration and Implication for CLMV Countries (with Denis Hew and Rahul Sen)”, in Plugging into Production Networks: Industrialization Strategy in Less Developed Southeast Asian Countries, edited by Ikuo Kuroiwa, ISEAS, 2009

“Singapore-India CECA: Rationale, Overview and Implications (with Rahul Sen)”, in Investors Guide to India-Singapore Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement, edited by Mohan Pillay, Reed Elsevier (Singapore), 2005.

“ASEAN’s FTA Negotiations with Dialogue Partners: Identifying Strengths and Weaknesses in Business Opportunities (with Rahul Sen)”, in Brick by Brick: Building an ASEAN Economic Community, edited by Denis Hew, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2007

“Regional Economic Outlook,” in Regional Outlook: Southeast Asia Series (a yearly review of the Southeast Asian economies), Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008

Journal Papers

Vietnam: Further Challenges in 2009 (with Omkar Lal Shrestha), in ASEAN Economic Bulletin, Vol 26 No 1, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, April 2009

Bridging the ASEAN Development Divide: Challenges and Prospects (with Lorraine Carlos Salazar), in ASEAN Economic Bulletin, Vol 24 No 1, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, April 2007

Education: Double MSc, LSE-Peking University; BA, Yale

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

Research Interest:

• Defence Diplomacy

Email: [email protected]

Education: BA, History (Patrick Henry College); MS, Missouri State University (Department of Defense and Strategic Studies); LLM, Peking University (School of International Studies); MSc (distinction), London School of Economics (Department of International History)

Thesis Title: Great Powers, Periods of Relative Peace, and the Rise of China

Research Interest:

• International History
• Causes of War
• US-China Relations

Email: [email protected]

Education: BA International Relations (Brigham Young University), MA Security Studies (Georgetown University), MS Strategic Intelligence (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]