Mr Ho Shu Huang

Ho Shu Huang is an Associate Research Fellow at the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (IDSS), S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU). He has a B.A. (Hons) degree in History from the National University of Singapore (NUS), as well as an M.Sc in Strategic Studies from RSIS. He is presently pursuing a PhD with the Department of Defence Studies, King’s College London. Prior to joining RSIS, Shu Huang worked for the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) to set up the Army Museum of Singapore. His affiliation with the SAF continues to this day, though now in the realm of professional military education. At SAFTI MI, he lectures and facilitates discussions at all levels of officer and senior specialist education. At NTU, he tutors the Undergraduate Professional Military Education and Training (UGPMET) Military Studies module.

• Military Sociology
• Civil-Military Relations
• The Military Profession
• Professional Military Education

Commentaries

• CO10106 | How NSmen could be Rewarded

  03 September, 2010

• CO10073 | Institution Versus Occupation: Path Ahead for Singapore’s Military Profession

  01 July, 2010

• CO10072 | Institution Versus Occupation: Obama’s sacking of McChrystal

  30 June, 2010

• CO10015 | A Soldier's Education: Preparing for the “Unforgiving Minute”

  03 February, 2010

• CO09095 | Singapore’s Defence Policy: Deterrence, Diplomacy and the Soldier-Diplomat

  29 September, 2009

• CO09056 | An About-Face to the Future: The SAF's New Career Schemes

  11 June, 2009

• CO08103 | The Saf’s New Clothes: Recognising the Importance of Personal Equipment in the SAF

  25 September, 2008

• CO08086 | Crisis in the Caucasus: What can we learn from it?

  19 August, 2008

Authored Books

• Ho, Shu Huang & Samuel Chan. Singapore Chronicles: Defence. Singapore: Institute of Policy Studies and Straits Times Press, 2015.

Edited Books / Special Issues

• National Service in Singapore (with Graham Ong-Webb), Eds. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing, 2018

Chapters in Edited Books

• "‘Outsiders Inside’: Experiences of Privately Contracted Educational Staff in the Singapore Armed Forces" in Duraid Jalili and Hubert Annen (Eds.), Professional Military Education: A Cross-Cultural Survey. Berlin: Peter Lang GmbH, 2019, pp. 113-128
• "Conscription in Taiwan: A Problematic Evolution" (with Wu Shang-Su) in Graham Ong-Webb and Shu Huang Ho (Eds.), National Service in Singapore. Singapore: World Scientific, 2019, pp. 229-249
• "“Permanent Residents Serving National Service: Round Pegs in a Square Hole?” in Beyond Economics: Immigration’s Impact on Singapore" (with Yolanda Chin) in Norman Vasu, Yeap Su Yin and Chan Wen Ling (eds.), Beyond Economics: Immigration’s Impact on Singapore. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2014, 175-198
• "Rethinking the who, what and when: Why not Singaporean military heroes?" in Norman Vasu, Yolanda Chin and Kam-yee Law (Eds.), Nations, National Narratives and Communities in the Asia-Pacific. New York: Routledge, 2014, 11-29

Op-Eds

• Creating an Ecosystem to Win a Non-conventional War (with Shashi Jayakumar), TODAY, 22 March 2017
• Total Defence against threat of hybrid warfare, The Straits Times, 12 May 2015
• When it comes to defence, short-term thinking could be fatal, Today, 15 March 2015
• How do people view national security?, Today, 17 February 2015
• Ho, Shu Huang; Tan Kwoh Jack; Collin Koh Swee Lean. “Singapore: How to Stay ‘Stable and Strong’”, The Diplomat, 11 October 2013. An abridged version was published in Today, 2 October 2013.
• Accommodate more volunteers for Singapore’s defence, Today, 11 October 2013
• Tan, Kwoh Jack; Ho Shu Huang; Collin Koh Swee Lean. “Policy Shifts Aren’t Just Domestic for Singapore”, Today, 2 Oct 2013.
• Why full-time NS can’t be shortened, Today, 18 June 2013
• Obstacles to widening NS liability, Today, 21 May 2013
• “Consider a coherent structure for rewards” in the Straits Times, The Straits Times, 8 September 2010
• “Fundamental values should still be SAF personnel’s target” in The Straits Times, The Straits Times, 5 July 2010
• “Deterrence, Diplomacy and the Soldier-Diplomat” in The Straits Times, The Straits Times, 6 October 2009

Working Papers

• The Hegemony of an Idea: The Sources of the SAF’s Fascination with Technology and the Revolution in Military Affairs, Irasec's Discussion Papers No. 5, Thailand, 30 September 2009