Dr. Hoo Tiang Boon is Assistant Professor with the China Programme and Coordinator of the M.Sc. (Asian Studies) programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University. He holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of Oxford. He is the lecturer of the Masters courses, China’s Foreign and Security Policy and Cross-Strait Relations, at RSIS. Dr. Hoo is the author of several publications on China, cross-strait relations and US-China relations. He has spoken about his work at various venues, including Harvard University, University of Oxford, University of Manchester, Bristol University and the International Studies Association Convention. He has been involved in several diplomatic initiatives, including the Singapore-US Strategic Dialogue, Singapore-France Dialogue on China, the Korea-Singapore Forum and the Network of ASEAN Defence and Security Institutions. Dr. Hoo is an overseas expert in the China Thinktanks network of the Development Research Centre of China’s State Council. He was formerly a visiting fellow at the China Foreign Affairs University, a visiting scholar at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences and a visiting researcher at the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies.
