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    Dr Joel Ng

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    Deputy Head of Centre for Multilateralism Studies
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    BA (Hons) (East Anglia); MA (Distinction) (Sussex); DPhil (Oxon.)
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    Legitimation Costs and the Regional Contest for the ‘Indo-Pacific’
    Chapters in Edited Books

    Dr Joel Ng

    Research Fellow
    Deputy Head of Centre for Multilateralism Studies
    Education
    BA (Hons) (East Anglia); MA (Distinction) (Sussex); DPhil (Oxon.)
    : [email protected]
    : +65 6904 8799
    : CMS

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    Biography

    Dr Joel Ng is Research Fellow and Deputy Head of the Centre for Multilateralism Studies (CMS). His research focuses on regionalism, integration, security, and intervention norms, focusing on ASEAN and its dialogue partners as well as the African Union. He began his career in international affairs working in Uganda on peace, conflict, and refugee issues. He has also worked in the private sector in Singapore in public and investor relations. He is presently in the Singapore committee for the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific (CSCAP). Dr Ng is the author of Contesting Sovereignty: Power and Practice in Africa and Southeast Asia (Cambridge University Press, 2021). He has a DPhil from the University of Oxford, where he was an Oxford-Swire and Tan Kah Kee scholar, and also holds a MA (Distinction) from the University of Sussex, and a BA (Hons) from the University of East Anglia.

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    Areas of Expertise

    • Norms
    • Regional Organizations
    • African Union
    • ASEAN
    • International Humanitarian Law
    • Rule of Law & Governance

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    RSIS Publications

      Commentaries

      • States of Insecurity: Recalibrations After the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

        13 February, 2023

      • Digitalization, Disruption, and Divisions: Is Multilateral Cooperation Ready for the Next Wave of Globalization?

        20 January, 2023

      • Invasion of Ukraine - Consent and Trust in the World Order

        11 March, 2022

      • Myanmar Instability: Emerging Reactions in East Asia

        19 May, 2021

      • ASEAN’s Special Summit: Can It Resolve the Myanmar Crisis?

        29 April, 2021

      • Multilateralism in 2021: Better Than 2020?

        08 February, 2021

      • ASEAN as Pivotal Actor: Balancing Centrality and the Indo-Pacific

        17 August, 2020

      • Global Health Security: COVID-19 and Its Impacts - Race for the Vaccine: Will ASEAN Be Left Behind?

        23 July, 2020

      • Global Health Security - Trust During the Time of COVID-19

        18 March, 2020

      • Proxies and Drones: Can International Law Handle “Invisible Threats”?

        15 January, 2020

      • Evolving Summit Dynamics: ASEAN Putting Its Foot Down?

        06 November, 2019

      • The Unlawful Proroguing of UK’s Parliament: Sign of the Times?

        27 September, 2019

      • Remembering Robert Mugabe: Hero or Despot?

        11 September, 2019

      • US Watch-List For ‘Currency Manipulation’: What Is It?

        30 May, 2019

      • Unpacking the “Rules-Based Order”

        12 March, 2019

      • Singapore’s ASEAN Chairmanship: Advancing Peace & Security

        16 November, 2018

      • CO18167 | Economic Populism: End of The Small State?

        12 October, 2018

      • CO18120 | The Quadrilateral Conundrum: Can ASEAN Be Persuaded?

        17 July, 2018

      • CO12153 | Great Power Rivalry in Africa: Economic Engagement Holds Key

        14 August, 2012

      • CO12114 | The ASEAN Human Rights Declaration: Establishing a Common Framework

        03 July, 2012

      • CO12095 | Global Norms in Regional Institutions: Lessons from the African Union and ASEAN

        07 June, 2012

      • CO12041 | Kony 2012: Potentials and pitfalls of social media

        13 March, 2012

      • CO11172 | China’s Investments in Africa: Need for Governance

        21 November, 2011

      • CO11142 | Responsibility to Protect: Tensions between Sovereignty and Security

        06 October, 2011

      • CO11040 | The International Criminal Court: Is it a Panacea?

        11 March, 2011

      Annual Reviews

      • Selected Essays by RSIS Researchers - 2022

        16 January, 2023

      • Selected Essays by RSIS Researchers - 2020

        18 January, 2021

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    External Publications

    Authored Books

    • Contesting Sovereignty: Power and Practice in Africa and Southeast Asia. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2021

    Journal Articles

    • “Contested Norms in Peacekeeping” in Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 11, 3, 2017
    • “Rule of Law as a Framework within the ASEAN Community” in Journal of East Asia and International Law, 5, 2, 2012

    Edited Books / Special Issues

    • Regional Security and Human Rights Interventions: A Global Governance Perspective on the AU and ASEAN (with Andreas O. Stensland and Walter Lotze), Eds. Norway: Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), 2012

    Chapters in Edited Books

    • “Legitimation Costs and the Regional Contest for the ‘Indo-Pacific’” in Kristie Barrow, Regional Reflections on the War in Ukraine: Diplomacy, Conflict and the Future of Southeast Asia, An AIIA Special Report. Canberra: Australian Institute of International Affairs, 2023, pp. 12-18
    • “Examining the Space for Adaptation and Innovation in Conflict Management in the Global South” in Guo Yanjun and I Gusti Agung Wesaka Puja, Sustaining Peace in ASEAN and the Asia-Pacific: Preventive Diplomacy Measures. Singapore: World Scientific, 2022, pp. 69-92
    • “Rule of Law as a Framework within the ASEAN Community” in Eric Yong Joong Lee (Ed.), ASEAN International Law. Singapore: Springer, 2022, pp. 161-174
    • “The Southeast Asian Dimension: The ASEAN Model of Integration” (with Joseph Liow Chin Yong) in A. Voskressenski & B. Koller (eds.), The Regional World Order: Transregionalism, Regional Integration, and Regional Projects across Europe and Asia. New York: Lexington Books, 2019, pp. 103-122
    • “The Socialist Republic of Vietnam” (with Giao Vu Cong) in D. Cohen, K. Tan, & M. Mohan (eds.), Rule of Law for Human Rights in the Asean Region: A Base-line Study. Jakarta: Human Rights Resource Centre , 2011, pp. 281-297
    • “The State of Brunei Darussalam” in D. Cohen, K. Tan, & M. Mohan (eds.), Rule of Law for Human Rights in the Asean Region: A Base-line Study. Jakarta: Human Rights Resource Centre , 2011, pp. 33-49

    Op-Eds

    • “Rules-Based Order? Strengthening Consensus on the Rules and Principles Underpinning the International Order” (with Sarah Teo, and Benjamin Ho), CSCAP Regional Security Outlook 2022, 13 December 2021
    • “#BookClub: Contesting Sovereignty in Africa and the Global South”, Democracy In Africa, 2 August 2021
    • “Book Review: “Dominic D.P. Johnson, Strategic Instincts: The Advantages of Cognitive Biases in International Politics””, Politics and the Life Sciences, 27 July 2021
    • “Can ASEAN Offer a Way Out of the US–China Choice?”, East Asia Forum, 9 April 2021
    • “Rules-Based Order? Strengthening consensus on the rules and principles underpinning the international order” (with Sarah Teo, and Benjamin Ho), Asia Link Insights, 1 February 2021
    • “Rebuild the UN’s Legitimacy”, Council on Foreign Relations Global Memo, 14 September 2020
    • “Nigeria’s Opportunity to Enhance the Continental Free Trade Area” (with Densua Mumford), How we made it in Africa, 19 March 2019
    • “Strengthening the Private Sector in African Regional Policy-Making” (with Densua Mumford), How we made it in Africa, 11 April 2018
    • “Single Air Transport Market: The Benchmark for African Economic Integration” (with Densua Mumford), How we made it in Africa, 14 February 2018
    • “S’pore FTA in Africa a Question of ‘When’, Not ‘If’”, The Business Times, 18 October 2017
    • “Africa’s Growing Leverage in Business and Trade Relations” (with Densua Mumford), How we made it in Africa, 8 June 2017
    • “The TFTA and Intra-Regional Trade in Africa” (with Densua Mumford), How we made it in Africa, 6 April 2017
    • “Will Economic Priorities be the Focus for the Next AU Chairperson?” (with Densua Mumford), How we made it in Africa, 16 February 2017
    • “Brexit’s Phoney War”, Today, 4 July 2016
    • “Brexit: Asean Comparison Puts Choices in Fresh Light”, The Straits Times, 20 June 2016
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    Talks

    • “Impact of War in Ukraine to Indo-Pacific Region” (panel), Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific (CSCAP) General Conference, ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta, 9 December 2022.
    • “Southeast Asia amid Great Power Rivalry”, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, 1 December 2022.
    • “Russian Aggression on Ukraine: Implications for EU and Polish strategies in the Indo-Pacific”, University of Warsaw, Poland, 30 November 2022.
    • “Legitimation strategies and the Indo-Pacific architecture”, Centre for Asian Affairs, University of Lodz, Poland, 28 November 2022.
    • “Legitimation Costs and the Regional Contest for the Indo-Pacific”, Australian Institute for International Affairs Asia Policy Forum, 20 June 2022
    • Dialogue between ASEAN Scholars and the International Commission on Inclusive Peace (ICIP), 10 May 2022
    • “Changing Security Landscape in Europe and Indo-Pacific after Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine”, RSIS-Polish Institute for International Affairs (PISM) Roundtable, 9 May 2022
    • “The International Rule of Law and ASEAN”, Network of ASEAN Defence & Security Institutions (NADI) workshop on ASEAN Centrality in an Era of Great Power Competition, 16 December 2021
    • “Security Challenges amidst a Changing Geopolitical Landscape in the Southeast Asia Region”, MFAC Indonesia training programme for Timor-Leste diplomats on Capacity Building in the ASEAN Political-Security Community Pillar, 9 November 2021
    • “Contesting Sovereignty: Power and Practice in Africa and Southeast Asia”, RSIS Book Launch, 22 July 2021
    • “France as an Indo-Pacific Nation: Security and Multilateralism in Challenging Times”, Embassy of France-RSIS Webinar, 8 July 2021
    • “Is Singapore’s Success Suitable for Emulation in Africa?”, Essec Business School Africa-Singapore Dialogue, 8 May 2021
    • “Youth, Peace, and Security”, ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Open Ended Study Group on Inclusive Processes on Preventive Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution, 5 May 2021
    • “The Functional Logic of ASEAN”, 1st International Conference on Strategic and Global Studies, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, 30 Nov 2017
    • “An Early Spring? Regional Responses to Crisis in Cote d’Ivoire and Authoritarianism in Myanmar”, UNU-CRIS/UNECA/IIDEA Joint Conference After the Arab Spring: Rethinking the Role of Regional Organisations, Brussels, 22 Nov 2012
    • “Rule of law norms: The African Union and ASEAN charters in comparative perspective”, 2nd GlobalTech Workshop on Sub-Saharan Africa: Cooperation and Capacity Building, Addis Ababa, 24 May 2011
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    Teaching Modules

    • IR6029 – Foreign Policy Analysis

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