Joel Ng is Research Fellow in the Centre for Multilateralism Studies. His research covers regionalism, norms, and integration in the Global South, focusing on ASEAN and the African Union in particular. He is also an adjunct researcher at the Centre for African Studies of the Nanyang Business School. He has previously worked in the non-profit and private sectors, working on refugee issues and investor relations respectively. Joel Ng has a DPhil from the University of Oxford, where he was an Oxford-Swire scholar, and also holds a MA (Distinction) from the University of Sussex, and a BA (Hons) from the University of East Anglia.

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

Commentaries

• 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

  18 January, 2021