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Dr Joseph Liow Chin Yong

Professor of Comparative and International Politics

Dean, RSIS

Education: BA Hons (Wisconsin-Madison); MSc (RSIS, NTU); PhD (LSE)

Entity: RSIS

Email: [email protected]

DID: +65 6790 4908

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Biography

Joseph Chinyong Liow is Dean and Professor of Comparative and International Politics at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He held the inaugural Lee Kuan Yew Chair in Southeast Asia Studies at the Brookings Institution, Washington DC, where he was also a Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Program.

Joseph’s research interests encompass Muslim politics and social movements in Southeast Asia and the international politics of the Asia Pacific region.

Joseph is the author, co-author, or editor of 14 books. His most recent single-authored books are Ambivalent Engagement: The United States and Regional Security in Southeast Asia after the Cold War (Brookings 2017), Religion and Nationalism in Southeast Asia (Cambridge University Press, 2016) and Dictionary of the Modern Politics of Southeast Asia, fourth edition (Routledge, 2014). His commentaries on international affairs appear in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, National Interest, New York Times, Nikkei Asian Review, and the Wall Street Journal, and he has testified at the United States Congress and briefed the Asian Defence Minister’s Meeting Retreat. In addition to scholarship and analysis, Joseph has also consulted for a wide range of MNCs including Shell, BHP Billiton, Chevron, Statoil, Temasek, Eaton Vance, and Total. He sits on the board of several peer-reviewed academic and policy journals and the expert panel of the Social Science Research Council (Singapore), and is Singapore’s representative on the advisory board of the ASEAN Institute of Peace and Reconciliation formed under the auspices of the ASEAN Charter.

Joseph Liow holds a PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science, an MSc in Strategic Studies from the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and a BA (Hons) in Political Science from the University of Madison-Wisconsin.

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Areas of Expertise

  • Asia Pacific Security Issues
  • Comparative Politics of Southeast Asia
  • Muslim Social and Political Movements in Southeast Asia

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Professional Activities

  • Visiting Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, Jun-Jul 2005
  • Southeast Asia Fellow, East-West Center Washington, USA, October-December 2005
  • Fulbright Researcher, Stanford University, USA, September-November 2011
  • Visiting Fellow, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University, USA, November-December 2007
  • Honorary Fellow, Strategy and Security Institute, Exeter University, U.K., since October 2013
  • Singapore Representative, Advisory Board, ASEAN Institute of Peace and Reconciliation (appointed by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore)
  • Co-Editor, Asian Security Book Series, Routledge
  • Member, Editorial Board, South East Asia Research
  • Member, Editorial Board, The ASAN Forum
  • Member, Advisory Board, NTU Academic Council
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Last updated on 04/04/2018