Nazia Hussain is Associate Research Fellow with the Centre for Multilateralism Studies (CMS) at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. She holds a MSc in Asian Studies from RSIS and BA in International Politics and History from Jacobs University, Germany. Her research interests include geo-politics of the Indian Ocean Region; ASEAN; and Sino-Indian Relations.

• Indian Ocean Security
• Sino-Indian Relations
• ASEAN and regional security
• Insurgency in Northeast India and its trans-national linkage

Policy Reports

• The Quad and Regional Health Security: Implications and Prospects for the Indo-Pacific

  25 February, 2022

• Japan-India Strategic Partnership: An Indigenous Axis in the Indo-Pacific

  22 July, 2021

• Minilateralism for Multilateralism in the Post-COVID Age

  19 January, 2021

RSIS Commentary Series

• BRICS in the Wake of the Rio Summit and US Tariff Threats

  14 August, 2025

• Pushing Ahead With Regional Integration: ASEAN’s Agency in a Transitioning Global Order

  20 March, 2025

• Amidst Geopolitical Uncertainties, How Has ASEAN Fared?

  20 December, 2024

• A Decade of India’s Act East Policy: Doing More With ASEAN

  30 August, 2024

• The Myanmar Crisis: Altering Realities for Regional Actors

  23 May, 2024

• Relevance of ASEAN in a Shifting Global Environment

  29 December, 2023

• Thailand’s Upcoming Challenge Consolidating Regional Integration Around the Bay of Bengal

  27 December, 2023

• India’s G20 Presidency: Towards a Digital Diplomacy Strategy

  06 July, 2023

• India’s G20 Presidency: An Opportunity for WTO Reforms

  03 April, 2023

• Preparing for Future Crises: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic

  05 October, 2022

• Mekong-Ganga in Indo-Pacific: Boosting Sub-Regional Ties?

  07 December, 2021

• Sino-Indian Himalayan Misadventures: What Now for Regional Geopolitics?

  18 September, 2020

• BRI and Indo-Pacific: Geopolitics of Multilateralism?

  13 August, 2020

• BRICS in Time of Pandemic: Leadership from Emerging Economies?

  22 May, 2020

• Impetus for SAARC Revival?

  24 April, 2020

• Next ASEAN Summit: How Will Vietnam Lead?

  11 November, 2019

• The Idea of Indo-Pacific: ASEAN Steps In

  17 July, 2019

• Indo-Pacific Concept: Juggling for Clarity

  27 December, 2018

• BIMSTEC: Re-modelling for a Bigger Role?

  12 November, 2018

• CO18033 | Quad 2.0: Facing China’s Belt and Road?

  28 February, 2018

• CO17035 | Japan and India: Deepening Ties in Age of Uncertainty

  23 February, 2017

• CO16272 | India’s Northeast: A Rugged Link to ASEAN

  02 November, 2016

• CO16135 | India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Growing Regional Significance

  02 June, 2016

Bulletins and Newsletters

• Multilateral Matters - July 2025

  29 July, 2025

• Multilateral Matters - April 2025

  29 April, 2025

• Multilateral Matters - January 2025

  31 January, 2025

• Multilateral Matters - October 2024

  30 October, 2024

• Multilateral Matters - July 2024

  31 July, 2024

• Multilateral Matters - April 2024

  25 April, 2024

• Multilateral Matters - January 2024

  25 January, 2024

• Multilateral Matters - October 2023

  30 October, 2023

• Multilateral Matters - July 2023

  29 July, 2023

• Multilateral Matters - April 2023

  24 April, 2023

• Multilateral Matters – January 2023

  30 January, 2023

• Multilateral Matters – October 2022

  31 October, 2022

• Multilateral Matters-- July 2022

  22 July, 2022

• Multilateral Matters-- April 2022

  19 April, 2022

• Multilateral Matters-- January 2022

  21 January, 2022

• Multilateral Matters-- October 2021

  28 October, 2021

• Multilateral Matters-- August 2021

  03 August, 2021

• Multilateral Matters-- May 2021

  03 May, 2021

• Multilateral Matters-- Special Issue

  03 March, 2021

• Multilateral Matters -- January 2021

  27 January, 2021

• Multilateral Matters -- October 2020

  02 November, 2020

• Multilateral Matters -- August 2020

  12 August, 2020

• Multilateral Matters -- April 2020

  21 April, 2020

• Multilateral Matters -- January 2020

  30 January, 2020

• Multilateral Matters -- November 2019

  05 November, 2019

• Multilateral Matters - July 2019

  31 July, 2019

Journal Articles

• “Mekong-Ganga Cooperation: Prospects for Synergies in Sub-regional Cooperation” in Mekong-Ganga Policy Brief, No. 13, 2024
• ““Prospects for regionalising Singapore-Australia engagement” in Enhancing Australia’s Engagement with the Indian Ocean Region” in Perth USAsia Centre, Chapter 7, 2022, pp. 34-37
• ““The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue: Direction and Prospects Amid Changing Realities” in New Realities of Multilateralism. Panorama: Insights into Asian and European Affairs” in Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Issue 1, 2022, pp. 141-152
• “European Strategic Approaches in the Indo-Pacific: A View from Southeast Asia” in Panorama: Insights into Asian and European Affairs, 2022

Chapters in Edited Books

• “Minilateralism in the Indo-Pacific: Navigating Shifts in an Evolving Regional Order” in Bryant J. Allen and Shiro Armstrong (Eds), The Far East & Australasia 2025. United Kingdom: Routledge, 2025, Vol. 56
• “ASEAN, China, and the South China Sea” (with Ong Keng Yong) in Yanjun Guo and Sothirak Pou, Sustainable Peace of the South China Sea: The 20th Anniversary of Signing the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea. Singapore: World Scientific, 2025, Series on Asian Regional Cooperation Studies. Vol. 11
• “ASEAN-India: Strengthening People-to-people Ties” (with Tan Ming Hui) in Tommy Koh, Hernaikh Singh and Moe Thuzar (Eds.), ASEAN and India: The Way Forward. Singapore: World Scientific, 2022, pp. 121-127

Op-Eds

• “This year, India leads the G20, and Japan the G7, and together can make a potent team” (with Tan Ming Hui), The Interpreter, 27 March 2023. Republished in Channel NewsAsia
• “BIMSTEC Searches for a Bigger Role in the Indo-Pacific”, East Asia Forum, 26 May 2022
• “30 Years of ASEAN-India Relations: Taking Stock” (with Tan Ming Hui), Fulcrum, 14 February 2022
• “Sino-Indian Frontier Dilemma: A Potential Stalemate?”, China-India Brief (Centre on Asia and Globalisation), 11 February 2021
• “Japan-India: An Indigenous Indo-Pacific Axis” (with Tan Ming Hui), The Diplomat, 18 March 2020
• “Japan and India achieve alignment without alliance” (with Tan Ming Hui), Policy Forum, 7 February 2019
• “The Indo-Pacific: Clarity, Inclusivity and ASEAN Centrality” (with Tan Ming Hui), Asia Dialogue, 21 August 2018
• “Moving Beyond Doklam in India-China Relations”, South Asian Voices, 19 April 2018
• “Quad 2.0: Sense and Sensibilities” (with Tan Ming Hui), The Diplomat, 23 February 2018
• “Japan and India: Concerted Efforts at Regional Diplomacy” (with Tan Ming Hui), The Diplomat, 1 April 2017
• “Deepening Japan-India ties in an uncertain age” (with Tan Ming Hui), The Japan Times, 24 February 2017