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. Prior to joining RSIS, she interned at the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD), Singapore. She holds a BA in International Politics and History from Jacobs University, Germany; and a MSc in Asian Studies from RSIS. Her research interests include Indian Ocean Security; Sino-Indian Relations; ASEAN and regional security; Insurgency in Northeast India and its trans-national linkages.

• 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

Commentaries

• 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 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

• “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