Centre Staff
Ambassador Ong Keng Yong
Executive Deputy Chairman, RSIS
Director of Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies; Head of International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research
Education
LLB Hons (University of Singapore); MA (Georgetown University) Areas of Expertise
- ASEAN’s Strategic Role in Regional Architecture
- ASEAN’s Relations with External Parties
- ASEAN’s Community-building Initiatives
- Relations between Singapore and Malaysia and India
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Dr Kumar Ramakrishna
Professor of National Security Studies; and Provost’s Chair in National Security Studies
Dean of S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies and Research Adviser to International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research
Education
BSSc Hons (NUS); M, Defence Studies (UNSW); PhD (Royal Holloway University of London) Areas of Expertise
- History of Strategic Thought
- Propaganda Theory
- Counter-insurgency Theory
- History of the Malayan Emergency (1948-60)
- Terrorist Motivations and Ideology
- Counter-terrorism Strategy
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Ms Adilah Binti Anwar
Language Officer II
Education
BHmnSc Hons, Arabic Language and Literature (International Islamic University Malaysia) Areas of Expertise
- Languages
- Project management
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Mr Iftekharul Bashar
Research Fellow
Education
BSSc Hons; MSSc (University of Dhaka) Areas of Expertise
- Political Violence and Terrorism in South Asia
- Counterterrorism
- Assessment of PVE/CVE programmes
- Rohingya Crisis and regional security
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Mr Abdul Basit
Senior Associate Fellow
Education
BA (Punjab University); MSc; MPhil (Quaid-I-Azam University) Areas of Expertise
- Countering and Preventing Violent Extremism in Af-Pak
- Non-state violent actors in Af-Pak
- Radicalisation and Islamist militancy
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Mr Jasminder Singh S/O Bilveer Singh
Associate Research Fellow
Education
BComm (University of Southern Queensland); MSc (RSIS, NTU) Mr Saddiq Basha Bin Cekendar Basha
Senior Analyst
Education
BSocSc Hons (NUS) Areas of Expertise
- Far-Right Extremism in Southeast Asia
- Online Hate Speech, Disinformation and Conspiracy Theories
- Global Far-Right Extremism in the Digital Space (Online Rhetoric, Networks, and Activities)
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Ms Nurrisha Ismail Fakirra
Senior Analyst
Education
BSSc Hons (NUS) Areas of Expertise
- Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) Analysis
- Political Violence and Terrorism in Southeast Asia
- Nonviolent Religious Extremism
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Mr Imran Fariz
Senior IT Specialist
Areas of Expertise
- IT and AV Support
- Event Management
- Webmaster
- Photography and Videography
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Mr Amresh Lavan Gunasingham
Associate Editor/Coordinator (Research Contracts)
Dr Mahfuh Bin Haji Halimi
Research Fellow
Education
BA Hons (UKM, Malaysia); MSc; PhD (RSIS, NTU) Areas of Expertise
- Islamism and Security Issues in Southeast Asia
- Political Violence and Terrorism in the Middle East
- Jihadist Rehabilitation & Revision
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Mr Ahmad Saiful Rijal Bin Hassan
Associate Research Fellow
Education
BA (Al-Azhar University); MSc (RSIS, NTU) Areas of Expertise
- Terrorist Rehabilitation
- Community Engagement
- Moderation
- Political Islam
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