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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Mr Adrian Tan
Chief, Policy Research; Head, Special Projects; Deputy Director of Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies
Education
BA Hons (NUS); MA (Stanford University) Dr Sinderpal Singh
Senior Fellow
Assistant Director of Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies; Coordinator of Regional Security Architecture Programme, and South Asia Programme, IDSS
Education
BA (NUS); MA (ANU); PhD (Aberystwyth) Areas of Expertise
- Indian Foreign Policy
- IR Theory
- Asia’s International Politics
- Regionalism in International Politics
- Indian Ocean Security
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Dr Adrian Ang U-Jin
Research Fellow
Coordinator of United States Programme, IDSS
Education
BA (Okanagan University College); MA (University of Calgary); PhD (University of Missouri) Areas of Expertise
- American public opinion
- American political parties
- US elections, campaigns and voting behaviour
- US congressional politics
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Dr Alexander Raymond Arifianto
Senior Fellow
Coordinator of Indonesia Programme, IDSS
Education
BA (Ripon College); MA (Brandeis University); MA (Johns Hopkins University); PhD (Arizona State University) Areas of Expertise
- Indonesian Politics
- Comparative Politics of Southeast Asia
- Islamic Politics in Indonesia
- Political Economy of Regional Autonomy and Local Level Governance
- Civil Society Organizations and Social Movements
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Ms Jane Chan Git Yin
Senior Fellow
Coordinator of Maritime Security Programme, IDSS
Education
LLB (Tasmania); MSc (IDSS, NTU) Areas of Expertise
- Regional Security
- Maritime Security Issues
- Regional Institutions and Cooperation
- Alternative Dispute Resolutions
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Dr Chang Jun Yan
Assistant Professor
Head of Military Studies Programme
Education
BSSc Hons (NUS); MSc (RSIS, NTU); PhD (University of Queensland) Areas of Expertise
- International Relations Theory
- International Security
- Critical Security Studies
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Dr Alistair D. B. Cook
Senior Fellow
Coordinator of Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Programme, IDSS
Education
MA Hons (University of St Andrews); MA (Purdue); PhD (Melbourne) Areas of Expertise
- Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response
- Peace and Conflict
- Asia Pacific Regionalism
- Foreign Policy and Internal Conflicts in the Asia Pacific
- Myanmar
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Mr Manoj Harjani
Research Fellow
Coordinator of Military Transformations Programme, IDSS
Education
BA (NUS); MA (NUS) Areas of Expertise
- Regulation and governance of critical and emerging technologies (e.g., 5G/6G, AI, chips, quantum technologies)
- Economic dimensions of national security (e.g., investment screening, export controls, sanctions, standards, supply chain security)
- Futures thinking and scenario planning
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Dr Benjamin Ho
Assistant Professor
Coordinator of China Programme, IDSS
Education
BComm Hons (NTU); MSc (RSIS, NTU); PhD (LSE) Areas of Expertise
- Security Multilateralism in the Asia Pacific Region With a Focus on Regional Institutions and Fora
- Chinese Foreign Policy and Ethical Philosophy
- National Security (Intelligence)
- Sociology of Religion
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Ms Ariel Tan
Senior Fellow
Coordinator of Malaysia Programme, IDSS
Education
BA Hons (NUS); MPA (Harvard University) Mr Muhammad Faizal Bin Abdul Rahman
Research Fellow
Education
BBA (NUS); MSc (RSIS, NTU) Areas of Expertise
- Implications of Geopolitical Competition and Digital Technologies to Hybrid Threats
- Influence and Information Operations
- Strategic Foresight, Intelligence and Counterterrorism
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Dr Daniel Balazs
Adjunct Fellow
Senior Research Analyst at the Institute for China-Europe Studies
Education
BA (National University of Public Service); MA (Tongji University); PhD (RSIS, NTU) Areas of Expertise
- International security
- Chinese foreign policy
- China-Russia relations
- China-Central Asia relations
- China and the Global South
- China and multilateral organizations, such as BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
- China-India relations, especially the China-India border dispute
- Belt and Road Initiative
- China-EU relations
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Dr Robert C. Beckman
Professor
Adjunct Senior Fellow
Education
LLM (Harvard); JD BBA (Wisconsin) Areas of Expertise
- Ocean Law & Policy
- Piracy and Maritime Security
- International Regulation of Shipping
- Marine Environmental Law
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Dr James Char
Assistant Professor
Deputy Coordinator of MSc (Asian Studies) Programme
Education
BA Hons (NTU); MA Distinction (NTU); PhD (University of Cambridge) Areas of Expertise
- Chinese Domestic Politics
- Civil-Military Relations in China
- China’s Military Modernisation
- The Chinese Civil War
- China’s Diplomatic Strategies in the Global South
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Mr Kevin Chen Xian An
Associate Research Fellow
Education
BA (University of Virginia); MSc (RSIS, NTU) Areas of Expertise
- U.S. foreign policy in Southeast Asia
- U.S. trade policy and economic engagement in Southeast Asia
- The politics of infrastructure investments in Southeast Asia
- ASEAN’s response to Great Power Competition
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Ms Artemida Fang Yuan
Research Analyst
Education
BA (William & Mary); MSc (RSIS, NTU) Areas of Expertise
- Revolutionary Warfare
- Geostrategy
- Post Soviet Studies
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Mr Iis Gindarsah
Research Fellow
Education
BA (Parahyangan Catholic University); MSc (RSIS, NTU) Areas of Expertise
- Indonesia’s military modernisation
- Indonesia’s defence economy
- Strategic thinking of Indonesian civilian and military leaders
- Defence diplomacy in East Asia
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Dr Xue Gong
Assistant Professor
Deputy Coordinator of China Programme, IDSS
Education
BPhil (NNU); MSc (RSIS, NTU); PhD (RSIS, NTU) Areas of Expertise
- China’s Economic Diplomacy
- Chinese Overseas Investments
- State-Firms Relations
- China-ASEAN Relations
- China’s CSR Activities
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Dr David Han Guo Xiong
Research Fellow
Education
BSSc Hons (NUS); MSc (RSIS, NTU); PhD (LSE) Areas of Expertise
- Foreign Policy Analysis
- International Relations Theory
- International Relations of Southeast Asia and the Asia-Pacific
- Foreign Policies of Malaysia and the Philippines
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