Centre Staff

Ms Nilam Binte Abdul Wahab

Course Executive

Entity: IDSS

Dr Adrian Ang U-Jin

Research Fellow

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

Entity: IDSS

Dr Ang Cheng Guan

Associate Professor

Associate Dean of S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies; Deputy Director of Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies

Education: BA Hons (NUS); MA (University of London); PhD (University of London)

Areas of Expertise:

• Cold War International History of Southeast Asia and The Indochina Wars

Entity: IDSS / RSIS

Ms Chaula Rininta Anindya

Research Analyst

Education: BSocSc (Universitas Indonesia); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Terrorism in Indonesia
• Radicalisation and De-radicalisation
• Civil-Military Relations in Indonesia
• Indonesia’s Defence and Security Policy

Entity: IDSS

Dr Alexander Raymond Arifianto

Research Fellow

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

Entity: IDSS

Dr Rajesh Basrur

Visiting Professor

Education: BA; MA; MPhil (Delhi); MA; PhD (Bombay)

Areas of Expertise:

• Indian Foreign Policy
• South Asian Security
• The Politics of Nuclear Weapons
• International Relations Theory

Entity: IDSS

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

Entity: IDSS

Mr Richard Bitzinger

Visiting Senior Fellow (4 November 2019 to 29 February 2020)

Education: BA Hons (Kalamazoo College); MA (Monterey Institute of International Studies)

Entity: IDSS

Ms Irene Chan

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BA (NIE, NTU); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Chinese Foreign Policy
• China-ASEAN and China-US Relations
• Regional Maritime Security
• China’s Territorial Disputes in East Asia

Entity: IDSS

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

Entity: IDSS

Mr Chang Jun Yan

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BSSc Hons (NUS); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• International Relations Theory
• International and Regional Organisations
• Democracy and Democratisation
• Critical Security Studies

Entity: IDSS

Mr James Char

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BA (NTU); MA (NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Chinese Domestic Politics
• Civil-Military Relations in China
• China’s Diplomatic Strategies in the Global South
• Chinese Nationalism as a Source of Political Legitimacy

Entity: IDSS

Mr Jonathan Chen

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BBus Hons (NTU); MSc (RSIS, NTU), MA (NUS)

Areas of Expertise:

• Political Parties of Indonesia
• State and Society in Indonesia
• Indonesian Ethnic Chinese Community
• Contemporary Issues of Timor-Leste
• China-Indonesia Relations
• Indonesia Foreign Policy

Entity: IDSS

Mr Cheong Cheok Hon

Centre Manager, Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies

Education: BSSc Hons (NUS)

Entity: IDSS

Mr Dedi Dinarto

Research Analyst

Education: BA (Universitas Gadjah Mada); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Indonesia’s Foreign Policy
• Indonesian Politics
• Local dynamics in the Riau Archipelago

Entity: IDSS

Dr Xue Gong

Assistant Professor

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

Entity: IDSS

Mr David Han Guo Xiong

Senior Analyst

Education: BSSc Hons (NUS); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Critical International Relations Theory
• International Politics of Southeast Asia and Asia-Pacific Regions
• Maritime Security Issues, especially the South China Sea Disputes
• Malaysia’s Foreign Policy

Entity: IDSS

Ms Wendy He

Research Analyst

Education: BA Hons (NUS); MSc (RSIS,NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• European Union Security
• Migration in the Mediterranean

Entity: IDSS

Mr Ben Ho

Associate Research Fellow

Education: MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Naval affairs
• Airpower
• Hybrid warfare
• Irregular warfare
• Light-infantry and special operations

Entity: IDSS

Dr Benjamin Ho

Assistant Professor

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

Entity: IDSS

Mr Shawn Ho

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BSc (SMU); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

•    Korean Peninsular Politics, Security and History
•    East Asian Security
•    ASEAN-Korea relations

Entity: IDSS

Mr Ho Shu Huang

Teaching Fellow

Education: BA Hons (NUS); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Military Sociology
• Civil-Military Relations
• The Military Profession
• Professional Military Education

Entity: IDSS

Dr Hoo Tiang Boon

Assistant Professor

Coordinator of MSc (Asian Studies) Programme

Education: BEng (NUS); MSc (NTU); PhD (University of Oxford)

Areas of Expertise:

• China’s Foreign and Security Policy
• US-China Relations
• China’s International Role
• Cross-strait Relations
• China’s Regional Relations

Entity: IDSS

Dr Collin Koh Swee Lean

Research Fellow

Coordinator of United States Programme, IDSS

Education: BEng Hons (NTU); MSc (RSIS,NTU); PhD (RSIS,NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Primary research interests: Naval Affairs in the Asia-Pacific Region, Especially in Southeast Asia and Focusing on Naval Modernization Issues
• Naval Arms Control
• Confidence and Security-Building Measures at Sea
• Offence-Defence Theory
• Concept of Non-Provocative Defence
• Nuclear Energy Development in Southeast Asia

Entity: IDSS

Dr Lee Jonghyuk

Assistant Professor

Education: BA (Korea University of Foreign Studies); MA (Harvard University); PhD (UCSD)

Entity: IDSS

Ms Lee YingHui

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BA (University of Reading); MIR (Peking University)

Areas of Expertise:

• Maritime security and cooperation in the Indo-Pacific
• South China Sea conflict
• Maritime trade and the blue economy
• China’s ocean policy
• Belt and Road Initiative

Entity: IDSS

Ms Melissa Levaillant

Visiting Fellow (4 November 2019 to 30 April 2020)

Education: BA (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne); MRes (Sciences Po Paris); MA (King's College London); PhD (Sciences Po Paris)

Entity: IDSS

Mr Ian Li Huiyuan

Senior Analyst

Education: BBus Hons (Queensland University of Technology); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Military History
• Cold War History
• Hybrid Warfare Theory

Entity: IDSS

Dr Li Mingjiang

Associate Professor

Coordinator of China Programme, IDSS

Education: BA; MA (Foreign Affairs University, Beijing); PhD (Boston)

Areas of Expertise:

• China’s Diplomatic History
• Domestic Sources of Chinese Foreign Policy
• China’s Relations with East Asian Nations and the United States
• Asia-Pacific Security
• The South China Sea Disputes
• The Rise of China and Its International Implications

Entity: IDSS

Mr Eddie Lim

Senior Fellow

Head of Military Studies Programme, IDSS

Education: BA (NUS); PGDE (NIE, NTU); MSc (NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• ASEAN Affairs
• Civil-Military Relations
• Strategic Studies
• Military History

Entity: IDSS

Dr Bernard Loo Fook Weng

Senior Fellow

Coordinator of MSc (Strategic Studies) Programme

Education: BSSc Hons (NUS); MA (ANU); PhD (Aberystwyth)

Areas of Expertise:

• Defence Policy
• Evolution of Wafare
• Strategic Theory
• Conventional Military Strategies
• Strategic Problems of Small Powers
• Problems and Prospects of Military Transformation

Entity: IDSS

Mr Keoni Indrabayu Marzuki

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BPSc (Parahyangan Catholic University); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Indonesian Defence and Security Policy
• Civil-military Relations in Indonesia
• Indonesian Politics
• Indonesian Military

Entity: IDSS

Dr Anit Mukherjee

Assistant Professor

Deputy Head of Graduate Studies; Coordinator of South Asia Programme, IDSS

Education: BA (Jawaharlal Nehru University); MA; PhD (Johns Hopkins University)

Areas of Expertise:

• Civil-military Relations
• Defence Reforms, Counterinsurgency and India’s Foreign and Defence Policies
• South Asia Security

Entity: GPO / IDSS

Dr Nah Liang Tuang

Research Fellow

Education: BSc (University of London); PGDip (NIE, NTU); MSc; PhD (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Politics and Strategy of Nuclear Armament and Disarmament
• North Korean Politics
• Non-Traditional Security

Entity: IDSS

Ms Sumitha Narayanan Kutty

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BA (Mangalore University); PG Dip. (Asian College of Journalism); MA (Georgetown University)

Areas of Expertise:

• Indian Foreign Policy
• India-Iran Relations
• India-Middle East Relations
• Western Indian Ocean Region

Entity: IDSS

Dr Hitoshi Nasu

Adjunct Senior Fellow

Education: BA; MA (Aoyama Gakuin University) ; LL.M. ; PhD (University of Sydney)

Entity: IDSS

Mr Jefferson Ng Jin Chuan

Senior Analyst

Education: BA Hons (NUS); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Entity: IDSS

Ambassador Ong Keng Yong

Executive Deputy Chairman, RSIS

Director of Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies

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

Entity: IDSS / RSIS

Dr Ong Wei Chong

Assistant Professor

Education: BA (University of East Anglia, Norwich); MSc (IDSS, NTU); PhD (University of Exeter)

Areas of Expertise:

• Military History
• Strategic Studies
• War Studies
• Insurgency/Counterinsurgency
• Expeditionary Operations
• Civil-Military Relations
• Media/Information Operations

Entity: IDSS

Mr Syed Huzaifah Bin Othman Alkaff

Associate Research Fellow

Education: B, Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Heritage Hons (International Islamic University Malaysia) ; MSc Strategic Studies (RSIS,NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Middle Eastern and North African politics
• Political Islam
• Islamic Jurisprudence
• Communication

Entity: IDSS

Dr Parama Sinha Palit

Adjunct Senior Fellow

Education: BA (Delhi University); MA (Jawaharlal Nehru University); M.Phil (Jawaharlal Nehru University); PhD (Jawaharlal Nehru University)

Entity: IDSS

Ms Amanda Trea Phua

Senior Analyst

Education: BA Hons (NTU); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• International Relations Theory
• Critical Theory
• Gender, Power and Security
• US-Singapore Relations
• United States Foreign Policy

Entity: IDSS

Dr Angela Poh Ming Yan

Adjunct Fellow

Education: BA (Marymount Manhattan College); MSc (University of Oxford); PhD (RSIS, NTU)

Entity: IDSS

Dr Adhi Priamarizki

Visiting Fellow

Education: BA (Parahyangan Catholic University); MSc (RSIS, NTU); PhD (Ritsumeikan University)

Entity: IDSS

Dr Michael Raska

Assistant Professor

Coordinator of Military Transformations Programme, IDSS

Education: BA (Missouri Southern State College); MA (Yonsei University); PhD (LKYSPP, NUS)

Areas of Expertise:

• Military Innovation: Theory, Processes, and Debate – Impact of emerging disruptive technologies and new types of armaments on military transformation and modernisation, particularly when it comes to new operational concept and new operating areas, especially in the maritime, air, and space domains;
• Security Conceptions, Strategic Trends, and Military Modernisation in East Asia: Regional approaches to military modernisation and its implications for the medium to long-term stability of the geo-strategic environment of the Asia Pacific;
• Information & Cyber Warfare: Cross-Domain Strategic Interactions – Implications of cyber and information warfare on international security; Long-range trends and developments when it comes to future warfare.

Entity: IDSS

Dr Johan Saravanamuttu

Adjunct Senior Fellow

Education: BSSc (University of Singapore); MA; PhD (University of British Columbia)

Entity: IDSS

Dr Leonard C. Sebastian

Associate Professor

Coordinator of Indonesia Programme, IDSS

Education: BA Hons, Grad Dip Strategic Studies; MA (York University); PhD (ANU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Indonesian Politics
• Indonesian Defence and Security Policy
• Indonesian Foreign Policy Trends
• Political Islam and Militant Movements in Indonesia
• Indonesian Counter-terrorism Strategy
• Indonesian Political Economy and Decentralisation
• Singapore-Indonesia Relations
• Regional Security Developments in Southeast Asia with special reference to normative structures, the ASEAN Political and Security Community concept, and neo-classical realist approaches including the impact of domestic policy on foreign policy decision making
• Democratic Transitions in Asia
• Civil-military Relations in Asia.

Entity: IDSS

Dr Sinderpal Singh

Senior Fellow

Coordinator of Regional Security Architecture 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

Entity: IDSS

Mr Nawaljeet Singh Rayar

Senior Analyst

Education: BEng (NUS); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• International relations theory
• Post-structuralism, critical theory
• Malaysian foreign policy
• Malaysia-Singapore relations

Entity: IDSS

Ms Zoe Stanley Lockman

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BA (Johns Hopkins University); MIS (Sciences Po Paris)

Areas of Expertise:

• Defence innovation
• Artificial intelligence and machine learning
• Emerging technologies
• Arms trade
• Defence industries

Entity: IDSS

Mr Jose Ricardo Sto. Domingo

Research Analyst

Education: BA (University of the Philippines Diliman); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Entity: IDSS

Ms Piya Raj Sukhani

Research Analyst

Education: BA (University of Nottingham)

Areas of Expertise:

• Critical theory
• Gender politics
• Symbiosis of religio-political discourse and subjectivities

Entity: IDSS

Dr Olli Pekka Suorsa

Research Fellow

Education: BA (Tallinn University of Technology); MSc (SOAS); PhD (City University of Hong Kong)

Areas of Expertise:

• Defence diplomacy
• Maritime security
• Military modernization and technology
• Security and defence in the Indo-Pacific
• Foreign and security policies of small powers

Entity: IDSS

Mr Emirza Adi Syailendra

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BSocSc (University of Indonesia); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Indonesia’s Foreign Policy
• Indonesia’s Defence Policy
• Indonesia’s Politics
• Southeast Asia and ASEAN
• International Relations in East Asia

Entity: IDSS

Ms Nurul Syazwany

Senior Course Officer

Entity: IDSS

Ms Ariel Tan

Deputy Head of Policy Studies

Coordinator of Malaysia Programme

Education: BA Hons (NUS); MPA (Harvard University)

Entity: IDSS / RSIS

Dr Sarah Teo

Research Fellow

Education: BComm Hons (NTU); MSc (RSIS, NTU); PhD (University of Sydney)

Areas of Expertise:

• Multilateral security and defence cooperation in ASEAN and the Asia Pacific
• Middle powers in the Asia Pacific
• Foreign policies of Australia and South Korea
• International Relations theory

Entity: IDSS

Dr Geoffrey Till

Advisor

Education: MA; PhD (University of London)

Areas of Expertise:

• The Development of Navies in the International Context, with Special Interests in the Asia-Pacific Region.

Entity: IDSS

Ms Tiola

Senior Analyst

Education: BPSc (Parahyangan Catholic University) ; MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Indonesian Defence and Security Policy
• Civil-military Relations in Indonesia
• Indonesian Foreign Policy
• Indonesian Politics
• International Relations theories

Entity: IDSS

Mr Tsjeng Zhizhao Henrick

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BA (Boston University); MIA ( Columbia University)

Areas of Expertise:

• International geopolitics and security issues in the Asia-Pacific region
• Security architecture in Northeast and Southeast Asia

Entity: IDSS

Dr Pascal Vennesson

Senior Fellow ; Head of Research, Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies

Professor of Political Science, University Panthéon-Assas, Paris II (on leave)

Education: MA (University Pantheon-Sorbonne, Paris I); PhD summa cum laude (Sciences Po Paris)

Areas of Expertise:

• Changing character of war
• Judgment and decision in war
• Strategic thought
• Case study and process tracing
• French politics, foreign and defence policies

Entity: IDSS

Mr Prashant Waikar

Senior Analyst

Education: BA Hons (NTU); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Party politics
• Racial and religio-political discourses
• Racialization and international politics
• Discourse analysis

Entity: IDSS

Dr Wu Shang-Su

Research Fellow

Education: BA; MA (National Taiwan University); PhD (University of New South Wales)

Areas of Expertise:

• Small States’ Security
• Security Issues of Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines and Taiwan
• People’s Liberation Army.

Entity: IDSS

Mr Zhang Hongzhou

Research Fellow

Education: BSc (NTU); MSc (RSIS, NTU)

Areas of Expertise:

• Food Security, Agricultural Policy and Rural Development,
• Water Security, China’s Approaches to Trans-boundary River Management
• China’s Fishing Policy and Maritime Disputes
• China’s Belt and Road Initiative
• Energy Security, Biofuel

Entity: IDSS