Programme Staff

Dr Damien D. Cheong

Research Fellow

Acting Head of National Security Studies Programme

Education: BCom; BA Hons (Murdoch University); PhD (Monash University)

Areas of Expertise:

• Homeland Defence
• Strategic Communication
• Security Studies
• Political Violence and Middle East Politics

Entity: NSSP

Mr Choo Ruizhi

Senior Analyst

Education: BA Hons; MA (NUS)

Areas of Expertise:

• Small-State Security
• History of Colonial Singapore
• Environmental History of Singapore

Entity: NSSP

Ms Sandy Leong

Senior Administrative Executive

Entity: NSSP

Mr Lin Chung Ying

Adjunct Senior Fellow

Education: LLM (Tufts University)

Entity: NSSP

Dr Stephanie Neubronner

Research Fellow

Education: BA Hons; PhD (University of Western Australia)

Areas of Expertise:

• Socio-Cultural Identity
• Governance and Social Relations
• Influence of New Media

Entity: NSSP

Mr Joshua Ng

Associate Research Fellow

Education: BA Hons (NUS)

Areas of Expertise:

• Singapore’s National Security and its History, and Outreach and Education efforts
• Fake News
• Radicalization, Extremism and Social Cohesion
• The Internet Landscape of Singapore

Entity: NSSP

Dr Kumar Ramakrishna

Associate Professor

Associate Dean; Head of International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research; Research Adviser to National Security Studies Programme

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

Entity: ICPVTR / NSSP / RSIS

Mr Jansen Wee

Research Fellow

Education: BA Hons (NUS)

Areas of Expertise:

• National Security
• Military History
• Civil Wars
• Unconventional Warfare
• Terrorism

Entity: NSSP