Centre Staff
Dr Mely Caballero-Anthony
Professor of International Relations
Head of Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies
Education
BA Hons; MA (UP); PhD (HKU) Areas of Expertise
- Regionalism and Regional Security in the Asia-Pacific
- Non-Traditional Security
- Human Security, Comparative Politics and International Relations in Southeast Asia
- Conflict Prevention and Management, Human Rights, Democracy
- Human Security
- Migration and Protection of Civilian
- Responsibility to Protect
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Mr Christopher Chen
Associate Research Fellow
Education
BA Hons; MIR (University of Melbourne) Areas of Expertise
- HADR Landscape in the Asia-Pacific; Institutional Memory
- Human Rights in Asia
- Forced Migration
- Politics & Conflicts in the Asia-Pacific
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Humanitarian Technology
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Ms Chiam Shin Shing
Administrative Executive
Secretary to Head of Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies
Dr Alistair D. B. Cook
Senior Fellow
Coordinator of Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Programme
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
- Cambodia
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Dr Lina Gong
Research Fellow
Education
MA (Sichuan University); MSc (RSIS, NTU); PhD (RSIS, NTU) Areas of Expertise
- Non-Traditional Security Studies in East Asia
- China-ASEAN Relations
- China’s UN Diplomacy
- Peace and Conflict
- Human Security
- Responsibility to Protect
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Dr Noeleen Heyzer
Distinguished Visiting Fellow
Education
BA Hons; MSc (University of Singapore); PhD (University of Cambridge)
: NTS Centre

Dr Jonatan Anderias Lassa
Adjunct Fellow
Education
BEng (Widya Mandira Catholic University); MSc (East Anglia); Dr Ing (University of Bonn)
: NTS Centre

Mr Jose Ma. Luis P. Montesclaros
Associate Research Fellow
Education
BSc (University of the Philippines Diliman); MPP (NUS) Areas of Expertise
- Dynamic modelling of public policy systems
- Complexity
- Governance institutions and strategy development
- Small and medium enterprises (SME) and tourism development
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