Executive Deputy Chairman’s Office
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
Executive Coordinator, Policy Research; Head, Special Projects; Deputy Director of Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies
Education
BA Hons (NUS); MA (Stanford University) Mr Benjamin Ang
Senior Fellow
Head of Centre of Excellence for National Security; Head, Digital Impact Research
Education
LLB (NUS); MBA/MS-MIS (Boston University) Areas of Expertise
Areas of Research
Benjamin leads the Centre of Excellence for National Security in researching
- Cybersecurity and Digital Security
- Hybrid Threats and Foreign Interference
- Disinformation and Online Harms
- Social Resilience, Cohesion, Polarisation
- Radicalisation
He also leads the team researching Future Issues and Technology (artificial intelligence, quantum, space, energy)
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Dr Damien D. Cheong
Coordinator of Centre of Excellence for National Security
Senior Manager, Horizon Scanning
Education
BCom; BA Hons (Murdoch University); PhD (Monash University) Areas of Expertise
- Homeland Defence
- Strategic Communication
- Security Studies
- Political Violence and Middle East Politics
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Dr Alvin Chew
Senior Fellow
Education
BEng (NTU); PhD (Imperial); MSc (RSIS, NTU); ACE (MIT Sloan) Areas of Expertise
- Nuclear Governance and Architecture
- Nuclear Energy Developments and Reactor Technology
- Nuclear Security and Non-Proliferation
- Nuclear Emergency Response and Crisis Communications
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Mrs Ong-Chew Peck Wan
Head of Corporate Affairs
Education
BA Hons (NUS); MSJ (Northwestern University) Ms Helena Yixin Huang
Associate Research Fellow
Education
BA Hons (NTU); MSc (RSIS, NTU) Areas of Expertise
- Impact of digital technologies
- Digital rights
- Cybercrime
- Business and Human Rights
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Mr Drew Thompson
Senior Fellow
Education
MA (Johns Hopkins University) Areas of Expertise
- US-China Relations
- Cross-Strait Relations
- Taiwan Defence Transformation and Resilience
- Geopolitical Risk Analysis
- Simulations and Crisis Management
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