Faculty and Research
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 Mohamed Bin Ali
Senior Fellow
Education
BA (Al-Azhar University); MSc (RSIS, NTU); PhD (University of Exeter) Areas of Expertise
- Islamic Studies – Shariah Law, Theology
- Islam and Politics – Islamist Ideology, Salafism and Jihadism
- Religious Violence and Extremism
- Inter-religious Relations – Islam and the Religious Other
- De-Radicalisation and Rehabilitation of Violent Extremist Offenders
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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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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 Ang Cheng Guan
Professor of the International History of Southeast Asia
Associate Dean of S. Rajaratnam School of International 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
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Dr Mely Caballero-Anthony
Professor of International Relations
Associate Dean (International Engagement); Head of Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies; President’s Chair in International Relations and 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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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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Mr Abdul Basit
Senior Associate Fellow
Education
BA (Punjab University); MSc; MPhil (Quaid-I-Azam University) Areas of Expertise
- Countering and Preventing Violent Extremism in Af-Pak
- Non-state violent actors in Af-Pak
- Radicalisation and Islamist militancy
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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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