Faculty and Research
Dr Joseph Liow Chin Yong
Tan Kah Kee Chair in Comparative and International Politics
Senior Research Adviser to S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Education
BA Hons (Wisconsin-Madison); MSc (RSIS, NTU); PhD (LSE) Areas of Expertise
- Asia Pacific Security Issues
- Comparative Politics of Southeast Asia
- Muslim Social and Political Movements in Southeast Asia
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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
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Dr Mohamed Feisal Bin Mohamed Hassan
Research Fellow
Education
BHmnSc (IIUM); MA (IIUM); PhD (University of Melbourne) Dr Jose Ma. Luis P. Montesclaros
Research Fellow
Education
BSc (University of the Philippines Diliman); MPP (NUS); PhD (RSIS, NTU) Areas of Expertise
- Food security
- International political economy
- Political economy of development
- Complexity and dynamic modelling of public policy systems
- Governance institutions and strategy development
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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
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Dr Tamara Nair
Senior Associate Fellow
Head of Research Integrity and Data Management Unit; Coordinator of Projects (Women and Children in ASEAN Community)
Education
BA (NUS); MEnvMgmt (UNSW); PhD (UNSW) Areas of Expertise
- Decentralised Governance in Developing Nations
- Sustainable Development and Issues of Social Justice: Equitable Development in Local Communities
- Climate change, Natural Resource Management and the Role of Women
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Dr Joel Ng
Research Fellow
Head of Centre for Multilateralism Studies
Education
BA (Hons) (East Anglia); MA (Distinction) (Sussex); DPhil (Oxon.) Areas of Expertise
- Norms
- Regional Organizations and Architecture
- United Nations
- African Union
- ASEAN
- International Humanitarian Law
- Rule of Law & Governance
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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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Dr Ong Wei Chong
Senior Associate Fellow
Deputy Coordinator of MSc (Strategic Studies) Programme
Education
BA (University of East Anglia, Norwich); MSc (IDSS, NTU); PhD (University of Exeter) Areas of Expertise
- National Security
- National Resilience
- Applied History
- Military History
- Strategic Studies
- Insurgency/Counterinsurgency
- Hybrid Warfare & Grey Zone Conflict
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Dr Jaehan Park
Assistant Professor
Education
BA (Yonsei University); MA; PhD (Johns Hopkins SAIS) Areas of Expertise
- International Relations theory
- East Asian security
- U.S. foreign policy
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