Faculty and Research
Dr Ong Wei Chong
Senior Associate Fellow
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
Deputy Coordinator, MSc (International Relations) Programme
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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Dr Pey Peili
Research Fellow
Education
BSc (NTU); MSc (LSE); PhD (University of Cambridge) Areas of Expertise
- Urban geographies of climate change
- Socioecological approaches: nexus of human-infrastructure and the more-than-human
- Environmental governance and ground-up movements
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Dr Kaewkamol Pitakdumrongkit
Senior Fellow
Education
BA (California State University, Long Beach); MA; PhD (University of California) Areas of Expertise
- International Negotiations
- International Economic Governance (e.g. WTO, IMF, AIIB, CPTPP, RCEP)
- Regional-Global Economic Governance Dynamics
- Free and Open Indo-Pacific
- Economic Development
- ASEAN+3 Financial Cooperation
- ASEAN Economic Community and ASEAN’s External Economic Relations
- Mekong subregion
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Dr Adhi Priamarizki
Research Fellow
Education
BA (Parahyangan Catholic University); MSc (RSIS, NTU); PhD (Ritsumeikan University) Areas of Expertise
- Indonesia’s Military Transformation
- Indonesia’s Defence Industry
- Indonesian Politics
- Digital Politics in Indonesia
- Civil-Military Relations in Southeast Asia
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Dr Kumar Ramakrishna
Professor of National Security Studies; and Provost’s Chair in National Security Studies
Dean of S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies and Research Adviser to International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research
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
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Dr Dipinder Singh Randhawa
Senior Fellow
Education
BA Hons; MA (University of Delhi); PhD (Syracuse University) Areas of Expertise
- Digital development in ASEAN
- Consequences of threats to multilateralism; Geoeconomics
- Integration in ASEAN
- Environmental Economics – the Blue Economy
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Dr Michael Raska
Assistant Professor
Education
BA (Missouri Southern State College); MA (Yonsei University); PhD (LKYSPP, NUS) Areas of Expertise
- Defence and Military Innovation – Theory and Concepts
Comparative analysis and net assessments of defence innovation strategies, technologies, and capabilities. - AI Revolution in Military Affairs – Strategies and Capabilities
Projecting the impact of AI and emerging technologies on international security and future conflicts; addressing responsible AI policy imperatives, challenges, and trajectories. - Cyber Conflicts and Digital Warfare
Mapping security challenges posed by the cyber revolution, ranging from military cyber operations to hostile information campaigns and digital warfare.
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Mr Mohamed Nassir
Head of Studies in Inter-Religious Relations in Plural Societies Programme
Education
BSc Hons (Staffordshire University); MA (SOAS University of London) Areas of Expertise
- Islamic Education
- Interfaith Studies
- Religious Extremism & Terrorism
- Salafism-Wahhabism – Exclusivist Trends in Religiosity
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Dr Leonard C. Sebastian
Senior Fellow
Education
BA Hons, Grad Dip Strategic Studies; MA (York University); PhD (ANU) Areas of Expertise
- Indonesian Politics
- Indonesian Defence and Security Policy
- Indonesian Foreign Policy Trends
- Political Islam and Militant Movements in Indonesia
- Indonesian Counter-terrorism Strategy
- Indonesian Political Economy and Decentralisation
- Singapore-Indonesia Relations
- Regional Security Developments in Southeast Asia with special reference to normative structures, the ASEAN Political and Security Community concept, and neo-classical realist approaches including the impact of domestic policy on foreign policy decision making
- Democratic Transitions in Asia
- Civil-military Relations in Asia.
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