Faculty and Research
Dr Sarah Teo
Assistant Professor
Deputy Head, Graduate Studies; Coordinator of PhD Programme
Education
BComm Hons (NTU); MSc (RSIS, NTU); PhD (University of Sydney) Areas of Expertise
- Multilateral security and defence cooperation in ASEAN and the Asia Pacific
- Middle powers in the Asia Pacific
- Power in international relations
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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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Mr Julius Cesar Imperial Trajano
Research Fellow
Education
BA (University of the Philippines Manila); MSc (RSIS, NTU) Areas of Expertise
- Human Security, with Emphasis on Political and Economic Security
- Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response
- Ethnic Conflicts and Separatism in Southeast Asia
- Human Rights and Democratisation Issues in Southeast Asia
- Energy Security, Particularly Nuclear Energy Governance
- Traditional Security Issues in the Asia-Pacific, Particularly South China Sea Disputes
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Dr Karryl Kim Sagun Trajano
Research Fellow
Education
BS, MSc (University of the Philippines); PhD (NTU) Areas of Expertise
- Emerging & Frontier Technologies
- Public Opinion
- Technology & Disinformation
- Information Management
- Technology Management
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Dr Bich Tran
Research Fellow
Education
BSc (Griggs University); MSc (Ritsumeikan APU); PhD (University of Antwerp) Dr Pascal Vennesson
Senior Fellow ; Head of Research, RSIS
Professor of Political Science, University Panthéon-Assas, Paris II (on leave)
Education
MA (University Pantheon-Sorbonne, Paris I); PhD summa cum laude (Sciences Po Paris) Areas of Expertise
- Changing character of war
- Judgment and decision in war
- Strategic thought
- Case study and process tracing
- French politics, foreign and defence policies
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Dr Zi Yang
Research Fellow
Deputy Coordinator of MSc (International Relations)
Education
BA (George Mason University); MA (Georgetown University); PhD (RSIS, NTU) Areas of Expertise
- Civil-Military Relations
- Military Disintegration and Defection
- Chinese People’s Liberation Army
- Chinese Intelligence History
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Dr Xue ZHANG
Research Fellow
Education
BA (Nanjing University); MSc (NTU); PhD (NTU) Areas of Expertise
- Misinformation
- Information/Media Literacy
- Environmental Scanning
- Information Management
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Dr Zhang Hongzhou
Assistant Professor
Deputy Coordinator of MSc (International Political Economy)
Education
BSc (NTU); MSc (RSIS, NTU); PhD (NUS) Areas of Expertise
- Resource (food, water, fisheries) conflicts and environmental governance
- Emerging technologies, AI and Biotechnology
- Big Tech and International Political Economy
- Central-local relations in China
- Ideas and discourse in shaping resource governance and economic integration
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