Management
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 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 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 Li Mingjiang
Associate Professor; and Provost’s Chair in International Relations
Associate Dean (Academic Affairs); Head of Graduate Studies
Education
BA; MA (Foreign Affairs University, Beijing); PhD (Boston) Areas of Expertise
- China’s Diplomatic History
- Domestic Sources of Chinese Foreign Policy
- China’s Relations with East Asian Nations and the United States
- Asia-Pacific Security
- The South China Sea Disputes
- The Rise of China and Its International Implications
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Dr Paul Hedges
Professor of Interreligious Studies
Associate Dean (Scholarly Ecosystems)
Education
BA Hons; MA; PhD (University of Wales) Areas of Expertise
Interreligious Studies:
- Interreligious Relations in Plural Societies.
- Histories (C19th-today) of Interreligious Encounters.
- Theories of Interreligious Encounters and Dialogue.
- Interreligious Ethics.
Modern and Contemporary Christian Thought:
- Theologies of Religions in Global Context.
- Intercultural and Comparative Theologies.
Theory in the Study of Religion and Theology:
- Definitions of Religion and Debates around Postcolonialism.
Other Areas:
- Sacred Space, Religious Architecture, and Pilgrimage.
- Death Studies and Religion.
- Religions in East, South, and Southeast Asia.
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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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Mrs Ong-Chew Peck Wan
Head of Corporate Affairs
Education
BA Hons (NUS); MSJ (Northwestern University) Dr Ong Wei Chong
Senior Associate Fellow
Head of National Security Studies Programme; Deputy Coordinator of MSc (Strategic Studies) Programme
Education
BA (University of East Anglia, Norwich); MSc (IDSS, NTU); PhD (University of Exeter) Areas of Expertise
- Military History
- Strategic Studies
- War Studies
- Insurgency/Counterinsurgency
- Hybrid Warfare & Grey Zone Conflict
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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 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 Leong Chan-Hoong
Senior Fellow
Head of Social Cohesion Research Programme
Education
BSSc Hons (NUS); MA (University of Queensland); MSc; MSc (NUS); PhD (Victoria University of Wellington) Areas of Expertise
- Diversity and social cohesion
- Immigration and inter-racial relations
- National narratives and identity
- Human-environment interactions
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