Faculty
Dr Jaehan Park
Assistant Professor
Coordinator of 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 Park Kee Hyun
Assistant Professor
Deputy Coordinator of MSc (International Political Economy) Programme
Education
BA (Seoul National University); MA (Seoul National University); PhD (University of Maryland) Areas of Expertise
- International Political Economy
- Political Economy of Trade
- US Trade Policy
- Firms and Global Value Chains
- Firm Political Behavior
- Economic Sanctions
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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 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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Dr Shounak Set
Research Fellow
Education
MPhil (Jawaharlal Nehru University); PhD (King's College London) Areas of Expertise
- Strategic Studies
- Foreign Policy Analysis
- Emerging Technologies
- Nuclear & Outer Space Issues
- Arms control & Disarmament
- India, South Asia & Asia Pacific Security
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Dr Sinderpal Singh
Senior Fellow
Assistant Director of Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies; Coordinator of Regional Security Architecture Programme, and South Asia Programme, IDSS
Education
BA (NUS); MA (ANU); PhD (Aberystwyth) Areas of Expertise
- Indian Foreign Policy
- IR Theory
- Asia’s International Politics
- Regionalism in International Politics
- Indian Ocean Security
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Dr Sarah Teo
Assistant Professor
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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Dr Pascal Vennesson
Senior Fellow ; Head of Research, RSIS
Professor of Political Science, University Paris Panthéon-Assas (on leave)
Education
MA (University Pantheon-Sorbonne, Paris I); PhD (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 Yang Zi
Research Fellow
Deputy Coordinator of MSc (International Relations) Programme
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 Zhang Hongzhou
Assistant Professor
Coordinator of MSc (International Political Economy) Programme
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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