Dr Bich Tran (pronounced “Bik Trahn“) is a Research Fellow with the Military Transformations Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS). Previously, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and a Visiting Fellow at the ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute.
She has also held non-resident or visiting fellowships with several non-Singaporean think tanks, including Verve Research (ongoing), the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), and the East-West Center (EWC) among others.
Dr. Tran holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Antwerp, Belgium. Her research expertise spans grand strategy, maritime security, cybersecurity, outer space security, and other issues at the intersection of geopolitics and technology.