Centre Staff
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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Ms Adilah Binti Anwar
Language Officer II
Education
BHmnSc Hons, Arabic Language and Literature (International Islamic University Malaysia) Areas of Expertise
- Languages
- Project management
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Mr Iftekharul Bashar
Research Fellow
Education
BSSc Hons; MSSc (University of Dhaka) Areas of Expertise
- Political Violence and Terrorism in South Asia
- Counterterrorism
- Assessment of PVE/CVE programmes
- Rohingya Crisis and regional security
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Mr Abdul Basit
Senior Associate Fellow
Education
BA (Punjab University); MSc; MPhil (Quaid-I-Azam University) Areas of Expertise
- Countering and Preventing Violent Extremism in Af-Pak
- Non-state violent actors in Af-Pak
- Radicalisation and Islamist militancy
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Mr Jasminder Singh S/O Bilveer Singh
Associate Research Fellow
Education
BComm (University of Southern Queensland); MSc (RSIS, NTU) Mr Saddiq Basha Bin Cekendar Basha
Research Analyst
Education
BSocSc Hons (NUS) Areas of Expertise
- Far-Right Extremism in Southeast Asia
- Online Hate Speech, Disinformation and Conspiracy Theories
- Global Far-Right Extremism in the Digital Space (Online Rhetoric, Networks, and Activities)
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Ms Nurrisha Ismail Fakirra
Senior Analyst
Education
BSSc Hons (NUS) Areas of Expertise
- Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) Analysis
- Political Violence and Terrorism in Southeast Asia
- Discourses on Religious Political Ideology
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Mr Imran Fariz
Senior IT Executive
Areas of Expertise
- IT and AV Support
- Event Management
- Webmaster
- Photography and Videography
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Mr Amresh Lavan Gunasingham
Associate Editor/Coordinator (Research Contracts)
Dr Mahfuh Bin Haji Halimi
Research Fellow
Education
BA Hons (UKM, Malaysia); MSc; PhD (RSIS, NTU) Areas of Expertise
- Islamism and Security Issues in Southeast Asia
- Political Violence and Terrorism in the Middle East
- Jihadist Rehabilitation & Revision
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Mr Ahmad Saiful Rijal Bin Hassan
Associate Research Fellow
Education
BA (Al-Azhar University); MSc (RSIS, NTU) Areas of Expertise
- Terrorist Rehabilitation
- Community Engagement
- Moderation
- Political Islam
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Dr Muhammad Haniff Hassan
Research Fellow
Education
BA Hons (UKM); MSc (IDSS, NTU); PhD (RSIS, NTU) Areas of Expertise
- Islamic Jurisprudence and Contemporary Issues
- Political Islam
- Islamic and da`wah Movements
- Moderation and Extremism Study
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Ms Lai Jie Ting
Administrative Executive
Areas of Expertise
- Event Management
- Administration Support
- Procurement
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Mr Ahmad Helmi Bin Mohamad Hasbi
Senior Analyst
Education
BA, Islamic Theology (AL-Azhar University) Areas of Expertise
- Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) Analysis
- Islamic Theology and Quranic Exegesis
- Countering and Preventing Violent Extremism in Southeast Asia
- Rehabilitation, Community Engagement and Aftercare Strategies
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Dr Mohamed Feisal Bin Mohamed Hassan
Research Fellow
Education
BHmnSc (IIUM); MA (IIUM); PhD (University of Melbourne) Mr Mohamad Imran Bin Mohd Noor
Language Officer II
Areas of Expertise
- Translation
- Languages
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Mr Raffaello Pantucci
Adjunct Senior Fellow
Education
BA (School University of Manchester); MA (King’s College London)
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Mr Rueben Ananthan Santhana Dass
Senior Analyst
Education
BSc ; MSc (Imperial College London); MSc (RSIS, NTU) Areas of Expertise
- Terrorist use of technologies (drones, unconventional weapons)
- 3D-printed firearms
- CBRN terrorism
- Terrorism and counterterrorism operations in Southeast Asia
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Mr Alif Satria
Associate Research Fellow
Education
MA (Georgetown University) Areas of Expertise
- Terrorism and counter-terrorism in Indonesia
- Organizational dynamics and resilience of terrorist organization
- Offline and online radicalization processes
- Patterns of collective violence in Indonesia
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Adlini Ilma Ghaisany Sjah
Associate Research Fellow
Education
BA (University of Indonesia); MIR (University of Melbourne) Areas of Expertise
- Terrorism in Indonesia
- Internationalization of terrorist movements
- Use of narratives by terrorist groups
- Southeast Asian security
- International Relations
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Dr Ghada Soliman
Research Fellow
Education
MA (American University); PhD (NUS) Areas of Expertise
- Political Violence and Terrorism in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
- Examining communication patterns among extremist groups.
- Propaganda and disinformation by terrorist groups in MENA region.
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Mr Okkie Tanupradja
Senior Language Officer
Education
BDesSt (Griffith University); MA (RMIT) Areas of Expertise
- Indonesian Straits Chinese heritage and social studies
- Inter-cultural studies
- Orientalism
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Mr Kalicharan Veera Singam
Senior Analyst
Education
BSSc (NUS); MSc (RSIS, NTU) Areas of Expertise
- Terrorist Ideology
- Political Discourses on Climate Change
- Research Methods and Interdisciplinary Approaches
- South and Southeast Asian Politics
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