Centre Staff
Mr Thomas Lim
Senior Analyst
Education
BSc Hons (University of London); MSc (RSIS, NTU) Areas of Expertise
- Military Technology
- Armoured Vehicle Fighting Operations
- Maritime Security
- Foreign Policy Analysis
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Ms Mei Ching Liu
Associate Research Fellow
Education
LLM (SOAS, University of London); MA; PgDip (City, University of London); LLB (University of Nottingham) Dr Bernard Loo Fook Weng
Senior Fellow
Coordinator of MSc (Strategic Studies) Programme
Education
BSSc Hons (NUS); MA (ANU); PhD (Aberystwyth) Areas of Expertise
- Defence Policy
- Evolution of Wafare
- Strategic Theory
- Conventional Military Strategies
- Strategic Problems of Small Powers
- Problems and Prospects of Military Transformation
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Dr Paco Milhiet
Visiting Fellow (9 May 2023 to 31 July 2025)
Education
PhD (University of French Polynesia, Catholic Institute of Paris); MLaw (University of French Polynesia) Dr Nah Liang Tuang
Research Fellow
Education
BSc (University of London); PGDip (NIE, NTU); MSc; PhD (RSIS, NTU) Areas of Expertise
- Politics and Strategy of Nuclear Armament and Disarmament
- North Korean Politics
- Non-Traditional Security
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Ms Sumitha Narayanan Kutty
Adjunct Research Associate
Education
BA (Mangalore University); PG Dip. (Asian College of Journalism); MA (Georgetown University) Areas of Expertise
- Indian Foreign Policy
- India-Iran Relations
- India-Middle East Relations
- Western Indian Ocean Region
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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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Mr Syed Huzaifah Bin Othman Alkaff
Associate Research Fellow
Education
B, Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Heritage Hons (International Islamic University Malaysia) ; MSc Strategic Studies (RSIS,NTU) Areas of Expertise
- Middle Eastern and North African politics
- Political Islam
- Islamic Jurisprudence
- Communication
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Dr Adhi Priamarizki
Research Fellow
Education
BA (Parahyangan Catholic University); MSc (RSIS, NTU); PhD (Ritsumeikan University)