Centre Staff
Mr Adrian Tan
Chief, Policy Research; Head, Special Projects; Deputy Director of Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies
Education
BA Hons (NUS); MA (Stanford University) 
Ms Anna Tan
Centre Manager, Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies
Dr Sarah Teo
Assistant Professor
Deputy Head, Graduate Studies; 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 Geoffrey Till
Adviser
Education
MA; PhD (University of London) Areas of Expertise
- The Development of Navies in the International Context, with Special Interests in the Asia-Pacific Region.
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Mr Tsjeng Zhizhao Henrick
Associate Research Fellow
Education
BA (Boston University); MIA ( Columbia University) Areas of Expertise
- International geopolitics and security issues in the Asia-Pacific region
- Security architecture in Northeast and Southeast Asia
- Role of discourse power and information operations in international relations
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Dr Pascal Vennesson
Senior Fellow ; Head of Research, RSIS
Professor of Political Science, University Panthéon-Assas, Paris II (on leave)
Education
MA (University Pantheon-Sorbonne, Paris I); PhD summa cum laude (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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Mr Zi Yang
Associate Research Fellow
Education
BA (George Mason University); MA (Georgetown University) Areas of Expertise
- Civil-Military Relations
- Military Disintegration and Defection
- Chinese People’s Liberation Army
- Chinese Intelligence History
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