Programme Staff
Dr Ong Wei Chong
Senior Associate Fellow
Head of National Security Studies Programme; Deputy Coordinator of MSc (Strategic Studies) Programme
Education
BA (University of East Anglia, Norwich); MSc (IDSS, NTU); PhD (University of Exeter) Areas of Expertise
- Military History
- Strategic Studies
- War Studies
- Insurgency/Counterinsurgency
- Hybrid Warfare & Grey Zone Conflict
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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 Deborah Koh
Associate Research Fellow
Education
BSocSci Hons (NUS) Areas of Expertise
- Unconventional Warfare
- Human Security
- Climate Justice
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Mr David Lim
Coordinator, National Security Studies Programme (NSSP)
Education
BSc (University of Oregon) Mr Arvind Rajanthran
Associate Research Fellow
Education
BSocSc Hons (NUS); MSc (RSIS, NTU) Areas of Expertise
- Singapore Foreign Policy
- Singapore National Security
- Great Power Competition in Southeast Asia
- Foreign Interference.
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Ms Yen Zhi Yi
Senior Analyst
Areas of Expertise
- Southeast Asian Politics
- Civil-Military Relations in Asia
- ASEAN Regionalism
- Regional Order
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