Programme Staff
Mr Kaiser Quo
Senior Analyst
Education
BSc Hons (UoL LSE); MSc (RSIS, NTU) Areas of Expertise
- Defence Economics
- Public Role in Emerging Technologies
- Securitisation Theory and the Copenhagen School
- New Institutional Economics and New Comparative Economics
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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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Mr Nishant Rajeev
Senior Analyst
Education
BEng (Visvesvaraya Technological University); MSc (RSIS, NTU) 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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Mr Haridas Ramasamy
Associate Research Fellow
Education
BA (University of Toronto); MSc (University of Bath); MSc (RSIS,NTU) Areas of Expertise
- Grey zone and hybrid warfare
- Great power politics
- International relations theory
- International political economy
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Dr Pradumna Bickram Rana
Adjunct Senior Fellow
Education
MA (Tribhuvan University); MA (Michigan State University); PhD (Vanderbilt University) Areas of Expertise
- Regional Economic Integration
- Economic Relations between South and East Asia
- Global Economic Governance
- Global Financial Architecture
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Dr Dipinder Singh Randhawa
Senior Fellow
Education
BA Hons; MA (University of Delhi); PhD (Syracuse University) Areas of Expertise
- Digital development in ASEAN
- Consequences of threats to multilateralism; Geoeconomics
- Integration in ASEAN
- Environmental Economics – the Blue Economy
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Dr Michael Raska
Assistant Professor
Education
BA (Missouri Southern State College); MA (Yonsei University); PhD (LKYSPP, NUS) Areas of Expertise
- Defence and Military Innovation – Theory and Concepts
Comparative analysis and net assessments of defence innovation strategies, technologies, and capabilities. - AI Revolution in Military Affairs – Strategies and Capabilities
Projecting the impact of AI and emerging technologies on international security and future conflicts; addressing responsible AI policy imperatives, challenges, and trajectories. - Cyber Conflicts and Digital Warfare
Mapping security challenges posed by the cyber revolution, ranging from military cyber operations to hostile information campaigns and digital warfare.
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Mr Mohamed Nassir
Head of Studies in Inter-Religious Relations in Plural Societies Programme
Education
BSc Hons (Staffordshire University); MA (SOAS University of London) Areas of Expertise
- Islamic Education
- Interfaith Studies
- Religious Extremism & Terrorism
- Salafism-Wahhabism – Exclusivist Trends in Religiosity
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