Programme Staff
Dr Frank Umbach
Adjunct Senior Fellow
Education
BA (University of Marburg); MA; PhD (University of Bonn) Areas of Expertise
- International Energy Policies and Energy Security
- Climate Change Mitigation Policies
- Foreign and Security Policies of Russia, the Caspian Region, Asia-Pacific (i.e., China and Japan), and the European Union/Germany
- Cybersecurity and Protection of Critical Energy Infrastructures
- Maritime Security
- Geopolitical Risks
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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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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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Dr Cung Vu
Visiting Senior Fellow
Education
BEng Hons (University of Sydney); PhD (Monash University) Areas of Expertise
- Emerging Technology
- Cyber Security
- Maritime Security
- Renewable Energy
- Energy and Water Nexus
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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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Ms Yvonne Yap Ying Ying
Associate Research Fellow
Education
BSocSci Hons (NUS); BA (Waseda University); MSc (University of Oxford) 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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