Faculty and Research
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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Dr Ong Wei Chong
Senior Associate Fellow
Education
BA (University of East Anglia, Norwich); MSc (IDSS, NTU); PhD (University of Exeter) Areas of Expertise
- National Security
- National Resilience
- Applied History
- Military History
- Strategic Studies
- Insurgency/Counterinsurgency
- Hybrid Warfare & Grey Zone Conflict
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Dr Jaehan Park
Assistant Professor
Coordinator of MSc (International Relations) Programme
Education
BA (Yonsei University); MA; PhD (Johns Hopkins SAIS) Areas of Expertise
- International Relations theory
- East Asian security
- U.S. foreign policy
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Dr Park Kee Hyun
Assistant Professor
Deputy Coordinator of MSc (International Political Economy) Programme
Education
BA (Seoul National University); MA (Seoul National University); PhD (University of Maryland) Areas of Expertise
- International Political Economy
- Political Economy of Trade
- US Trade Policy
- Firms and Global Value Chains
- Firm Political Behavior
- Economic Sanctions
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Dr Pey Peili
Research Fellow
Education
BSc (NTU); MSc (LSE); PhD (University of Cambridge) Areas of Expertise
- Urban geographies of climate change
- Socioecological approaches: nexus of human-infrastructure and the more-than-human
- Environmental governance and ground-up movements
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Dr Adhi Priamarizki
Research Fellow
Education
BA (Parahyangan Catholic University); MSc (RSIS, NTU); PhD (Ritsumeikan University) Areas of Expertise
- Indonesia’s Military Transformation
- Indonesia’s Defence Industry
- Indonesian Politics
- Digital Politics in Indonesia
- Civil-Military Relations in Southeast Asia
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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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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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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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Dr Leonard C. Sebastian
Senior Fellow
Education
BA Hons, Grad Dip Strategic Studies; MA (York University); PhD (ANU) Areas of Expertise
- Indonesian Politics
- Indonesian Defence and Security Policy
- Indonesian Foreign Policy Trends
- Political Islam and Militant Movements in Indonesia
- Indonesian Counter-terrorism Strategy
- Indonesian Political Economy and Decentralisation
- Singapore-Indonesia Relations
- Regional Security Developments in Southeast Asia with special reference to normative structures, the ASEAN Political and Security Community concept, and neo-classical realist approaches including the impact of domestic policy on foreign policy decision making
- Democratic Transitions in Asia
- Civil-military Relations in Asia.
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