Faculty
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 Michael Raska
Assistant Professor
Education
BA (Missouri Southern State College); MA (Yonsei University); PhD (LKYSPP, NUS) Areas of Expertise
- Theories and Debates on Defence and Military Innovation
The diffusion of new and potentially powerful militarily relevant technologies – as well as the ability of militaries to exploit their potential – varies widely, conditioned by a range of organisational, conceptual, and operational challenges as well as varying historical path dependencies and strategic cultures. Accordingly, my research aims to develop conceptual frameworks for a comparative analysis of defence innovation trajectories, focusing on military-technological innovation that integrates conceptual paths, technological patterns, and organisational change. - Emerging Technologies, AI, Geopolitics, and Future Conflicts
The strategic competition for emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotics, quantum computing, novel materials, and others are creating a new set of conditions for the development and application of next wave of military transformations that changes the character of warfare, particularly in East Asia. My research focuses on the relative abilities of militaries to access and leverage new and emerging critical technologies, their likely progress in doing so, and the impediments they may face, ultimately with implications for security and stability in the region. - Cyber Conflicts and Digital Warfare
As conflicts increasingly evolve through the cyber and information domains, the centres of gravity – the sources of state power that provide moral or physical strength, freedom of action, or will to act – are shifting. The principal academic and policy challenge is identifying these shifts, while managing, and responding to potentially more severe, cascading, multi-level crises emanating from cyberspace to the physical and cognitive domains. In this context, my research focuses on the security challenges posed by the cyber revolution, ranging from cyber-crime to militarisation of cyberspace, to hostile information campaigns.
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Dr Evan Resnick
Senior Associate Fellow
Coordinator of MSc (International Relations) Programme
Education
BA Hons (York); MA; MPhil; PhD (Columbia University) Areas of Expertise
- International Relations Theory
- International Security Studies
- United States Foreign Policy, Defence Policy, and Grand Strategy
- Military Alliances
- Positive Sanctions and Statecraft
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Dr Leonard C. Sebastian
Senior Fellow
Coordinator of Indonesia Programme, IDSS
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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Dr Bhubhindar Singh
Associate Professor
Associate Dean (Academic Affairs); Head of Graduate Studies
Education
BA Hons (NUS); MSc (RSIS, NTU); PhD (University of Sheffield) Areas of Expertise
- Japanese Foreign Security Policy
- International Relations of Northeast Asia
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Dr Sinderpal Singh
Senior Fellow
Assistant Director of Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies; Coordinator of Regional Security Architecture Programme, and South Asia Programme, IDSS
Education
BA (NUS); MA (ANU); PhD (Aberystwyth) Areas of Expertise
- Indian Foreign Policy
- IR Theory
- Asia’s International Politics
- Regionalism in International Politics
- Indian Ocean Security
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Dr Sarah Teo
Assistant Professor
Deputy Coordinator of MSc (International Relations) 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 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 Zhang Hongzhou
Assistant Professor
Education
BSc (NTU); MSc (RSIS, NTU); PhD (NUS) Areas of Expertise
- Resource (food, water, fisheries) conflicts and environmental governance
- Emerging technologies, AI and Biotechnology
- Big Tech and International Political Economy
- Central-local relations in China
- Ideas and discourse in shaping resource governance and economic integration
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