Damien Cheong was formerly Coordinator, National Security Studies Programme (NSSP), S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Prior to that, he was Research Fellow and Coordinator of the Homeland Defence Programme at the Centre of Excellence for National Security (CENS) at RSIS from 2011–2017. He has researched and written on various topics related to national security, strategic communications, and political violence. His current interest is on emerging technologies in relation to national security challenges.