The EastWest Institute is proud to announce the establishment of its Asia-Pacific Fellows Network, which covers the regions of Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and Oceania. The first set of Fellows represent expertise and nationalities that span 16 countries, including Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Maldives, Micronesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Their diverse backgrounds extend through fields that range from finance to military, from cybersecurity to nuclear arms control, and from sustainable development to conflict resolution. This ever-expanding network of both established and emerging experts is intended to provide voices from within the broader Asia-Pacific region a wider platform for engaging the international community through their publications and interactions with EWI.

 

Rizwana Abbasi
Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, National Defense University, Islamabad

 

Rethy Chhem
Executive Director, Cambodia Development Resource Institute

 

Bernard Goonetilleke
Chairman, Pathfinder Foundation, Sri Lanka

 

Ananda Raj Khanal
Senior Director, Nepal Telecommunications Authority

 

Keiko Kono
Fellow, Government and Law Division, Security Studies Department, National Institute for Defense Studies

 

Khin Khin Kyaw Kyee
Lead Researcher and Program Coordinator, ISP Myanmar

 

Ronald Mendoza
Dean, Ateneo School of Government, Ateneo de Manila University

 

Jonathan Berkshire Miller
Senior Visiting Fellow, the Japan Institute of International Affairs 

 

René L. Pattiradjawane
President, Center for Chinese Studies-Indonesia

 

Adrian Phua
Managing Director, Stratagem Group

 

Dulyapak Preecharush
Assistant Professor, Southeast Asian Studies Program, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Thammasat University, Bangkok

 

Bhagya Senaratne
Lecturer, Department of Strategic Studies, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University

 

Sazali bin Sukardi
Senior Vice President of Strategic Research, CyberSecurity Malaysia

 

Brandon Jack Tara
CFO, Federated States of Micronesia’s Development Bank

 

Yongyuth Teerakul
Director, Plans and Organization Division of the Office of Policy and Planning, Ministry of Defence, Royal Kingdom of Thailand

 

Ahmed Thohir
Defence Advisor, Embassy of the Republic of Maldives in New Delhi, India

 

Jiang Tianjiao
Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Shanghai International Studies University

 

Tughral Yamin
Founder and Associate Dean, Centre for International Peace & Stability, National University of Sciences and Technology

 

Jackson Yuasise
Director, Trade and Investment, Prime Ministers Department, Papua New Guinea

 

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