Dr. TANG Siew Mun
Head, ASEAN Studies Centre
Senior Fellow, Regional Strategic and Political Studies Programme
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS)-Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore
TANG Siew Mun is the Head of the ASEAN Studies Centre and concurrently a Senior Fellow at the Regional Strategic and Political Studies programme at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. His primary research interests are Asian security, ASEAN’s relations with the major powers and Japanese foreign policy. Prior to joining ISEAS, he was Director for Foreign Policy and Security Studies at the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS), Malaysia and Senior Lecturer at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. He has contributed to numerous book chapters and op-ed pieces in addition to national and international journals. Tang holds a B.A (Hons.) from the National University of Malaysia, a MA in War Studies from King’s College London, a MA in International Studies from the Claremont Graduate University and a Ph.D. from Arizona State University in Political Science.
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Academic Qualification
Ph.D. Political Science, Arizona State University
M.A. International Studies, Claremont Graduate University
M.A. War Studies, Kings College London
B.A. National University of Malaysia (UKM), (Honours)
Area of Expertise
Asian Security, ASEAN-Major Power Relations, Japanese Foreign Policy