David Camroux is Honorary Senior Research Fellow at The Paris Institute of Political Studies in Paris. In East Asia, he is a Visiting Professor at Yonsei University (Seoul), Keio University (Tokyo) and the University of Malaya (Kuala Lumpur). His previous positions at Sciences Po were as Director of Studies at the Centre des hautes études sur l’Afrique et l’Asie modernes (CHEAM), from 1994-1998, and Executive Director of the Asia-Europe Centre from 1998-2004. Prior to this, he held positions at the University of Paris 12 and the University of Paris 8 (St Denis). He was the founding European Corresponding Editor of The Pacific Review from 1994 until 2008. He is co-editor of the Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs. His interdisciplinary academic background in history and the social sciences has led to a research approach which draws on both comparative politics and international relations theories and methods. For his academic achievements, he was made a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Palmes académiques in July 1993 and a Chevalier de l’Ordre des arts et des lettres in May 1997.