Xiaoyi (Yee) Ze
Xiaoyi (Yee) Ze’s research interests include international relations, East Asian culture and history, Chinese diaspora, and international development. She holds a PhD in Asian Studies from the University of British Columbia and a MA from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Her PhD dissertation centers on East Asia international relations in the late nineteenth century, […]
Phuong Pham
Phuong Pham is a research analyst at Laber Labs, a machine learning research group based in the Department of Statistical Science, Duke University. His research interests lie at the intersection of international political economy and international security, focusing on how private actors shape economic statecraft instruments, and how firms’ commercial interests influence states’ security interests. […]
Sheewon Min
Sheewon Min recently graduated from Georgetown University with a Master’s in Asian Studies with dual concentrations in international political economy and politics and security. She is a current research intern at the Korea Economic Institute (KEI), where she mainly investigates ROK-ROC-PRC relations and U.S. alliance frameworks. While her regional focus is mainly on the Indo-Pacific […]
Chitrali Parashar
Chitrali Parashar is an Analyst with The Asia Group’s Japan practice. Before joining The Asia Group, Chitrali interned with the East Asia and Pacific practice at the Albright Stonebridge Group. In the summer of 2023, she broke new ground as the first foreign national to intern with the International Strategy Unit of Japan’s Digital Agency. Her […]
Oorja Tapan
Oorja Tapan is currently a Doctoral Fellow in Diplomacy and Disarmament at the Centre for International Politics, Organisation and Disarmament (CIPOD), School of International Studies (SIS) in Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She has been awarded the Network for Advanced Study of China (NASC) Fellowship at the Takshashila Institution, Bengaluru, India for 2024-25. Her interest […]
Shantanu Roy-Chaudhury
Shantanu Roy-Chaudhury is a foreign affairs analyst specializing in China’s relations with South Asia. He is the author of a book, “The China Factor: Beijing’s Expanding Engagement with Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bangladesh, and Myanmar” (Routledge, 2023). Shantanu has worked at the Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS) and the Centre for Air Power Studies (CAPS) think tanks in […]
Fikry A. Rahman
Fikry A. Rahman is the Head of Foreign Affairs at Bait Al Amanah, a political and development research institute based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. His research interests are Southeast Asian regionalism, maritime security and governance, small-state strategy, Malaysian domestic politics and foreign policy, and the politics and geopolitics of digital connectivity cooperation. Among the research […]
Olena Guseinova
Ms. Guseinova holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations from Kyiv International University, a master’s degree in security studies from Sogang University and a doctoral degree in international relations from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. Her particular areas of interest include survival of buffer states, behavioral patterns of rival great powers, evolution and change of […]
Aaron Jed Rabena
Aaron Jed Rabena is Senior Lecturer at the Asian Center in the University of the Philippines, Research Fellow at the Asia-Pacific Pathways to Progress in Manila, and a member of the Philippine Council for Foreign Relations (PCFR). He had served as Visiting Fellow at the China Institute of International Studies (CIIS), China Foreign Affairs University […]
Justin Kwan (CAN)
Justin Kwan (CAN) is a Senior Program Manager at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, a think-tank focused on Canada-Asia relations. At the Foundation, he leads the APEC-Canada Growing Business Partnership, an international development project focused on micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the Asia-Pacific. Currently, Mr. Kwan is managing a C$2.31-million expansion of […]
