Yijing Shen
Yijing Shen is a graduate student of M.A. in Asian Studies at Georgetown University and proficient in Chinese and Japanese. Her research interest is in politics and economy in Northeast Asia. With a strong interest in unpacking the dynamics of geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific through international reporting, she has previously interned at Reuters’ Beijing Bureau, South […]
Hana Soma
Hana Soma is a Master of Public Policy in Global Affairs candidate at the Yale University Jackson School of Global Affairs, focusing her studies on a wide range of themes in diplomacy, including US-Japan security relations in the Indo-Pacific sphere. Prior to attending Yale, Hana worked in the International Trade Division of the Ministry of […]
Alana Wilson
Alana Wilson will be interning with Pacific Forum during Summer 2025. She is a graduate student pursuing an M.A. in Pacific Islands Studies at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. She is driven by a passion for service toward others and dedication to promoting clean energy and understanding the role of climate finance in the Pacific region. She previously worked at the […]
Divya Rai
Divya Rai is working as a Research Associate at the Delhi Policy Group (DPG). She is conducting her research on the Indo-Pacific Maritime Geo-strategies of regional and extra-regional powers and regional architectures with particular emphasis on India’s role. Prior to assuming her current role, she had previously worked with the National Maritime Foundation (NMF), Maritime […]
Dongkeun Lee
Dongkeun Lee is a PhD candidate at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (SDSC) at the Australian National University (ANU). Before joining SDSC as a PhD candidate in February 2022, he served for three years as an intelligence officer in the ROKN. His thesis analyses the development of sea power in the Indo-Pacific region, focusing […]
Seongeun Lee
Seongeun Lee’s research interests lie at the intersection of interstate communication, crisis management, and emerging technologies. He has over seven years of experience working across various Korean government agencies, where he developed a strong interest in how states craft, convey, and interpret diplomatic signals. His current work explores crisis communication during the Second Taiwan Strait […]
Matteo Piasentini
Matteo Piasentini is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Political Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, and a PhD candidate in International Relations at the same institution. He holds a Master’s degree in Law with a specialization in International Law from the University of Padua (Italy), and previously served as an Officer at the […]
Tim Lawler
Tim Lawler is a PhD candidate in politics at the University of Auckland researching how U.S. presidents responded to terrorism prior to 9/11. In 2024, Tim returned from a year of research in the U.S. on a Fulbright Scholarship where he studied at Yale, Vanderbilt, and George Washington University. He currently also works as a […]
Jinwon Lee
Jinwon Lee is Ph.D. candidate of Political Science at University of Illinois at Urbana– Champaign. She served as a researcher at the Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security at the Korea National Diplomatic Academy and a research associate at the Korea Institute for National Unification. She was a 2023-2024 Hans J. Morgenthau Grand Strategy […]
Athena Tong
Athena Tong is currently a Nonresident Vasey Fellow at Pacific Forum. She also serves as a Visiting Researcher at the University of Tokyo and a Research Associate & Programme Lead at the China Strategic Risks Institute (CSRI), a London-based think tank specialising in geopolitical risk and economic security. She sits on the Advisory Board of NetMission.Asia […]
