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Fellowships Program
The Vasey Fellowship affords promising scholars from outside the US the opportunity to serve as researchers at the Pacific Forum to develop hands-on expertise on US-Asia policy issues and gain an appreciation of Indo-Pacific economic and security affairs and policymaking challenges.
Eligibility and How to Apply:
To apply for the Vasey Fellowship, please complete the Non-resident Vasey Fellowship online application form and include all materials listed below. All materials must be written in English. Any statement in your application that is found to be false will be grounds for disqualification.
Aung Thura Ko Ko is a resident Vasey Fellow at Pacific Forum, and previously worked at the Global Security Programme, University of Oxford.
His research interests include identity politics, humanitarian/international development approaches in conflict-affected situations, and security transition.
Aung worked for USAID/Burma for six years, liaised with the press, and spearheaded the Mission’s strategic public communication efforts.
Prior to joining USAID, he worked at the Myanmar Peace Center and Joint Ceasefire Monitoring committee, providing insights, leading peace advocacy efforts through press conferences, publications and public dialogue forums and observing a series of peace negotiations between the Myanmar government and Ethnic Armed Organizations. Aung worked as a journalist for four years since 2010 to promote press freedom in the country and provide reliable information to the people who have been living in the dark age of journalism for many decades under the military regime.
Aung, an Oxford Graduate Scholar, holds a Master of Public Policy from the University of Oxford. He is also a 2024 Salzburg Global Fellow on peace innovation.
