Assistant Professor
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS)
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Commentaries & Op-eds
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“What's Missing in the Debate Over Spheres of Influence,” Chatham House, March 17 2020.
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“Donald Trump and the Dangerous U.S. Addiction to 'Allies of Convenience',” Columbia University Press Blog, December 4, 2019.
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“The Case of Jamal Khashoggi: America’s Obsolete Alliance With Saudi Arabia,” RSIS Commentary, October 31, 2018. Reprinted in Eurasia Review, November 1, 2018; and Khmer Times (Cambodia), November 2, 2018. Expanded version reprinted as “Commentary: The Khashoggi Tragedy and America’s Obsolete Middle East Fixation,” Channel NewsAsia website, November 1, 2018.
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“Trump’s Ill-Fated China-North Korea Gambit,” RSIS Commentary, April 7, 2017. Reprinted in Eurasia Review, April 10, 2017; Channel NewsAsia website, April 11, 2017.
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​“Hillary Clinton’s Foreign Policy Paradox,” RSIS Commentary, June 21, 2016. Reprinted in Eurasia Review, June 22, 2016.
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“Reciprocal Salami-Slicing in East Asia,” RSIS Commentary, Dec. 18, 2015. Reprinted in Eurasia Review, Dec. 21, 2015 (co-authored with Harry Sa).
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"America's Dangerously Misguided Russia Policy," RSIS Commentary, March 16, 2015. Reprinted in Eurasia Review, March 18, 2015. Revised and expanded version reprinted as "America Needs to Tweak its Misguided Russia Policy," in Today (Singapore), March 20, 2015.
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"The Ties That Don't (Yet) Bind: India's Uncertain Role in the United States' 'Rebalance' to the Asia-Pacific," RSIS Policy Brief, June 2014 (co-authored with Harshita Kohli).
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“Dubious Deterrence in the East China Sea,” RSIS Commentary, June 5, 2014.
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“The East Asian Tinderbox: No Rules of the Game,” RSIS Commentary, Jan. 6, 2014. Reprinted in: Eurasia Review, Jan. 7, 2014; The Nation (Bangkok, Thailand), Jan. 9, 2014; The Jakarta Post, Jan. 12, 2014; The New Straits Times (Kuala Lampur, Malaysia), Jan 12, 2014; Australian Defence Force Journal, No. 193 (2014), pp. 102-104.
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“The Perils of Containing China,” RSIS Commentary, April 19, 2013. Reprinted in Eurasia Review, April 25, 2013.
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“Obama’s Second Term Foreign Policy: Nation-Building At Home, More Conciliation Abroad,” RSIS Commentary, January 4, 2013. Reprinted in Eurasia Review, January 10, 2013.
