Asia and the Pacific
Covering the region from Afghanistan to Australia we consider the economic, political, and military developments and their impact on global geopolitics and security, with the rising dominance of China and the nuclear threat posed by North Korea.
Countries and groups covered in this region
Our experts
James Byrne
Director, OSIA
Open Source Intelligence and Analysis (OSIA)
Joe Byrne
Research Fellow
Open Source Intelligence and Analysis (OSIA)
Jack Crawford
Research Analyst
Open Source Intelligence and Analysis (OSIA)
Tom Keatinge
Director, CFCS
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies
Dr Neil Melvin
Director, International Security
International Security
Wojciech Pawlus
Outreach and Implementation Manager
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies
Chandana Seshadri
Research Analyst, Counter Proliferation Financing
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies
Dr Philip Shetler-Jones
Senior Research Fellow, Indo-Pacific Security
International Security
Gary Somerville
Research Fellow
Open Source Intelligence and Analysis (OSIA)
Ino Terzi
Research Analyst
Open Source Intelligence and Analysis (OSIA)
Emily Winterbotham
Director, Terrorism and Conflict
Terrorism and Conflict
Fellows
Dr Aaron Arnold
Senior Associate Fellow; Former member of the UN Panel of Experts for DPRK sanctions
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies
Andrea Berger
Associate Fellow
Dr Stephan Blancke
Associate Fellow - Expert in foreign espionage activities and intelligence services
The Rt. Hon. Alistair Burt
Distinguished Fellow
Andrew Cainey
Senior Associate Fellow; Founding Director of the UK National Committee on China
Simon Chelton
Associate Fellow; Independent Consultant
Emil Dall
Associate Fellow; Former CFCS Senior Research Fellow, RUSI
Catherine Dill
Associate Fellow
The Hon. Alexander Downer AC
Distinguished Fellow
Dr Bates Gill
Senior Associate Fellow; Professor of Asia-Pacific Security Studies at Macquarie University, Australia
Dr Myong-Hyun Go
Associate Fellow; Senior Research Fellow at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies, Seoul, Korea
Dr Jürgen Haacke
Associate Fellow; Associate Professor in International Relations at LSE
Dr Sari Arho Havrén
Associate Fellow - Specialist in China’s foreign relations
Kayla Izenman
Associate Fellow; Former CFCS Research Fellow, RUSI
Paulina Izewicz
Associate Fellow
Walter Ladwig
Associate Fellow; Senior Lecturer in International Relations, War Studies at KCL
Sarah Lain
Associate Fellow
Professor David Lewis
Senior Associate Fellow; Professor of Global Politics, University of Exeter
Clovis Meath Baker CMG OBE
Associate Fellow
Dr Orzala Nemat
Senior Associate Fellow
Allison Owen
Associate Fellow - Expert in cryptocurrency and counter-proliferation finance
Raffaello Pantucci
Senior Associate Fellow
Charles Parton OBE
Senior Associate Fellow
Professor Alessio Patalano
Senior Associate Fellow; Professor of War and Strategy in East Asia, War Studies, KCL
Tom Plant
Senior Associate Fellow
Dr Samuel Ramani
Associate Fellow; Tutor of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford
Jonathan Rugman
Senior Associate Fellow
Juan Pablo Toro
Senior Associate Fellow; Executive Director of AthenaLab, Chile
Cristina Varriale
Associate Fellow
Tim Willasey-Wilsey CMG
Senior Associate Fellow
Amy Woolf
Senior Associate Fellow