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
Jack Crawford
Research Fellow
Proliferation and Nuclear Policy
Tom Keatinge
Director, CFS
Centre for Finance and Security
Dr Neil Melvin
Director, International Security
International Security
Wojciech Pawlus
Head of Countering Proliferation Financing Programme
Centre for Finance and Security
Dr Philip Shetler-Jones
Senior Research Fellow, Indo-Pacific Security
International Security
Emily Winterbotham
Director of Terrorism and Conflict Studies
Terrorism and Conflict
Fellows
Dr Aaron Arnold
RUSI Senior Associate Fellow, CFS
Centre for Finance and Security
Chris Batt
RUSI Senior Associate Fellow
Dr Stephan Blancke
RUSI Associate Fellow
The Rt. Hon. Alistair Burt
RUSI Distinguished Fellow, International Security
Andrew Cainey
RUSI Senior Associate Fellow, International Security
Simon Chelton
RUSI Associate Fellow, International Security
Emil Dall
RUSI Associate Fellow, CFS
Catherine Dill
Associate Fellow
Dr Bates Gill
RUSI Senior Associate Fellow, International Security
Dr Jürgen Haacke
RUSI Associate Fellow, International Security
Benedict Hamlyn
Associate Fellow
Dr Sari Arho Havrén
Associate Fellow - Specialist in China’s foreign relations
Dr Ashley Hess
RUSI Associate Fellow, CFS
Isabel Hilton OBE
RUSI Senior Associate Fellow, International Security
Professor Christopher Hughes
RUSI Senior Associate Fellow, International Security
Professor William Hurst
RUSI Senior Associate Fellow, International Security
Kayla Izenman
RUSI Associate Fellow, CFS
Paulina Izewicz
Associate Fellow
Dr Keizo Kitagawa
RUSI Associate Fellow, International Security
Dr Walter Ladwig
RUSI Associate Fellow, International Security
Professor David Lewis
RUSI Senior Associate Fellow, International Security
Erin Lubowicz
RUSI Associate Fellow, CFS
Clovis Meath Baker CMG OBE
RUSI Associate Fellow, International Security
Dr Orzala Nemat
Senior Associate Fellow
Catherine Nettleton CMG OBE
RUSI Senior Associate Fellow, International Security
Commodore (Rtd) Peter Olive OBE
RUSI Associate Fellow, International Security
Allison Owen
RUSI Associate Fellow, CFS
Raffaello Pantucci
RUSI Senior Associate Fellow, International Security
Charles Parton OBE
Senior Associate Fellow
Professor Alessio Patalano
Senior Associate Fellow; Professor of War and Strategy in East Asia, War Studies, KCL
Dr Samuel Ramani
RUSI Associate Fellow, International Security
Jonathan Rugman
Senior Associate Fellow
Henry Sanderson
RUSI Associate Fellow, Cyber and Tech
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