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Block III: New Risks

The third course block on New Risks is conducted in cooperation with the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies of Nanyang Technology University, Singapore.

Prof. Andreas Wenger

is Professor of International and Swiss Security Policy at the ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) and Director of the Center for Security Studies (CSS). He is the delegate for the MAS ETH SPCM of the Department of Humanities, Social, and Political Sciences at ETH Zurich and is the MAS ETH SPCM representative. Andreas holds a doctoral degree from the University of Zurich.

Prof. Thomas Bernauer

is a Professor of political science at ETH Zurich. Thomas Bernauer obtained his PhD from the University of Zurich.

Prof. Lars-Erik Cederman

is Professor of International Conflict Research at the Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS). Lars-Erik received his PhD in Political Science from the University of Michigan

Dr. Myriam Dunn Cavelty

Dr. Myriam Dunn Cavelty is CRN Project Coordinator and Senior Researcher at the Center for Security Studies, Crisis and Risk Network (CRN).

Prof. Martin Killias

is Professor of the Law Faculty (Institute of Criminology) at the University of Zurich, Honorary Professor at the University of Lausanne, and Lecturer in criminology of economic crime at the HSW Lucerne.

Prof. Peter Neumann

is Professor of Security Studies at the War Studies Department, and serves as Director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR). Peter Neumann holds a PhD in War Studies from King’s College London.

Dr. Lorenzo Vidino

is TAPIR (Transatlantic Post-Doc Fellowship for International Relations and Security) Fellow at the Center for Security Studies. He holds a doctorate in international relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.

Dr. Hans-Peter Bauer

is Senior Advisor to the Wolfsberg Group and the Basel Institute of Governance as well as of international organizations and banks.

Prof. Michael Levi

has been Professor of Criminology at Cardiff University since 1991. And he serves as an advisor to numerous governmental and academic bodies and journals, including as a European Commission expert on corruption.

Nanyang Technological University

Prof. Bhubhindar Singh

is Professor at S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS). His research interests include the international relations of Northeast Asia with a special focus on Japan's security policy and international politics of Southeast Asia.

Prof. Emrys Chew

is an Assistant Professor at S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS). His research interests include the development and dynamics of arms trade networks in the Indian Ocean, the commercial connections between the supply of strategic goods and the sale of commodities, and the impact of arms transfers on military culture and colonial warfare in Indian Ocean societies.

Professor Lee Dongmin

is an Assistant Professor at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS). Lee's research interests include theories and practices of civil-military relations and security studies in Northeast Asia. He also pursues interests in comparative political economy that focus in particular on the politics of economic development and state theory.

Professor Li Mingjiang

is Assistant Professor at S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS). His main research interests include the rise of China in the context of East Asian regional relations and Sino-US relations, China's diplomatic history, and domestic sources of China's international strategies.

Professor Rajesh M. Basrur

is Associate Professor at S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS). His research interests encompass global nuclear politics, South Asian security, international relations theory and human security.

Professor Richard A. Bitzinger

is a Senior Fellow with the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), where his work focuses on military and defense issues relating to the Asia-Pacific region.

Professor Tan See Seng

is Associate Professor and Head of Research for the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (IDSS), a constitutive element of RSIS.

Prof. Alan Chia Siong Chong

is Professor at S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies. He has published widely on the notion of soft power and the role of ideas in constructing the international relations of Singapore and Asia.