Chhay Lim is a Visiting Fellow at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Institute for International Studies and Public Policy of Royal University of Phnom Penh. He is also an appointed Young Leader for the Pacific Forum International, and a Japanese Government’s MEXT scholar at Ritsumeikan University.
Choi Shing Kwok is Advisor with the ASEAN Studies Centre and Singapore APEC Study Centre at ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute. He was the former Director and CEO of the institute from 2018 to 2026.
Chong Ja Ian is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore. The views expressed are the author’s own.