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Crosswinds: Middle East Turbulence and ASEAN’s Next Moves 逆风前行：中东变局下的东盟应对之道

Crosswinds: Middle East Turbulence and ASEAN’s Next Moves 2026-05-06 8:00-9:30

Crosswinds: Middle East Turbulence and ASEAN’s Next Moves A30 partner venue, Singapore 新加坡A30合作场地

Crosswinds: Middle East Turbulence and ASEAN’s Next Moves English 英文

Guest Speaker 发言嘉宾

Prof Joseph Liow Chin Yong 廖振荣教授 (Prof Joseph Liow Chin Yong)

Dean, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Chairman, Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore, Wang Gungwu Chair Professor in East Asian Affairs, National University of Singapore 新加坡国立大学李光耀公共政策学院院长, 新加坡国立大学中东研究所主席, 新加坡国立大学王赓武东亚事务讲座教授

Prof Joseph Liow (Joseph Chinyong Liow) is Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and Wang Gungwu Professor in East Asian Affairs, National University of Singapore and concurrently, Chairman of the Middle East Institute at the same university. He was previously Dean of College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, where he was also Tan Kah Kee Chair in Comparative and International Politics, and Professor and Dean at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies. He held the inaugural Lee Kuan Yew Chair in Southeast Asia Studies at the Brookings Institution, Washington DC, where he was also a Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Program.

Joseph’s research interests encompass Muslim politics and social movements in Southeast Asia and the geopolitics and geoeconomics of the Asia-Pacific region.

Joseph is the author, co-author, or editor of 18 books, the most recent being Navigating Uncertainty: Our Region in an Age of Flux (World Scientific 2024), Islam and Political Power in Indonesia and Malaysia (Cambridge University Press 2022), and Dictionary of the Modern Politics of Southeast Asia, fifth edition (Routledge, 2022). A regular columnist for the Straits Times, his commentaries on international affairs have also appeared in New York Times, Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, CNN, National Interest, Nikkei Asian Review, Wall Street Journal, and South China Morning Post. He has testified to the United States Congress, delivered a special closed door briefing to the ASEAN Defence Minister’s Meeting, and been invited to give briefings to global leaders including former German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. In addition to scholarship and policy analysis, Joseph has also consulted for a wide range of MNCs including Shell, BHP Billiton, Morgan Stanley, Canon, Chevron, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Temasek, Total, Global Dairy Platform, Evli, and Equinor. He is a member of the Trilateral Commission and the Experts and Eminent Persons Group of the ASEAN Regional Forum, and sits on the board of several peer-reviewed academic and policy journals. Joseph is also on the boards of the Social Science Research Council (Singapore), ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute and the National Arts Council.

He holds a PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science, a MSc in Strategic Studies from the Nanyang Technological University, and a BA (Hons) in Political Science from the University of Madison-Wisconsin.

廖振荣教授（Joseph Chinyong Liow）现任新加坡国立大学李光耀公共政策学院院长、王赓武东亚事务讲座教授，并兼任该校中东研究所主席。在此之前，他曾任新加坡南洋理工大学（NTU）人文、艺术与社会科学学院院长，并担任陈嘉庚比较与国际政治讲座教授。此外，他还曾担任拉惹勒南国际关系学院（S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies）教授及院长。他曾是华盛顿特区布鲁金斯学会（Brookings Institution）首任李光耀东南亚研究讲座教授，并担任其外交政策项目的资深研究员。

廖教授曾撰写、合著或编辑过 18 本著作，最近的作品包括《驾驭不确定性：动荡时代的东南亚区域》（Navigating Uncertainty: Our Region in an Age of Flux，世界科技出版社 2024 年出版）、《印度尼西亚与马来西亚的伊斯兰与政治权力》（Islam and Political Power in Indonesia and Malaysia，剑桥大学出版社 2022 年出版）以及《当代东南亚政治词典》（Dictionary of the Modern Politics of Southeast Asia，第五版，劳特利奇出版社 2022 年出版）。他是《海峡时报》（The Straits Times）的专栏作家，其国际事务评论也常刊登于《纽约时报》、《华盛顿邮报》、《外交事务》（Foreign Affairs）、《外交政策》（Foreign Policy）、CNN、《国家利益》、日经亚洲评论、《华尔街日报》及《南华早报》。

他曾在美国国会作证，向东盟国防部长会议（ADMM）提交专项闭门简报，并受邀向包括德国前总理奥拉夫·朔尔茨（Olaf Scholz）在内的全球领导人提供简报。除了学术研究和政策分析，廖教授还为多家跨国公司提供咨询，包括壳牌（Shell）、必和必拓（BHP Billiton）、摩根士丹利（Morgan Stanley）、佳能（Canon）、雪佛龙（Chevron）、日本国际协力银行（JBIC）、淡马锡（Temasek）、道达尔（Total）、全球乳业平台、Evli 以及艾奎诺（Equinor）。他是三边委员会（Trilateral Commission）成员、东盟地区论坛（ARF）专家及名人小组（EEP）成员，并担任多家同行评审学术与政策期刊的编委。此外，他还在新加坡社会科学研究理事会、东南亚研究院（ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute）和国家艺术理事会的董事会任职。

廖教授拥有伦敦政治经济学院（LSE）国际关系学博士学位、南洋理工大学（NTU）战略研究理学硕士学位以及威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校政治学学士（荣誉）学位。