Ja Ian Chong

Ja Ian Chong

Associate professor, National University of Singapore
Ja Ian Chong is an associate professor in the Political Science Department of the National University of Singapore. The focus of his teaching and research is on international relations (IR), especially IR theory, security, Chinese foreign policy and IR in the Asia-Pacific. He is particularly interested in issues that stand at the nexus of international and domestic politics, such as influences on nationalism and the consequences of major power competition on the domestic politics of third countries. He is also the author of External Intervention and the Politics of State Formation–China, Indonesia, Thailand, 1893-1952 (2012).

ThinkChina is an English language e-magazine with a China focus and powered by Singapore Press Holdings' flagship Chinese daily Lianhe Zaobao.

Get the ThinkChina Weekly Newsletter

Insights on China, right in your mailbox. Sign up now.

By subscribing, I agree to SPH Media's Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy.

Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. Co. Regn. No. 202120748H. All rights reserved.