Denny Roy

Denny Roy

Senior Fellow, East-West Center, Honolulu

Denny Roy has been a Senior Fellow at the East-West Center in Honolulu since 2007. He specializes in Asia-Pacific security and strategic issues. His previous positions include faculty member in political science at the National University of Singapore.

A South Korean soldier stands at a checkpoint on the Tongil bridge, the road leading to North Korea's Kaesong joint industrial complex, in the border city of Paju on 24 June 2020. (Jung Yeon-je/AFP)

When giants fight, even the wisest Southeast Asian leaders are left helpless

Hawaii-based academic Denny Roy notes the growing tension between North and South Korea, as well as US relations with China and the rest of the world, and explores how these might affect the situation in Southeast Asia.