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Google Scholar<\/a>\u00a0h-index: 26<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Citations: 3591 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Listed on Stanford University’s\u00a0Top 2% Scientists<\/a>\u00a0(2023, 2024, 2025)<\/p>\n

Professor of International Relations,
\nInstitute of Malaysian and International Studies (IKMAS),
\nNational University of Malaysia (每日大赛app), 43600 Bangi, Malaysia.
\nEmail: cckuik@gmail.com (preferred), kuik@ukm.edu.my<\/a><\/p>\n

Nonresident Senior Fellow, SAIS Foreign Policy Institute,
\nJohns Hopkins University
\nhttps:\/\/www.fpi.sais.jhu.edu\/cheng-chwee-kuik<\/a><\/p>\n

Academia.edu<\/a>\u00a0\u00a6 \u00a0ResearchGate.net<\/a> \u00a6 ORCID: 0000-0002-6318-085X<\/a><\/p>\n

Qualifications:
\n<\/strong>BPA (UUM), M.Litt. (St. Andrews), PhD (Johns Hopkins)<\/p>\n

Area of study:
\n<\/strong>International Relations<\/p>\n

Brief Profile:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Kuik Cheng-Chwee is Professor of International Relations at the Institute of Malaysian and International Studies (IKMAS), National University of Malaysia (每日大赛app). He is concurrently a nonresident senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. He is currently on sabbatical as the Japan Foundation 2025 JFSEAP Visiting Fellow (September 2025-February 2026) at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University.\u00a0Professor Kuik\u2019s research focuses on the external policies of small and secondary states, big powers in the Indo-Pacific, Asian security, and international relations. Cheng-Chwee is a regular invited speaker to international conferences and closed-door policy roundtables. His publications have appeared in such peer-reviewed journals as International Affairs<\/em>, Pacific Review<\/em>, Journal of Chinese Political Science<\/em>, Chinese Journal of International Politics<\/em>, Journal of Contemporary China<\/em>, Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs<\/em>, and Contemporary Southeast Asia<\/em>. He is author of\u00a0Theorizing Hedging: Explaining Shifts and Variations in Alignment Choices<\/em>\u00a0(Cambridge, forthcoming), co-author (with David Lampton and Selina Ho) of Rivers of Iron: Railroads and Chinese Power in Southeast Asia<\/em> (2020) and co-editor (with Alice Ba and Sueo Sudo) of\u00a0Institutionalizing East Asia\u00a0<\/em>(2016). Cheng-Chwee\u2019s essay, \u201cThe Essence of Hedging\u201d, won ISEAS\u2019s Michael Leifer Memorial Prize. He serves on the editorial boards of Contemporary Southeast Asia<\/em>, Australian Journal of International Affairs<\/em>, Asian Politics and Policy, <\/em>and several other international journals. He holds an M.Litt. from the University of St. Andrews and a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University. He has been listed in Stanford University\u2019s Top 2% Scientists, subfield International Relations, since 2023.<\/p>\n

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Research interests:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2013 International relations
\n\u2013 Hedging and weaker states\u2019 foreign policy behavior
\n\u2013 ASEAN and Southeast Asian security
\n\u2013 Malaysia\u2019s foreign and defence policies
\n\u2013 China-Southeast Asia relations
\n\u2013 BRI and geopolitics of connectivity-building
\n\u2013 Regional multilateralism and minilateralism in Indo-Pacific<\/p>\n

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Awards and Recognitions:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Stanford University’s\u00a0Top 2% Scientists<\/a>\u25aa 2023, 2024, 2025<\/li>\n
  2. Japan Foundation \u25aa JFSEAP Visiting Fellowship @ Kyoto University\u2019s CSEAS<\/a> \u25aa September 2025 \u2013 February 2026<\/li>\n
  3. The Asan Institute for Policy Studies (South Korea) \u25aa Visiting Research Fellowship \u25aa June-August 2025<\/li>\n
  4. Newton Advanced Fellowship(British Academy) \u25aa 2016-2018<\/li>\n
  5. 每日大赛app Excellent Service Award (Anugerah Perkhidmatan Cemerlang<\/em>), Malaysia \u25aa 2016<\/li>\n
  6. The Princeton-Harvard China and the World Program(CWP) Postdoctoral Research Associate Fellowship \u25aa 2013\/2014<\/li>\n
  7. KPT-每日大赛app Postdoctoral Fellowship Award \u25aa 2012\/2013<\/li>\n
  8. 2009 Michael Leifer Memorial Prize, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) \u25aa 2010<\/li>\n
  9. William and Marie-Daniele Zartman Fellowship, Johns Hopkins SAIS \u25aa 2009<\/li>\n
  10. Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation (CCKF) Doctoral Fellowship, Taiwan \u25aa 2008\/2009<\/li>\n
  11. Lee Kong Chian Research Fellowship Award, Singapore \u25aa 2007<\/li>\n
  12. SAIS Ph.D. Student Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University \u25aa 2006\/07 & 2007\/2008<\/li>\n
  13. 每日大赛app Faculty Development (Study Leave) Award, Malaysia \u25aa 2005\/06<\/li>\n
  14. Fulbright Graduate Study Scholarship \u25aa 2003\/2004 & 2004\/2005<\/li>\n
  15. ASIA Fellows Award (Asian Scholarship Foundation \u2013 Ford Foundation), Bangkok \u25aa 2002\/2003<\/li>\n
  16. 每日大赛app Excellent Service Award (Anugerah Perkhidmatan Terpuji<\/em>), Malaysia \u25aa 2002<\/li>\n
  17. British High Commissioner\u2019s Chevening Award \u25aa 1997\/1998<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Selected Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2026). Theorizing Hedging: Explaining Shifts and Variations in Alignment Choices <\/em><\/strong>(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming).<\/strong><\/li>\n
    2. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2026). \u201cActively Choosing Not to Choose: The Agency of Neutrality-Plus in Southeast Asia\u201d, in Patrick Kollner, Robert Patman and Balazs Kiglics, eds., Small State Agency: Analytical Perspectives and Empirical Evidence from the Indo-Pacific<\/em> (Palgrave, forthcoming).<\/li>\n
    3. Kuik Cheng-Chwee and Alex L. Vuving. (2026). \u201cThe Limits of China\u2019s Influence: How and Why Smaller States Defy whilst Deferring Selectively\u201d, in Steve Chan, ed., Gauging China\u2019s Influence Abroad: Theory and Practice<\/em> (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming).<\/li>\n
    4. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2026). \u201cAssessing Malaysian Neutrality: Is Hedging Still Possible in the Trumpian World?\u201d Trends in Southeast Asia<\/em> (Singapore: ISEAS – Yusuf Ishak Institute, forthcoming).<\/li>\n
    5. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2026). \u201cMalaysia\u2019s Bid for BRICS: Geoeconomic, Geopolitical, and Domestic Drivers\u201d, ASEAN Goes BRICS <\/em>(Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, forthcoming).<\/li>\n
    6. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2026). \u201cMalaysia Reassesses Security: Reviewing the Mid-term Review of Malaysian Defence White Paper\u201d, ISEAS Perspective <\/em>(forthcoming).<\/li>\n
    7. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2025). \u201cNarrating ASEAN Centrality, Unity, and Neutrality\u201d, in Faiz Abdullah, ed., ASEAN in 2025: Shaping an Inclusive and Sustainable Future<\/em> (Kuala Lumpur: Institute of Strategic and International Studies Malaysia), pp. 36-50.<\/li>\n
    8. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2025). \u201cMalaysia\u2019s Push for the ASEAN-GCC-China Summit: Connecting Past and Present<\/a>\u201d, Fulcrum: Analysis on Southeast Asia, 22 July 2025.<\/li>\n
    9. Kuik Cheng-Chwee and Abdul Razak Ahmad (2025). \u201cThe Geopolitics of BRICS+: Between (and Beyond) Institutional Balancing and Institutional Hedging\u201d, in Heiwai Tang and Brian Wong Yue Shun, eds., Towards a Future for BRICS+<\/em><\/a> (Hong Kong: Asia Global Institute and HKU Press, 2025), pp. 61-99.<\/li>\n
    10. Kuik Cheng, Chwee, Lai Yew Meng and Fikry A. Rahman (2025). \u201cAmbivalence in Alignment: The Politics of Malaysia-U.S. Relations\u201d, in Ann Marie Murphy, ed., Southeast Asia Views the United States: Perceptions, Policies, and Prospects<\/em> (Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield).<\/li>\n
    11. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2025). \u201cHedging as a Policy Without Pronouncement: A Tale of Three Defense White Papers<\/a>\u201d, NIDS ASEAN Workshop 2025: New Strategies in Southeast Asia? <\/em>NIDS Joint Research Series No. 22 (Tokyo: National Institute for Defense Studies), pp. 5-21.<\/li>\n
    12. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2025). \u201cBalanced Connectivity Building in Infrastructure Cooperation: A Southeast Asian Perspective<\/a>\u201d, in \u201cDevelopment as Strategy\u201d Initiative Report (New York: Asia Society Policy Institute), https:\/\/asiasociety.org\/policy-institute\/balanced-connectivity-building-infrastructure-cooperation-southeast-asian-perspective<\/a><\/li>\n
    13. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2025). \u201cThe DOC and Dispute Management in the South China Sea: Maintaining Dialogue, Maximizing Convergences<\/a>\u201d, in Yanjun Guo and Sothirak Pou, eds, Sustainable Peace of the South China Sea: The 20th<\/sup> Anniversary of Signing the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea<\/em> (Singapore: World Scientific), pp. 193-208, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1142\/9789811296031_0010<\/a><\/li>\n
    14. Kuik Cheng-Chwee and Nur Shahadah Jamil (2024). \u201cThe Feasibility and Future of Middle-state Hedging\u201d, East Asian Policy<\/em>, Vol. 16, No. 4 (October-December), pp. 7-28.<\/li>\n
    15. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2024). \u201cTilting Towards Beijing? Malaysia\u2019s Relations with China after Li Qiang\u2019s Visit<\/a>\u201d, Carnegie China (Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, July 8).<\/li>\n
    16. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2024). \u201cImpossible Trinity Drives Prudent Hedging in Southeast Asia\u201d, East Asia Forum<\/em>, Vol. 16, No. 2 (April-June 2024), pp. 15-16, https:\/\/eastasiaforum.org\/quarterlies\/remaking-supply-chains\/<\/a><\/li>\n
    17. Kuik Cheng-Chwee and Guido Benny (2024). \u201cLinking Local Insights to Global IR: Locating Malaysian Contours and Contributions<\/a>\u201d, Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs <\/em>(June), https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/18681034241246014<\/a><\/li>\n
    18. Chanintira na\u00a0Thalang,Ja Ian Chong,\u00a0Thuy Thi Do,\u00a0Herman Joseph S Kraft,\u00a0Cheng-Chwee Kuik,\u00a0I Gede Wahyu Wicaksana,\u00a0Vannarith Chheang,\u00a0Yohanes William Santoso,\u00a0Guido Benny (2024). \u201cThe State of the Discipline: How Far Along Are We in Developing an IR Theory Based on Southeast Asia\u2019s Experiences<\/a>\u201d, International Studies Perspectives <\/em>(June), https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/isp\/ekae009<\/a><\/li>\n
    19. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2024). \u201cNew Leader, New Approach to China?<\/a>\u201d Carnegie China<\/em> (Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, May 23).<\/li>\n
    20. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2024). \u201cThe Belt and Road Initiative at 10: Regional Perspectives on China\u2019s Evolving Approach\u201d, CSIS Interpret: China<\/em> (Washington, DC: Center for Strategic and International Studies, May 9).<\/li>\n
    21. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2024). \u201cExplaining Hedging: The Case of Malaysian Equidistance<\/a>\u201d, Contemporary Southeast Asia <\/em>46 (1), pp. 43-76.<\/li>\n
    22. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2024). \u201cSoutheast Asian Responses to the U.S.-China Tech Competition: Hedging and Economy-Security Tradeoffs<\/a>\u201d, Journal of Chinese Political Science<\/em>.<\/li>\n
    23. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2023). \u201c<\/strong>Malaysian Conceptions of International Order: Paradoxes of Small-State Pragmatism<\/a>\u201d, International Affairs 99 (4), pp. 1477-1497.<\/em><\/li>\n
    24. Kuik Cheng-Chwee and Zikri Rosli (2023). \u201cLaos-China Infrastructure Cooperation: Legitimation and the Limits of Host-country Agency<\/a>\u201d, Journal of Contemporary East Asia Studies <\/em>(November), DOI: 10.1080\/24761028.2023.2274236<\/li>\n
    25. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2023 \u201c<\/strong>Navigating the Narratives of Indo-Pacific: \u2018Rules\u2019, \u2018Like-mindedness\u2019, and \u2018De-risking\u2019 in the Eyes of Southeast Asia<\/a>\u201d<\/strong>,<\/strong> Georgetown Journal of Asian Affairs 9 (August), pp. 51-56.<\/em><\/li>\n
    26. Kuik Cheng-Chwee and Lai Yew Meng (2023). \u201c<\/strong>Deference and Defiance in Malaysia\u2019s China Policy: Determinants of a Dualistic Diplomacy<\/a>\u201d<\/strong>, <\/strong>International Journal of Asian Studies (Cambridge University Press).<\/em><\/li>\n
    27. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2023). \u201cAdvancing ASEAN-Centric Connectivity Cooperation: Inclusivity, Impartiality, Integrativity\u201d, in Towards Open and Inclusive Regionalism<\/em>, edited by Sarah Teo, Rocky Intan, and Joel Ng (Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta), pp. 40-45.<\/li>\n
    28. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2023). \u201cActive Neutrality: Malaysia in the Middle of U.S.-China Competition<\/a>\u201d, United States Institute of Peace, October.<\/li>\n
    29. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2023). \u201cDiscussant Comments\u201d, in India in Asia: Deeper Engagement, edited by Rakesh Mohan (New Delhi, CSEP), pp. 128-130.<\/li>\n
    30. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2023). (with Matt Ferchen) \u201cEU-ASEAN Trade, Investment, and Connectivity Cooperation<\/a>\u201d, in Lizza Bomassi, ed., Reimagining EU-ASEAN Relations: Challenges and Opportunities <\/em>(Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace).<\/li>\n
    31. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2023). \u201cBinary Trap Threatens ASEAN\u2019s Hedging Role<\/a>,\u201d East Asia Forum, <\/em>August 1.<\/li>\n
    32. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2023). \u201cSoutheast Asia Hedges Between Feasibility and Desirability<\/a>,\u201d East Asia Forum, <\/em>July 4.<\/li>\n
    33. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2023). (with Fikry Abd Rahman).\u00a0\u201c<\/strong>ASEAN\u2019s Dialogue Mechanisms: Institutionalizing ASEAN Centrality<\/a>\u201d<\/strong>,<\/strong> in J\u00f6rn Dosch and Frederick Kliem, eds.,\u00a0The Elgar Companion to ASEAN (Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar), pp. 177-195.<\/em><\/li>\n
    34. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2022). \u201cHedging via Institutions: ASEAN-led Multilateralism in the Age of the Indo-Pacific<\/a>\u201d, Asian Journal of Peacebuilding<\/em>, Vol. 10, No. 2 (December), pp. 355-386.<\/li>\n
    35. Kuik Cheng-Chwee and Chen-Dong Tso (2022). \u201cHedging in Non-Traditional Security: The Case of Vietnam\u2019s Disaster Response Cooperation<\/a>\u201d, Chinese Journal of International Politics<\/em> (October), pp. 1-21.<\/li>\n
    36. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2022). \u201cShades of Grey: Riskification and Hedging in the Indo-Pacific<\/a>\u201d, The Pacific Review<\/em>, Vol. 35 (September), pp. 1-35.<\/li>\n
    37. Kuik Cheng-Chwee, Abdul Razak Ahmad, and Ayman Rashdan Wong) \u201cMalaysia and Northeast Asia: What Drives Small-State Forward Diplomacy<\/a>\u201d, Issues and Studies<\/em>, Vol. 58, No. 3 (September), pp. 1-42.<\/li>\n
    38. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2022). \u201cThe November 2022 Summits: A View from Southeast Asia\u201d, TheAsanForum, https:\/\/theasanforum.org\/a-view-from-southeast-asia\/<\/em><\/li>\n
    39. Kuik Cheng-Chwee and Abdul Razak Ahmad (2022). \u201cSoutheast Asia-U.S. Relations in the Indo-Pacific Era: Navigating Promises and Pitfalls across the Twin Chessboards\u201d, in Gilbert Rozman, ed., Joint U.S.-Korea Academic Studies 2022,<\/em> 33 (Washington, DC: Korea Economic Institute of America), pp. 49-70.<\/li>\n
    40. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2022). \u201cSoutheast Asian States and ASEAN: A Center of Courtships and Cooperation\u201d, in David Shambaugh, ed., The International Relations of Asia, <\/em>3rd<\/sup> edition (Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield), pp. 189-227.<\/li>\n
    41. Kuik Cheng-Chwee and Paul Evans (2022). \u201cASEAN and Ukraine: Non-Alignment via Multi-Alignment\u201d, TI Observer, <\/em> 21 (July) pp. 23-29.<\/li>\n
    42. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2022). \u201cLocating Host-Country Agency and Hedging in Infrastructure Cooperation\u201d, in Seth Schindler and Jessica DiCarlo, eds., The Rise of the Infrastructure State: How US-China Rivalry Shapes Politics and Place Worldwide<\/em> (Bristol: Bristol University Press), pp. 194-210.<\/li>\n
    43. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2022). \u201cThe Politics of Thailand-China Railway Cooperation: Domestic Determinants of Smaller State BRI Engagement<\/a>\u201d, in Suthiphand Chirathivat, Buddhagarn\u00a0Rutchatorn, Anupama Devendrakumar, eds., China\u2019s Belt and Road Initiative in ASEAN: Growing Presence, Recent Progress, and Future Challenges<\/em> (Singapore: World Scientific), pp. 223-250.<\/li>\n
    44. Kuik Cheng-Chwee and Thomas Daniel (2022). \u201cMalaysia\u2019s Relations with the United States and China: Asymmetries (and Anxieties) Amplified<\/a>\u201d, Southeast Asian Affairs 2022<\/em>, pp. 211-231.<\/li>\n
    45. Kuik Cheng-Chwee, Abdul Razak Ahmad and Lai Yew Meng (2022). \u201cFinland and Sweden Today, Southeast Asia Tomorrow?\u201d, ThinkChina, <\/em> 21 (June 9), https:\/\/www.thinkchina.sg\/finland-and-sweden-today-southeast-asia-tomorrow<\/a><\/li>\n
    46. Lai Yew Meng, Kuik Cheng-Chwee, and Amy Azuan Abdullah (2021). \u201cPulau Layang-Layang in Malaysia\u2019s South China Sea Policy: Sovereignty Meets Geopolitical Reality amid China-U.S. Rivalry<\/a>\u201d, International Journal of China Studies<\/em>, Vol. 12, No. 2 (December), 189-222.<\/li>\n
    47. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2021). \u201cGetting Hedging Right: A Small State Perspective<\/a>\u201d, China International Strategy Review<\/em>, December, 1-16.<\/li>\n
    48. Kuik Cheng-Chwee and Abdul Razak Ahmad (2021). \u201cMalaysia\u2019s Resilient (but Ambiguous) Partnership with the United States: The Dilemmas of Smaller States in the Indo-Pacific Era<\/a>\u201d, Asia Policy<\/em>, October, pp. 86-95.<\/li>\n
    49. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2021). \u201cLaos\u2019 Enthusiastic Embrace of China\u2019s Belt and Road Initiative<\/a>\u201d, Asian Perspective, <\/em> 45, No. 4, pp. 735-759.<\/li>\n
    50. Abdul Razak Ahmad, Kuik Cheng-Chwee, and Lai Yew Meng (2021). \u201cPLA Overflight near Malaysian Airspace: A Precarious Provocation\u201d, Fulcrum: Analysis on Southeast Asia<\/em>, June 30.<\/li>\n
    51. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2021). \u201cAsymmetry and Authority: Theorizing Southeast Asian Responses to China\u2019s Belt and Road Initiative<\/a>\u201d, Asian Perspective, <\/em> 45, No. 2, pp. 255-276.<\/li>\n
    52. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2021). \u201cMalaysia\u2019s Fluctuating Engagement with China\u2019s Belt and Road Initiative: Leveraging Asymmetry, Legitimizing Authority<\/a>\u201d, Asian Perspective, <\/em> 45, No. 2, pp. 421-444.<\/li>\n
    53. Kuik Cheng-Chwee and Lai Yew Meng (2021). \u201cStructural Sources of Malaysia\u2019s South China Sea Policy: Power Uncertainties and Small-State Hedging<\/a>\u201d, Australian Journal of International Affairs, <\/em> 75, No. 3, DOI:10.1080\/10357718.2020.1856329<\/li>\n
    54. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2021). \u201cThe Twin Chessboards of US-China Rivalry: Impact on Geostrategic Supply and Demand in Post-Pandemic Asia<\/a>\u201d, Asian Perspective, <\/em> 45, No. 1, pp. 157-176. (ISI-indexed)<\/em><\/li>\n
    55. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2021). \u201cIrresistible Inducement? Assessing China\u2019s Belt and Road Initiative in Southeast Asia<\/a>\u201d, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)\u2019s Asia-Unbound, <\/em>June 15.<\/li>\n
    56. Kuik Cheng-Chwee, Abdul Razak Ahmad, and Khor Swee Kheng (2021). \u201cMalaysia-US Relations and the Biden Administration: Mapping Excitement, Managing Expectations\u201d, ISEAS Perspective<\/em>, April 16.<\/li>\n
    57. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2021). \u201cElite Legitimation and the Agency of the Host Country: Evidence from Laos, Malaysia, and Thailand\u2019s BRI Engagement\u201d, in Florian Schneider, ed., Global Perspectives on the Belt and Road Initiative<\/em> (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press), pp. 217-244.<\/li>\n
    58. David M. Lampton, Selina Ho, and Cheng-Chwee Kuik (2020). Rivers of Iron: Railroads and Chinese Power in Southeast Asia<\/em><\/a>. Oakland, CA: University of California Press.<\/li>\n
    59. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2020). \u201cHedging in Post-Pandemic Asia: What, How, and Why<\/a>\u201d, The Asan Forum: An Online Journal, <\/em>June 6,<\/li>\n
    60. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2020). \u201cConnectivity and Gaps: The Bridging Links and Missed Links of China\u2019s BRI in Southeast Asia,\u201d in Maria Adele Carrai, Jean-Christophe DeFraigne, and Jan Wouters, eds. The Belt and Road Initiative and Global Governance. <\/em>Northampton, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, pp. 76-95.<\/li>\n
    61. Kuik Cheng-Chwee and Hoo Chiew Ping (2020). \u201cThe Bilateral-Multilateral Nexus in the New Southern Policy,\u201d The Asan Forum: An Online Journal <\/em>(January 7).<\/li>\n
    62. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2020). \u201cMapping Malaysia in the Evolving Indo-Pacific Construct,\u201d CSCAP Regional Security Outlook 2020 <\/em>(Canberra: Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific).<\/li>\n
    63. BA Hamzah and Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2019). \u201cThe Making of Defence White Paper\u201d, New Straits Times <\/em>(December 7).<\/li>\n
    64. Ngeow Chow Bing and Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2019). \u201c4th<\/sup> breakthrough in Malaysia-China relations,\u201d New Straits Times <\/em>(April 24).<\/li>\n
    65. Kuik Cheng-Chwee and Liew Chin Tong (2018). \u201cDecoding the Mahathir Doctrine,\u201d The Interpreter <\/em>(August 20).<\/li>\n
    66. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2018). \u201cOpening a Strategic Pandora\u2019s Jar? US-China Uncertainties and the Three Wandering Genies in Southeast Asia,\u201d The Asan Forum: An Online Journal <\/em>(July 2).<\/li>\n
    67. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2018). \u201cKeeping the Balance: Power Transitions Threaten ASEAN\u2019s Hedging Role,\u201d\u00a0East Asia Forum Quarterly<\/em>, Vol. 10, No. 1 (January-March), pp. 22-23.<\/li>\n
    68. Alice D. Ba and Kuik Cheng Chwee (2018) \u201cSoutheast Asia and China: Engagement and Constrainment<\/strong>\u201d, in Alice D. Ba and Mark Beeson, eds.,\u00a0Contemporary Southeast Asia: The Politics of Change, Contestation, and Adaptation<\/em>, 3rd edition (London: Palgrave), pp. 229-247.<\/li>\n
    69. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2017). \u201cA Tempting Torch? Malaysia Embraces (and Leverages on) BRI Despite Domestic Discontent\u201d, in Praxis: A Review of Policy Practice,\u00a0Asian Politics and Policy<\/em>, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 652-654.<\/li>\n
    70. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2017). \u201cA View from Southeast Asia: Beyond the ASEAN-based Concentric Multilateralism\u201d,\u00a0The Asan Forum: An Online Journal<\/em>(September 5).<\/li>\n
    71. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2017). \u201cExplaining the Contradiction in China\u2019s South China Sea Policy: Structural Drivers and Domestic Imperatives<\/strong>,\u201d\u00a0China: An International Journal<\/em>, Vol. 15, No. 1 (February), pp. 1-24.<\/li>\n
    72. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2016) (With Ithrana Lawrence). \u201cDuterte\u2019s and Najib\u2019s China Visits and the Future of Small-State \u2018Realignment\u2019 in the Trump Era,\u201d\u00a0The Asan Forum: An Online Journal<\/em>(December 14).<\/li>\n
    73. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2016). \u201cChina\u2019s \u2018Militarization\u2019 in the South China Sea: Three Target Audiences,\u201d\u00a0East Asian Policy<\/em>, Vol. 8, No. 2 (April\/June), pp. 15-24.<\/li>\n
    74. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2016). \u201cHow Do Weaker States Hedge? Unpacking ASEAN States\u2019 Alignment Behavior towards China<\/strong>,\u201d\u00a0Journal of Contemporary China<\/em>, Vol. 25, No. 100, pp. 500-514.<\/li>\n
    75. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2016). \u201cMalaysia between the United States and China: What do Weaker States Hedge Against?<\/strong>\u201d\u00a0Asian Politics and Policy<\/em>, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 155-177.<\/li>\n
    76. Alice Ba, Kuik Cheng-Chwee, & Sueo Sudo, eds. (2016).\u00a0Institutionalizing East Asia: Mapping and Reconfiguring Regional Cooperation<\/em><\/strong>(London & New York: Routledge).<\/li>\n
    77. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2015). \u201cMalaysia\u2019s Balancing Act\u201d,\u00a0The International New York Times<\/em>(December 7), p. 8.<\/li>\n
    78. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2015). \u201cThe Elephant in the Room: Is the Emerging Third Pillar Reshaping Asian Architecture and Regional Responses?\u201d\u00a0The Asan Forum: An Online Journal<\/em>(November-December).<\/li>\n
    79. Kuik Cheng-Chwee & Gilbert Rozman (2015). \u201cIntroduction to Part 1: Light or Heavy Hedging: Positioning between China and the United States,\u201d in Gilbert Rozman, ed., Joint U.S.-Korea Academic Studies<\/em> 2015, Vol. 26, (Washington, DC: Korea Economic Institute of America), pp. 1-9.<\/li>\n
    80. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2015). \u201cVariations on a (Hedging) Theme: Comparing ASEAN Core States\u2019 Alignment Behavior<\/strong>\u201d, in Gilbert Rozman,\u00a0ed., Joint U.S.-Korea Academic Studies 2015<\/em>, Vol. 26 (Washington, DC: Korea Economic Institute of America), pp. 11-26.<\/li>\n
    81. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2015). \u201cMalaysia\u2019s Relations with Major and Middle Powers\u201d,\u00a0Observatoire Asie du Sud-est<\/em>(Paris: Asia Centre, Sciences Po).<\/li>\n
    82. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2015). \u201cIntroduction:\u00a0Decomposing and Assessing South Korea\u2019s Hedging Options\u201d, in \u201cSpecial Forum: South Korea\u2019s Foreign Policy Options\u201d,\u00a0The Asan Forum: An Online Journal<\/em>, Vol. 3, No. 3 (May-June).<\/li>\n
    83. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2015). \u201cAn Emerging 3rd Pillar in Asian Architecture? AIIB and Other China-led Initiatives<\/strong>\u201d,\u00a0Asia-Pacific Bulletin<\/em>, Number 305, March 26 (Washington, DC: East-West Center).<\/li>\n
    84. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2015). \u201cMalaysia-China Relations: Three Enduring Themes\u201d, in Meredith Weiss, ed.,\u00a0Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Malaysia<\/em>(London & New York: Routledge), pp. 417-427.<\/li>\n
    85. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2014). \u300a\u4e2d\u56fd\u53c2\u4e0e\u4e1c\u76df\u4e3b\u5bfc\u7684\u673a\u5236\uff1a\u4e1c\u5357\u4e9a\u7684\u89c6\u89d2\u300b[China\u2019s Participation in the ASEAN-led Institutions after the U.S. Rebalancing], in Men Honghua and Pu Xiaoyu, eds.,\u00a0\u5168\u7403\u7cbe\u82f1\u773c\u4e2d\u7684\u4e2d\u56fd<\/em>\u6218<\/em>\u7565\u8d70\u5411<\/em>[China\u2019s Strategic Directions in the Eyes of Global Elites] (Beijing: Renmin Publisher).<\/li>\n
    86. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2014). \u201cMalaysia-China Relations after MH370: Policy Change or Business as Usual?\u201d\u00a0The Asan Forum: An Online Journal<\/em>, October 15.<\/li>\n
    87. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2013). \u201cMaking Sense of Malaysia\u2019s China Policy: Asymmetry, Proximity, and Elite\u2019s Domestic Authority<\/strong>,\u201d\u00a0Chinese Journal of International Politics<\/em>(Oxford University Press), Vol. 6, pp. 429-467.<\/li>\n
    88. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2013). \u201cMalaysia\u2019s U.S. Policy under Najib: Structural and Domestic Sources of a Small State\u2019s Strategy<\/strong>,\u201d\u00a0Asian Security<\/em>, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 143-164.<\/li>\n
    89. Kuik Cheng-Chwee, Nor Azizan Idris and Abd Rahim Md Nor (2012). \u201cThe China Factor in the U.S. \u2018Reengagement\u2019 with Southeast Asia: Drivers and Limits of Converged Hedging<\/strong>,\u201d\u00a0Asian Politics and Policy<\/em>, Vol. 4, No. 3 (July), pp. 315-344.<\/li>\n
    90. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2011). \u201cChina\u2019s Evolving Strategic Profile in East Asia: A Southeast Asian Perspective,\u201d in\u00a0China and East Asian Strategic Dynamics: The Shaping of a New Regional Order<\/em>, edited by Mingjiang Li and Dongmin Lee (Lantham: Lexington-Rowman & Littlefield), pp. 127-149.<\/li>\n
    91. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2010). \u201cAnalyzing Malaysia\u2019s Changing Alignment Choice, 1971-89<\/strong>,\u201d\u00a0Jebat: Malaysian Journal of History, Politics and Strategic Studies<\/em>, Vol. 37, pp. 41-74.<\/li>\n
    92. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2009). \u201cShooting Rapids in a Canoe: Singapore and Great Powers<\/strong>,\u201d in\u00a0Impressions of the Goh Chok Tong Years in Singapore<\/em>, edited by Bridget Welsh, James Chin, Arun Mahizhnan, and Tan Tarn How (Singapore: National University of Singapore Press), pp. 156-167.<\/li>\n
    93. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2008). \u201cThe Essence of Hedging: Malaysia and Singapore\u2019s Response to a Rising China<\/strong>,\u201d\u00a0Contemporary Southeast Asia<\/em>, Vol. 30, No. 2 (August), pp. 159-185.<\/li>\n
    94. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2008). \u201cChina\u2019s Evolving Multilateralism in Asia: The Aussenpolitik and Innenpolitik Explanations<\/strong>,\u201d in\u00a0East Asian Multilateralism<\/em>, edited by Kent E. Calder and Francis Fukuyama (Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press), pp. 109-142.<\/li>\n
    95. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2005). \u201cMultilateralism in China\u2019s ASEAN Policy: Its Evolution, Characteristics, and Aspiration<\/strong>,\u201d\u00a0Contemporary Southeast Asia<\/em>, Vol. 27, No. 1 (April), pp. 102-122.<\/li>\n
    96. Kuik Cheng-Chwee and Bridget Welsh (2005). \u201cBrunei: Multifaceted Survival Strategies of a Small State,\u201d in\u00a0Asian Security Handbook: Terrorism and the New Security Environment<\/em>, 3rd ed., edited by William M. Carpenter and David G. Wiencek (London & New York: M. E. Sharpe), pp. 56-69<\/li>\n
    97. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2005). \u201cChina\u2019s Participation in the ASEAN Regional Forum: The Exogenous and Endogenous Effects of International Institutions,\u201d in\u00a0China and Southeast Asia: Changing Political and Strategic Ties<\/em>, edited by James K. Chin and Nicholas Thomas (Hong Kong: University of Hong Kong), pp. 141-169.<\/li>\n
    98. Kuik Cheng-Chwee (2004). \u300a\u4e2d\u56fd\u53c2\u4e0e<\/strong>\u4e1c<\/strong>\u76df\u4e3b<\/strong>\u5bfc<\/strong>\u7684\u5730\u533a\u673a\u5236\u7684\u5229\u76ca\u5206\u6790<\/strong>\u300b [An Interest-based Analysis on China\u2019s Participation in the ASEAN-led Regional Institutions],\u00a0\u4e16\u754c<\/em>\u7ecf\u6d4e<\/em>\u4e0e\u653f\u6cbb<\/em>\u00a0[World Economics and Politics] (Beijing) No. 9 (September), pp. 53-59.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      Professional Experience:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. Nonresident Senior Fellow <\/strong>\u25aa The Asan Institute for Policy Studies<\/a>, Seoul, Republic of Korea \u25aa September 2025 \u2013 present<\/li>\n
      2. Nonresident Senior Fellow <\/strong>\u25aa Asia Global Institute<\/a> \u25aa February 2025 \u2013 present<\/li>\n
      3. Nonresident Senior Fellow <\/strong>\u25aa Centre on Contemporary China and the World<\/a>, The University of Hong Kong \u25aa February 2025 \u2013 present<\/li>\n
      4. \u201cYou Can\u2019t Eat Your Cake and Have It Too: The Impossible Trinity in Middle State Alignment Choices<\/a>\u201d \u25aa Keynote Address, 2024 China in the World Forum, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia \u25aa 28 August 2024<\/li>\n
      5. Nonresident Scholar<\/a> \u25aa Carnegie China, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC \u25aa January 2024 \u2013 Present<\/u><\/li>\n
      6. Nonresident Senior Fellow<\/a>, \u25aa Foreign Policy Institute (FPI), Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Washington, DC \u25aa October 2023 \u2013 Present<\/u><\/li>\n
      7. Member, Consultative Council on Foreign Policy (CCFP) \u25aa Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia \u25aa March \u2013 December 2023<\/li>\n
      8. Visiting Professor \u25aa Department of International Politics, Universitas Indonesia, Depok \u25aa September 2022<\/li>\n
      9. Member, Editorial Board \u25aaEast Asian Policy <\/em>\u25aa July 2022 \u2013 Present<\/u><\/li>\n
      10. Member, International Editorial Advisory Board \u25aaAsian Politics and Policy <\/em>\u25aa December 2021 \u2013 Present<\/u><\/li>\n
      11. Co-Investigator \u25aa Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Norway \u25aa Research Council of Norway Project on \u201cShaping the Digital World Order: Norms and Agency along the Digital Silk Road in Southeast Asia\u201d \u25aa Principal Investigator: Dr. Ilaria Carrozza \u25aa June 2021 \u2013 May 2024<\/u><\/li>\n
      12. Research Collaborator \u25aa Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) \u25aa JICA Ogata Research Institute Project on \u201cThe New Dynamics of Peace and Development in the Indo-Pacific: How Countries in the Region Proactively Interact with China\u201d \u25aa Principal Investigator: Professor Akio Takahara \u25aa August 2022 \u2013 March 2024<\/u><\/li>\n
      13. Member, Editorial Board \u25aaInternational Journal of Asian Studies <\/em>(Cambridge University Press, for University of Tokyo) \u25aa February 2021 \u2013 Present<\/u><\/li>\n
      14. Member, Editorial Committee \u25aaAsian Perspective<\/em>\u00a0\u25aa August 2017 \u2013 Present<\/u><\/li>\n
      15. Consultant, \u201cThe Belt and Road Initiative in Southeast Asia\u201d \u25aa Council on Foreign Relations, New York \u25aa April \u2013 June 2021<\/li>\n
      16. Principal Writer & Head, Writing Team (External Expert Panel), Malaysia\u2019s inaugural Defence White Paper<\/em> \u25aa Ministry of Defence \u25aa January 2019 \u2013 February 2020<\/li>\n
      17. Non-resident Fellow \u25aa Foreign Policy Institute (FPI), Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Washington, DC \u25aa December 2018 \u2013 September 2023<\/li>\n
      18. Consultant \u25aa Asian Development Bank (ADB) TA-9124 PRC: Study of the Belt and Road Initiative \u25aa September 2018 \u2013 June 2019<\/li>\n
      19. Senior Researcher\u25aa Unit Perundingan Universiti Malaya (UPUM) Project on \u201cMalaysia\u2019s Foreign Policy as a Middle Power\u201d (led by Tan Sri Kamal Salih), for Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs \u25aa August 2016 \u2013 February 2017<\/li>\n
      20. Member, Editorial Board \u25aaAustralian Journal of International Affairs<\/em>\u00a0\u25aa June 2016 \u2013 Present<\/u><\/li>\n
      21. Member, International Advisory Board \u25aaContemporary Southeast Asia<\/em>\u00a0\u25aa March 2016 \u2013 Present<\/u><\/li>\n
      22. Project Leader & Principal Investigator\u25aa Newton Advanced Fellowship Project on \u201cAsymmetry and Authority: Southeast Asian States\u2019 Responses to China\u2019s Belt and Road Initiative\u201d (in collaboration with Dr. Lee Jones, Queen Mary University of London) \u25aa March 2016 \u2013 February 2018<\/li>\n
      23. Co-Researcher\u25aa Johns Hopkins University\u2019s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) Project on \u201cRoad to Chinese Power: Railroad Infrastructure and Beijing\u2019s Quest for Influence\u201d (led by Professor David M. Lampton) \u25aa January 2016 \u2013 2019<\/li>\n
      24. Coordinator \u25aa Master of Social Sciences in Strategy and Diplomacy \u25aa A collaborative program between Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (每日大赛app) and the Institute of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations (IDFR), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia \u25aa October 2014 \u2013 October 2017<\/li>\n
      25. Adjunct Lecturer \u25aa Institute of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations (IDFR), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia \u25aa September 2014 \u2013 2022<\/li>\n
      26. Adjunct Lecturer \u25aa Malaysian Armed Forces Defense College (MPAT), Ministry of Defense, Malaysia \u25aa September 2014 \u2013 2018<\/li>\n
      27. Postdoctoral Research Associate \u25aa Princeton-Harvard \u201cChina and the World Program\u201d (CWP), Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University \u25aa September 2013 \u2013 August 2014<\/li>\n
      28. Associate Member \u25aa Nuffield College, University of Oxford \u25aa August 2012 \u2013 August 2014<\/li>\n
      29. Visiting Research Fellow \u25aa Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford \u25aa August 2012 \u2013 August 2013<\/li>\n
      30. Visiting Fellow \u25aa Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Jakarta \u25aa November-December 2011<\/li>\n
      31. Visiting Scholar \u25aa ASEAN Studies Center, American University, Washington, DC \u25aa August 2011<\/li>\n
      32. Visiting Scholar \u25aa Southeast Asian Studies, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC \u25aa June \u2013 July 2011<\/li>\n
      33. Adjunct Lecturer \u25aa Malaysian Armed Forces Defense College (MPAT), Ministry of Defense, Malaysia \u25aa February 2010 \u2013 July 2012<\/li>\n
      34. Adjunct Lecturer \u25aa Institute of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations (IDFR), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia \u25aa October 2009 \u2013 July 2012<\/li>\n
      35. Lee Kong Chian Research Fellow \u25aa Lee Kong Chian Reference Library, National Library Board (NLB), Singapore \u25aa April \u2013 November 2007<\/li>\n
      36. Fulbright Doctoral Student \u25aa School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC \u25aa September 2003 \u2013 August 2005<\/li>\n
      37. Visiting Fellow (ASIA Scholarship Foundation, supported by Ford Foundation) \u25aa Shanghai Institute of International Studies (SIIS) \u25aa February \u2013 June 2003<\/li>\n
      38. Visiting Fellow (ASIA Scholarship Foundation, supported by Ford Foundation) \u25aaInstitute of Asia Pacific Studies (IAPS), Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Beijing \u25aa September 2002 \u2013 February 2003<\/li>\n
      39. British Chevening Scholar \u25aa Department of International Relations, University of St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, DC \u25aa September 1997 \u2013 September 1998<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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