Ian Storey PhD is a senior fellow and co-editor of Contemporary Southeast Asia at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore. His research interests include Southeast Asia’s relations with the major powers and maritime security, especially the South China Sea dispute. He has published numerous articles, opinion pieces and book chapters on regional security issues, and is the author of Southeast Asia and the Rise of China: The Search for Security. Prior to joining ISEAS he held academic positions at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in Honolulu, Hawaii and at Deakin University in Victoria, Australia.