Nicola Williams is a PhD Candidate at the Australian National University (ANU)'s Crawford School of Public Policy. She works at the ANU Myanmar Research Centre and has 11 years of experience working in international development and international affairs in South and Southeast Asia as a researcher and program manager. Nicola has worked on peace processes, complex governance transitions, and multilateral decision-making. Her analysis has appeared in the New York Times, Voice of America, the Strait Times, and Channel News Asia.