Ian Storey
Senior Fellow at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Dr Ian Storey is Senior Fellow at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore. He specialises in regional security issues with a focus on Southeast Asia’s relations with the major powers and maritime security, especially the South China Sea dispute. Since joining ISEAS in 2007, he has been the Chief Editor of the academic journal Contemporary Southeast Asia. Prior to ISEAS, Dr Storey held academic positions at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (Hawaii) and at Deakin University (Australia). He is the author of Putin’s Russia and Southeast Asia: The Kremlin’s Pivot to Asia and The Impact of the Russia-Ukraine War (2025), Southeast Asia and the Rise of China: The Search for Security (2011), as well as numerous articles, reports, and opinion pieces.
Updated: March 24, 2026