Dr. Minh Son

Biography

Minh Son is a PhD student in International Relations at the College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University (ANU). He received his Master of Science in Asian Studies from the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, and his Bachelor of Arts in Politics from Sciences Po Paris, Campus du Havre. Prior to joining ANU, Minh worked as a Research Assistant at the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at NTU Singapore. He has published in various outlets focused on the Asia-Pacific region, including Diplomat and ISEAS-Fulcrum Perspective, as well as in peer-reviewed journals such as Review of International Studies, International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, and Millennium: Journal of International Studies. His research interests for his PhD primarily revolve around the politics of small states, with a focus on Southeast Asian cases, including Cambodia, Laos, and Singapore. Minh is particularly interested in the constructed notions of being small, strategic discourses, and worldviews, paying close attention to relationships with larger neighbors and self-perceptions. He employs interpretivist methods and conceptual analysis in his research, which reflects his methodological interests and his engagement in ongoing theoretical discussions in the field of international relations.

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