Dr Huong Le Thu has over 15 years of experience in academia and thinktanks across the Indo-Pacific including in Taiwan (National Chengchi University), Singapore (ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute), and Australia (ANU and ASPI). She has also held short-term visiting fellowships in the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta, KMAG, Seoul.
Dr Le Thu is an influential policy analyst and a recipient of numerous awards and grants. She is a recognised expert on Southeast Asia including on regional alignment politics, perceptions of great-power competition, and ASEAN. Her voice frequently features in global media including The Foreign Policy, The Financial Times, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Nikkei Asian Review, The Australian Financial Review, The Straits Times, Japan Times, etc.
Dr Le Thu is also a prolific writer and her academic publications including The Asian Security Journal, The Asia-Pacific Review, The Asian Policy, Oxford University Press, feature on syllabuses of leading universities including Cambridge University.
Dr Le Thu holds a PhD from the National Chengchi University, and a Masters in International Studies from Jagiellonian University in Poland.
