David Han Guo Xiong is a Research Analyst with the Malaysia Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) of Nanyang Technological University. He has previously worked as a Research Assistant at the National Institute of Education and a Research Officer at the Ministry of Defence. His research interests include critical international relations theory; international politics of the Southeast Asia and Asia-Pacific regions; maritime security issues, especially on the South China Sea disputes; and Malaysia’s foreign policy. He holds an Honors degree in Political Science from the National University of Singapore (NUS). He completed his MSc in International Relations at RSIS.