Stefanie Kam

I am an Assistant Professor at the China Programme within the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, and Deputy Coordinator of the MSc in Asian Studies Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS). I hold a PhD in international relations and political science from Australian National University. My PhD dissertation was on China's securitization of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) between 2017-2021.

 

My research areas include Chinese domestic politics, authoritarianism and state power in China, and China's global engagements. I have published in peer-reviewed journals such as International Affairs (Securitization, surveillance and ‘de-extremization’ in Xinjiang), Asian Perspective (How Chinese Capital Exacerbates Structural Violence: Externalization, Extraction, and Reaffirmation against Ethnic Minorities in the Global South), and the Journal of Contemporary China (Embedding the Party in State and Society: From Integrated to Embedded Domination during China’s COVID-19 Crisis). I have two book chapters in edited volumes: "Maintaining Stability and Authoritarian Rule: Xi era in Xinjiang" (Australian University Press, 2024) and "Between Resistance and Survival: Uyghur Cross-Border Movement into Southeast Asia" (Oxford University Press, 2018). My op-eds have appeared in platforms like Carnegie China and The National Interest.

 

At RSIS, I teach two MSc courses at the graduate level: a core Asian Studies course on comparative politics of Asia and Chinese foreign and security policy.

 

My RSIS profile page can be viewed here.

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