TANG Siew-Mun is Director (Foreign Policy and Security Studies) at the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS), Malaysia.  His primary research interest is East Asia security and Japan’s foreign relations.  He has contributed to numerous book chapters, in addition to national and international journals.     His work  has  appeared  in Japanese Studies, the Journal of International and Area Studies, Global Asia, the Journal of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations, Akademika, Journal of Media and Information Warfare and Jurnal e-Bangi.  Prior to joining ISIS, Tang was Senior Lecturer at the School of History, Politics and Strategic Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. He has lectured in various universities in Malaysia, including Universiti Malaya, Universiti Teknologi MARA and Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia.  In 2007, he was awarded the Certificate of Good Teaching Practice by Monash University Malaysia for his exemplary teaching.

He is a member of the International Studies Association and the Malaysian Social Science Association (PSSM).  He also serves on the Executive Committee of the Malaysian Japanese Studies Association.

Tang holds a B.A (Hons.) (1993) from the National University of Malaysia, a MA (1995) in War Studies from King’s College London, a MA (1998) in International Studies from the Claremont Graduate University and a Ph.D. (2004) from Arizona State University in Political Science.