Temjenmeren Ao

Dr Temjenmeren Ao is an Associate Fellow at the South East Asia and Oceania Centre of MP-IDSA. He specialises in international relations and security issues in South East Asia. He has published extensively that includes chapters in edited books, journal articles and has also edited and co-edited books. He has participated in a number of national and international dialogues and conferences and also delivered lectures that includes Air Force Command Seminars and Squadron Officers Capsules. He has also participated in the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), sponsored by the United States Department of State on the theme ‘Enhancing Regional Maritime Governance and Cooperation in the Quad’ in 2023.

Prior to joining MP-IDSA he worked as a Research Fellow on Southeast Asia at the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA), New Delhi (2017-2023) and as an Associate Fellow at the Centre for Air Power Studies (2015-2017), where he completed a project titled, “China’s Aerospace Sector: A Study on its Rise through Transfers of Technology”. He is an alumna of St Edmund’s College, Shillong and has a Master’s Degree in Economics from the Centre for Economics Studies and Planning, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi, and holds a PhD in International Relations from School of International Studies, JNU.


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