Jeslyn Tan

Jeslyn Tan is a Researcher at the Centre of Maritime Security and Diplomacy at the Maritime Institute of Malaysia (MIMA). Her main research interests include ASEAN-major power relations, Indo-Pacific geopolitics, regional multilateralism, and maritime security in Southeast Asia. She has been involved in research projects on maritime geopolitical and security issues sanctioned and funded by government agencies and foreign missions in Malaysia. Furthermore, she was a Security Research Fellow on the EU-funded EU-ASEAN Think Tank Dialogue (EANGAGE) Project.

Jeslyn has been invited to speak at numerous international and local forums hosted by, among others, the Foreign Service Institute (FSI) Philippines, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and the US Naval War College. She has published articles/book chapters on the domestic politics of the Belt and Road Initiative in Malaysia, maritime non-traditional security, as well as security challenges to Southeast Asia’s submarine cables. Previously, she received a Master of Arts in International Relations from the University of Warwick, UK.