Jean-Loup Samaan is Senior Research Fellow at the National University of Singapore after previous experience in policy positions (French Ministry of Defence and NATO). He co-authored The Indian Ocean as a New Political and Security Region (Palgrave, 2022) and has published in international academic and policy journals such as Survival, Asian Security, The National Interest, and Orbis. He regularly provides analysis to major media outlets including BBC, CNN, Washington Post, Straits Times, and South China Morning Post.