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Dr. Bich Tran (pronounced "Bik Trahn") is a research fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), a non-resident senior fellow at Verve Research, and a non-resident fellow at We Protect our Seas (WPS).

Previously, she held a postdoctoral fellowship with the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, where she authored a book examining Vietnam's grand strategy and strategic adjustments in the post-Cold War era. She also played a key role in organizing an international workshop on the strategic positioning of Southeast Asian states between China and the United States.
Dr. Tran has been affiliated with prominent think tanks, including the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, and the East-West Center. She has been invited to attend the Shangri-La Dialogue in multiple years, the Young Strategists Forum in 2025, and the International Strategy Forum in 2024. Her research portfolio encompasses grand strategy and issues at the intersection of geopolitics and technology. Examples include cybersecurity, outer space security, maritime domain awareness, and subsea cable resilience, among others.

Dr. Tran holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Antwerp, Belgium.