Terence Lee

Terence Lee is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore. He specializes in the study of civil-military relations, military organizations and international security. A/P Lee was previously Assistant Professor at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University of Singapore and Postdoctoral Fellow in National Security Studies at Harvard University’s John M. Olin Institute for Strategic Studies. He earned his Ph.D. and M.A degrees in Political Science from the University of Washington, Seattle. A/P Lee also holds a M.Sc. in Strategic Studies from the Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) and a Bachelor of Arts (Distinction) degree in Political Science and Southeast Asian Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A/P Lee is author of the book, Defect or Defend: Military Responses to Popular Protests in Authoritarian Asia (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014). His other publications have appeared in Asian Survey, Armed Forces and Society, Comparative Political Studies, Foreign Policy and Pacific Review. Professionally, A/P Lee serves as Associate Editor of the journal Armed Forces and Society and is on the editorial board of the journal Government & Opposition. He is also a Council Member of the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society. His other research interests include international relations theory, theories of comparative politics and Southeast Asian politics.

A/P Lee is a four time receipient of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Teaching Excellence Award (2013, 2014, 2016, 2019) and twice winner of the NUS Annual Teaching Excellence Award (2013, 2014).

Research Interests

• Civil-military relations
• Military organizations
• International security
• International relations theory
• Comparative politics
• Southeast Asian politics