Dr Huong Le Thu is Deputy Director of the Asia Program at the International Crisis Group – a conflict prevention organisation – where she program sets priorities and oversees the implementation of research activities and external partnerships. Huong researches strategy, international security and geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific, with particular focus on Southeast Asia. She is an Australian representative on the ASEAN Regional Forum register of Experts and Eminent Persons. Huong is also the Chair of the Australia-Vietnam Policy Institute advisory board – a public policy hub that exclusively focuses on promotion of Australia-Vietnam relations. She has lived and worked primarily in Northeast and Southeast Asia, including Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, Vietnam; speaks five languages and has published in four of them. She is an affiliate of the Centre for International and Strategic Studies (CSIS, Washington DC) and ANU National Security College.