Say Jye Quah

Graduate Associate
Department of Politics and International Relations
University of Cambridge
Email: [email protected]
Website: Personal / faculty page
Biography
Say Jye is a PhD student at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Cambridge. His PhD dissertation focuses on post-war socialist thought in the Third World, particularly in Indonesia and Singapore. Before moving to Cambridge, Say Jye competed his B.Soc.Sc (Honours) at the National University of Singapore, graduating with Highest Distinction, and holds an M.Sc in Asian Studies (Valedictorian) from the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University. His writings can be found in the American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Contemporary Asia, Review of International Studies, and other outlets.
Selected publications
- Article · 2026 An anatomy of worldmaking: Sukarno and anticolonialism from post‐Bandung Indonesia American Journal of Political Science Sukarno's anticolonial worldmaking under Guided Democracy, 1959–1965.
- Article · 2025 The non-aligned world: striking out in an era of great power competition International Affairs
- Article · 2024 ‘Chống dịch như chống giặc’ (‘Fighting the pandemic like fighting the invader’): Audience agency and historical resources in Vietnam’s early securitisation of Covid-19 Review of International Studies How Vietnam drew on its history of war, and on public participation, to securitize Covid-19.
- Article · 2024 Bread-and-Butter Politics: Arrested Liberalization and Hegemonic Materialism in Singapore Critical Asian Studies
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