Gen A: Roundtable With Elina Noor

For our second Gen A roundtable, we are sitting down with Elina Noor, Director, Political-Security Affairs and Deputy Director, Washington, D.C. Office at the Asia Society Policy Institute. Elina will grant us insight into her current project on tech and governance in Southeast Asia, focusing on AI ethics and data protection as well as her work in general: How does think tank-work work? How to go about choosing a topic? And who to address and engage?  

Join our exclusive conversation, find out, and bring your own questions to the table. 

Elina Noor is Director, Political-Security Affairs and Deputy Director, Washington, D.C. Office at the Asia Society Policy Institute. A native of Malaysia, Elina’s work focuses on security developments in Southeast Asia, global governance and technology, and preventing/countering violent extremism.

Previously, Elina was Associate Professor at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies. Prior to that, she was Director, Foreign Policy and Security Studies at the Institute of Strategic and International Studies Malaysia. She was also formerly with the Brookings Institution’s Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World. Between 2017 and 2019, Elina was a member of the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace. She currently serves on the ICRC’s Global Advisory Board on digital threats during conflict.

Elina read law at Oxford University. She obtained an LL.M (Public International Law) from The London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, graduating with distinction at the top of her class. A recipient of the Perdana (Malaysian Prime Minister’s) Fellowship, she also holds an MA in Security Studies from Georgetown University where she was a Women in International Security Scholar.

Preparation Material

• Between the Binary: Tech and the Global South Podcast, Episode 3 and 2
• Optional: The South China Sea: Realities And Responses In Southeast Asia and the corresponding YouTube video