Xuemeng Wang is a Research Scholar with the International Trade and Investment team at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. She completed her Master’s in International Studies from Simon Fraser University. Her research focuses on socio-economic development, tackling associated challenges, and promoting social equality and sustainable development practices.
Hyun Kim is a Research Scholar at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, funded by the Korea Foundation’s Global Challengers Program. Hyun holds an MA in Political Science with a focus on International Security from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies.
Mei Terasawa is a Project Co-ordinator at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, assisting the Foundation’s Canada-Asia Young Professionals Development Program and the Indo-Pacific Young Leaders Program. Mei has a BA in International Relations from the University of British Columbia.
Steve Zhu is a Research Scholar with the China team at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. His research interests centre on U.S.-China competition, Canadian foreign and defence policy, and European foreign affairs. He holds an MA in International Affairs from the Hertie School in Berlin, and a BA in Political Science and History from the University of Toronto.
Bart Édes is a policy analyst, commentator, and author of Learning From Tomorrow: Using Strategic Foresight to Prepare for the Next Big Disruption (2021). An APF Canada Distinguished Fellow, he focuses on developing Asian economies, international development, cross-border trade and investment, innovation, social policies, and transformative trends reshaping the world.
Ashna Lazatin is a Senior Manager at the Office for Space Technology & Industry at the Economic Development Board of Singapore. She works in public policy and international relations.
Robin J. Frank is an international law and policy expert with 40 years of expertise in areas including human and robotic space exploration, the International Space Station, nonproliferation, export controls, telecommunications, U.S. laws affecting the ability of the U.S. Executive branch to engage in foreign policy and international criminal law and law enforcement. She is a Non-Resident Fellow at the Outer Space Institute, University of British Columbia and spent two years as Legal Adviser to the Ambassador, U.S. Embassy Panama.
Kiran Mohan Vazhapully is an international lawyer based in India with a decade of experience in advising governments. He was Erin JC Arsenault Scholar at McGill University, Canada, where he specialized in space law.
Steven Freeland (PhD, LLM, LLB, BCom) is Emeritus Professor of International Law at Western Sydney University, where he was previously the Dean of the School of Law, and Professorial Fellow at Bond University. He also holds Visiting or Adjunct positions at various other Universities/Institutes in Copenhagen, Vienna, Toulouse, Hong Kong, Montreal, Kuala Lumpur, Vancouver, Mumbai and London.
Chan Mo Ku is an analyst focused on co-operation between South Korea and other like-minded partner countries. He previously served as an interpretation officer in the Strategic Planning Directorate of the ROK–US Combined Forces Command and Ground Component Command.
Chan Mo holds a Master of Arts in International Relations from Johns Hopkins SAIS, where he focused on security and statecraft in Asia. His work has appeared in publications such as The Diplomat, War on the Rocks, Breaking Defense, and others.
