Advisor
Dr. Prashanth Parameswaran
Prashanth is a recognized scholar, commentator and expert on geopolitical and geoeconomic developments across Asia. He has spent nearly two decades analyzing the region, with a focus on Asia’s politics and security, U.S. foreign policy and Southeast Asia.
Prashanth is concurrently a fellow at the Institute for Indo-Pacific Security, a senior columnist at The Diplomat magazine and a course instructor at the U.S. State Department and the Department of Defense. He is the founder of the twice-weekly ASEAN Wonk newsletter, which offers research insights and analysis on the geopolitics and geoeconomics of Southeast Asia and the Indo-Pacific region.
Prashanth has held various roles across think tanks, governments, media and companies. This included previous stints with Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry, the Agence France-Presse news wire service agency in Thailand and the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. He has published over 2,000 commentaries, and his insights have been featured in multiple Asian and U.S. outlets. He is the author of two books: “Mandalas of Multialignment: Hedging Bets in Southeast Asia Grand Strategy Spheres, Foreign and Security Policy Webs and Global Geopolitics and Geoeconomics” (2026) and “Elusive Balances: Shaping US Southeast Asia Strategy” (2022).
Prashanth holds a Ph.D. and an M.A. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a B.A. from the University of Virginia.
