Bio
Sean Yi Xuan Tan is a former research intern at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and is currently interning at the Oxford Global Society, where he focuses on analyzing Central and Southeast Asia. He specializes in East Asian affairs, particularly Chinese foreign policy, and the domestic politics of his native Singapore, and has contributed bylines to the Asia Times, Modern Diplomacy, Oxford’s Political Review and St Antony’s International Review, Yale’s China Hands and other notable publications. Before joining CIGI, Sean was a King’s Scholar at Eton College, where he was recognized as the top student in economics and politics and served as editor-in-chief of Etonomics, one of the United Kingdom’s largest student-run magazines. He was also president of the Eton Debating Society and enjoyed numerous successes as a competitive debater, including second-place finishes at Penn Schools and Oxford Schools, the world’s largest debating competition with more than 1,500 participating teams.