Barbora Valockova is a Research Fellow at the Centre on Asia and Globalisation (CAG) within the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. Her research sits at the intersection of international relations theory, international political economy, and regional security, with a focus on how Southeast Asian states exercise agency in navigating great power rivalry and contemporary security challenges. Theoretically, her work draws on behavioural and institutionalist frameworks, and methodologically, it relies on content analysis, process tracing, and interviews. Her current empirical agenda spans subsea cable governance, maritime security in the South China Sea, and interregional cooperation between the EU, ASEAN, and Central Asia. She also serves as the main editor and moderator of CAG's Counterpoint Southeast Asia webinar and policy brief series. Barbora has published in peer-reviewed journals such as Foreign Policy Analysis, The Pacific Review, and Contemporary Southeast Asia. She obtained her PhD in Public Policy and Global Affairs from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and holds a master's degree in economic law and a bachelor's degree in political science from Sciences Po Paris.

Barbora’s ongoing projects include: “Great Power Rivalry, Secondary State Agency, and Norm Contestation in Southeast Asian Submarine Cable Governance” (manuscript in preparation, with Mae Chow); “When Strategic Autonomies Meet: Practice Compatibility in EU–ASEAN and EU–Central Asia Cooperation” (manuscript in preparation, with Zhanibek Arynov and Scarlet Xu Ni), and "Anarchy Entangled: Submarine Cables and the Material Limits of a Digital State of Nature" (manuscript in preparation, with Mae Chow). In October 2025, Barbora co-organized and co-chaired a workshop titled "Maritime Security Order in the South China Sea: Navigating Actors, Frameworks, and Practices" with Yongwook Ryu. They are currently preparing a special issue featuring articles by the workshop’s presenters.

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