Barbora Valockova is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre on Asia and Globalisation (CAG), Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. Her research focuses on the international relations of Southeast Asia. In particular, her work examines Asia–Europe relations, ASEAN’s centrality in the Indo-Pacific, the agency of Southeast Asian states in maritime and economic security, and the domestic sources of Southeast Asian foreign policies. She also serves as the main editor and moderator of CAG’s Counterpoint Southeast Asia webinar and policy brief series. Barbora obtained her PhD in Public Policy and Global Affairs from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She received a master’s degree in economic law and a bachelor’s degree in political science from Sciences Po Paris.

Barbora’s ongoing projects include: “ASEAN’s Evolving Economic Security Mechanisms through the Lens of Historical Institutionalism” (forthcoming in Contemporary Southeast Asia special issue on economic security, with Mae Chow); “Multidirectional Altercasting among Middle Powers: Role Alignment in Western Pacific Maritime Security” (revise and resubmit in The Pacific Review, with Mae Chow); “A Typology of Small-State Agency: Southeast Asian States in US–China Submarine Cable Competition” (manuscript in preparation, with Mae Chow); and “Strategic Autonomy and Regional Order: EU and ASEAN Conceptions” (manuscript in preparation, with Zhanibek Arynov and Scarlet Xu Ni). 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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