Jeffrey Ordaniel
Dr. Jeffrey Ordaniel is President and CEO of WPS Foundation, a Manila-based maritime security research and policy think tank. Concurrently, he is an Associate Professor of International Security Studies at Tokyo International University (TIU) in Japan and co-chairs the Philippine Committee for the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP). He holds a Ph.D. in International Relations and specializes in the study of offshore territorial and maritime entitlement disputes in Asia. His teaching and research revolve around maritime security and ocean governance, ASEAN regionalism, and, broadly, U.S. alliances and engagements in the Indo-Pacific. From 2016 to 2019, he was based in Honolulu as the holder of the endowed Admiral Joe Vasey Fellowship at the Pacific Forum. His research on maritime security in Asia was funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) from 2020 to 2025. Dr. Ordaniel convenes The Manila Dialogue on the South China Sea , an annual high-profile Track 1.5 process on the state of the South China Sea.