Dr. Chiew-Ping Hoo is co-Founder and Senior Fellow of the East Asian International Relations (EAIR) Caucus, based in Malaysia. She is concurrently a member of the Asia Pacific Nuclear Advisory Panel hosted by BASIC and Editorial Board Member of the AUP IR and Politics Series.

Hoo's previously held positions and appointments include: Senior Lecturer in Strategic Studies and International Relations at the National University of Malaysia (2007 until September 2023), Adjunct Lecturer at the Malaysian Armed Forces Defence College (2016-2023), and lecturer at the Institute of Diplomacy & Foreign Relations (2016-2022).

Dr. Hoo was also appointed to national and international councils, including the Consultative Council on Foreign Policy (CCFP) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia (2021-2022); Global Future Council on the Korean Peninsula at the World Economic Forum (2020-2021), consultant and writer for the Malaysian Ministry of Defence, among others.

While her main research focus is on the Korean peninsula security, she also works on the security and economic linkages between Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia, Southeast Asia and smaller states' response to major powers, and external powers’ influence (US, China, Japan, Korea, Australia) in Southeast Asia. Hoo received her PhD in Politics and International Relations from La Trobe University, Australia.