Phone Min Thant

Phone Min Thant is a fourth-year undergraduate Honours student from the School for International Studies at Simon Fraser University (SFU). He has been the Peak's Arts & Culture Editor since May 2025. Outside of student journalism, his main area of research focuses on Indo-Pacific security and maritime conflict. He is the co-founder of the SFU Southeast Asian Studies Research Initiative (SEARI), a network of scholars and students across British Columbia enlarging the horizons of research related to the region. He is also a participant of the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)'s "Emerging Scholars" program, conducting research related to maritime security for CIGI's Quantum Nexus project. In his recent works, he has written on the question of Chinese hegemony in Southeast Asia, on Canadian security through the lens of Indo-Pacific alliances, and has published policy literature on veterans’ affairs and aviation sustainability in Canada. He is also a guest author of multiple articles on Southeast Asian current affairs for The Diplomat magazine.