Natasha Hamilton-Hart is Professor in the Department of Management and International Business, University of Auckland Business School. She has a Bachelor (Honours) from the University of Otago and a PhD from Cornell University. Natasha joined the University of Auckland in 2011, after teaching at the National University of Singapore for 10 years and holding a postdoctoral fellowship at The Australian National University. Natasha’s research has focused on the political economy Southeast Asia, particularly in the banking and natural resource sectors, as well as on foreign investment flows, financial regulation and regional integration. She is the author of 'Asian States, Asian Bankers: Central Banking in Southeast Asia and Hard Interests' and 'Soft Illusions: Southeast Asia and American Power', both with Cornell University Press. Her most recent research looks at the implications of U.S.-China competition for countries in Southeast Asia.