The Jeffrey Cheah Institute on Southeast Asia (JCI) is an independent Malaysian think tank established in March 2014 [1] with a focus on key public policy concerns in Southeast Asia.

JCI's work focuses on four key areas: economics, education, social progress and governance.

JCI was created as part of a Jeffrey Cheah Foundation gift that established two Professorships in Southeast Asian Studies at Harvard University.

[3][4][5] Woo Wing Thye, Professor of Economics at University of California Davis and the former Executive Director of the Penang Institute[6] was appointed JCI's founding President[7] in 2014.

James Chin, Professor of Political Science and Head of the School of Arts and Social Sciences at Monash University Malaysia[8] was named to lead the Institute's governance programme.