I'd rather keep the pot small out of position. You have a good hand that plays decent in a 3 way pot and will be well disguised after the flop. Also i'm not a big fan of AQ and would rather avoid a playing it for all my chips OOP.

I probably check here most of the time but there are times when I'm raising. As you've described the opponent I think you have to call. I really hate AQ and with more chips I might fold but having only an average stack I'm willing to gamble against this player.