search
Kamarulnizam Abdullah
Dr Mohd Kamarulnizam Abdullah is a Professor and Principal Fellow at the Asian Studies Centre, Institute for Malaysia, and International Studies (IKMAS), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). He served UKM earlier between 1991-2012 before joining School of International Studies, Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) as Professor in National Security for ten years (2012-2022). He received his PhD from Lancaster University, UK; MA (International Relations) from the Australian National University, and Bachelor of Science (Political Science) from the University of Utah, USA.
Articles by Kamarulnizam Abdullah
Assessing Malaysia’s Current Security Challenges
Kamarulnizam Abdullah 
2022 Malaysia’s current security threats are closely associated with its socio-political structure that it inherited from the colonial period. Simultaneously, the changing international order could also pose mounting challenges to the country’s management of the ever increasing traditional and non-traditional security threats.
Taliban’s Power Revival and Its Impact on Malaysia’s Security
The recent Taliban takeover in Afghanistan could reignite a “second front” discourse in Southeast Asia. However, the potential associated threats to Malaysia’s security need to be contextualized with the current threat environment.
