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.

Security

Assessing Malaysia’s Current Security Challenges

Kamarulnizam Abdullah · June 16, 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.

Violent Extremism

Taliban’s Power Revival and Its Impact on Malaysia’s Security

Kamarulnizam Abdullah · September 27, 2021

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.