🔹 Foreign Affairs, Security & Strategy Analyst | Senior Assistant Registrar, Universiti Malaya 🔹

I am specializing in foreign affairs, security, and strategic studies, with a core focus on great power competition, the US-China rivalry, and global security dynamics. My expertise extends to analyzing America’s power superiority, Indo-Pacific affairs, strategy in foreign and security policies, and broader geopolitical and security trends shaping the international order.

As a recognized commentator and thought leader, I provide insights through media appearances and op-eds across leading international platforms, including Financial Times (FT), NBC News, Associated Press (AP), The Washington Post, Japan Times, Channel News Asia, Taipei Times, WION TV, and South China Morning Post, among others. Domestic Malaysian media appearances include Astro Awani, Bernama TV, Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM), The Star, Nanyang Siang Pau and many others. My work contributes to policy discourse and new understanding on security frameworks, geopolitical changes and challenges and a shifting security and threats framework. These new insights and contributions shape and uphold the principles of freedom, democracy, and the rule of law and in understanding the intricacies of power equation in the global order.

With a strong foundation in international relations, security, and strategic affairs, I remain committed to providing in-depth analyses and policy recommendations that contribute to a stable and secure global order.

Beyond that, I am deeply involved in strategic higher education management, fostering global academic collaborations and future driven strategies in enhancing higher educations institutions through innovation and resilience in research, academic and intellectual advancement in Universiti Malaya.