Dr. Wan Zokhri comes to the Rabdan Security and Defence Institute after earning his PhD in International Relations and holding a number of academic positions in the field, including Deputy Dean of Student Affairs at the Management and Science University (MSU), Malaysia. He previously served as a senior member in the Faculty of Business Management and Professional Studies at MSU after serving as an assistant manager in the Strategic Resources and Public Relations Division of Puncak Niaga Management Services as part of the industrial experience portion of his education.
Dr. Wan Zokhri served as the Director for External Relations for the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) Malaysia and as the Chief Executive Officer at the Policy and Economic Affairs Centre of Malaysia (PEACE). He is currently a Senior Fellow at the Rabdan Academy in Abu Dhabi. At the Uzbekistan Economic Forum 2022, he spoke about “Macroeconomics Stability and Sustainable Growth – A New Phase of Structural Changes,” and at the 20th East Asia Forum in Vietnam, he delivered an address on “Strengthening Economic and Financial Cooperation for Sustained Recovery and Growth in East Asia.”
His research focuses on the changing nature of diplomacy and sovereignty of developing nations and, in particular, the geopolitics of Asia. Dr. Wan Zokhri advocates for distinctive development and stability models for Southeast Asia and for Asia to focus on the comprehensive development process known as End-to-End Implementation.
Asian Geopolitics, Global Security, International Relations.
Asian and MENA Geopolitics, US-China Relations, Power Transitions.
