Dr. Hafiizh Hashim

Hafiizh Hashim is an Assistant Lecturer in the Academic of Brunei Studies. His thematic research interest is in the relationship between historical development, social change and political structures in Southeast Asia. This work attempts to characterise and explain dynamic and durable forms of security culture and divergent security policies in the region. He successfully defended his thesis on the title: Constructing Security Policy in Southeast Asia: Historical and Social Dynamics. His work has been published in journals including the Kyoto Review and Akademika.

EDUCATION

PhD in Politics, University of Bristol
MA in International Politics, City, University of London
BA in Politics, University of Kent

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Security studies, Southeast Asia, International Relations, Political Economy, Comparative Politics, Historical Institutionalism

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

The challenges of Regional Integration in RCEP: The Political Economy of Multilateral Initiatives. (Forthcoming).
The Development of Sub-regional Institutions in Southeast Asia: The Case of BIMP-EAGA, Akademika, 2021. (Co-author, Abdul Hai Julay)
Brunei’s Path Towards Mitigating the Climate Change and the Whole Nation Approach, Stratsea, 2021. (Co-author, Abdul Hai Julay)
Constructing Security Policies in Southeast Asia: Historical and Social Dynamics, Thesis, 2021.
Continuity in the Age of Security Uncertainty: A view from Brunei. Kyoto Review, 2020.

TOP PUBLICATIONS

An Arms Race in Southeast Asia: Claims and Realities- Kyoto Review, 2016.