Welcome to the official website of Strategic Studies and International Relations
 (SSIR) Programme

 

Our program actively sought international collaboration in research and intellectual exchange, as evidenced in our EAIR Forum and SSIR Roundtable discussions. Renowned scholars from all over the world are invited to give talk in our EAIR Forum, and to share their research findings and expertise in SSIR Roundtable sessions.

Generally, the Strategic Studies and International Relations program aims at nurturing graduates who are not only competent in the theoretical knowledge of the IR and Strategic fields but equally skillful at translating this knowledge into practice. As the country’s pioneer in the fields of Strategic and IR studies, the Strategy Program has produced graduates with a handful of them currently holding key positions in both the public and private sector as well as in international governmental and non-governmental organizations. Key among these agencies are those agencies with whom the Program maintains strong cooperation and partnership namely Wisma Putra, IDFR and Ministry of Defense.

The Program also trains aspiring and young academics to ensure the continuity in its intellectual traditions. Among those prominent faculty who have been part of the Program’s excellent intellectual traditions are Professor Dato’ Dr Zakaria Ahmad, Professor Baladas Ghoshal, Professor Dr. Dagmar Hellmann-Rajanayagam, Professor Ruhanas Harun, Professor Dr. Mohd. Kamarulnizam Abdullah, Dr. Hari Singh, and Dr. Tang Siew Mun.