Research Center for History, Politics and International Affairs

 

Abdul Muein Abadi

Abdul Muein Bin Abadi: Lecturer of Political Science Programme

 

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Email: muein@ukm.edu.my

Blok E,
Pusat Pengajian Sejarah, Politik dan Strategi,
Fakulti Sains Sosial dan Kemanusiaan,
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600 Selangor.

Qualifications

BSocSci (Political Science) [Distinction] Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
MSc (Public Administration and Organizational Science) Utrecht University, Netherlands

 

Research Interests

Politics and International Relations Theory
Domestic Politics and Decision Making Factors in International Relations
Defense Diplomacy
Malaysia and Southeast Asian Politics

 

Publications

Journal Article

  • Abdul Muein Abadi.  2015. Between ASEAN demos and ASEAN kratos: The genesis of ASEAN public spheres. JEBAT: Malaysian Journal of History, Politics and Strategic Studies. Vol. 42(2). December 2015. ISSN: 2180-0251 (electronic), 0126-5644 (paper)

Book Translation

  • Abdul Muein Abadi.  2016. Transformasi Struktur ruang awam: Suatu penyelidikan ke atas sebuah kategori masyarakat borjuis. Bangi: UKM Press. (Book Translation of Habermas, Jurgen. 1989. The structural transformation of the public sphere: An inquiry into a category of bourgeois society. Frankfurt: Suhrkamp Verlag). ISBN: 978-967-412-332-1

Conference Proceeding 

  • Abdul Muein Abadi. 2015. A comparative study of Malaysia and Indonesia’s US-China Policy from Neoclassical Realist perspective. Paper Proceeding Symposium on Culture and Cooperation between Indonesia – Malaysia (SKIM XIV). Bangi: Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM. ISBN: 978-983-2795-34-6

Newspaper Articles

  • Impak positif TPPA ke atas Geopolitik kita (The Geopolitical Dividends of TPPA for Malaysia’s Geopolitics, Berita Harian, December 31, 2015)
  • TPPA: Perspektif kedaulatan dan geopolitik (TPPA from sovereignty and geopolitical perspectives, January 2016)
  • TPPA VS RCEP: Kenapa perlu memilih? (TPPA vs RCEP: Why should we choose both? Januari 2016)
  • 23 Soalan Geopolitik TPPA (23 Geopolitical questions of TPPA)
  • Contohi Strategi Tun Perak Selesai Polemik TPPA (Tun Perak’s Strategy in Dealings with TPPA, Berita Harian, January 15, 2016)
    AS bukan Rom, China bukan Soviet (The US is no Rome, neither the Chinese are Soviets, Berita Harian, January 23, 2016)
  • Fokus geopolitik kerjasama ekonomi serantau pasca-TPPA (The Post-TPPA Geopolitical Focus on Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership RCEP, Berita Harian, January 30, 2016)
  • Kesepaduan pasukan keselamatan kawal perairan Sabah elak diceroboh (Consolidating Security Forces’ Cohesion near Sabah’s Water, Berita Harian, February 16, 2016).
  • Jepun, Brunei, Vietnam sertai TPPA sebagai langkah geostrategi (The Geostrategic logic behind the Japanese, Brunei, and Vietnam’s participation in TPPA, Berita Harian, March 2, 2016)
  • Amerika, Russia masih ‘main’perang Dingin (American, Russian, are still in the “Cold War” Mode, Berita Harian, March 14, 2016)
  • Strategi diplomasi ala Roosevelt Tok Nan (Tok Nan’s ala Roosevelt Diplomacy, Berita Harian, March 23, 2016).
  • Kejahilan ancam keselamatan negara (Ignorance is no exception in country’s security threat, Berita Harian, April 2, 2016)
  • Kerjasama MAPHILINDO demi Kedaulatan Bersama (MAPHILINDO Cooperation for Mutual Sovereignty, Berita Harian, April 13, 2016)
  • Negara Terajui Diplomasi Pertahanan Nusantara (Malaysia spearheading Nusantara Defense Diplomacy, Berita Harian, April 27, 2016)
  • TLDM Harungi Geopolitik Antarabangsa (TLDM Maneuvering the Wave of International Geopolitics, Berita Harian, May 4, 2016)
  • Dasar Diplomasi China di Nusantara (China’s Diplomacy in Nusantara, Berita Harian, May 20, 2016)
  • Cabaran Geostrategi Baharu Filipina (A New Geostrategic Challenges of the Philippines, Berita Harian, May 30, 2016)

Book Chapters

  • Abdul Muein Abadi. 2016. “Medan Transisi Kuasa AS-China?” (A Realm of the US-China Power Transition?) In Geostrategi dan Laut China Selatan (Geostrategy and the South China Sea) By Azwan Omar & Abdul Muein Abadi. Bangi: DuBook Press. Forthcoming.
  • Abdul Muein Abadi. 2016. “Malaysia di antara Paksi AS dan OBOR China” (Malaysia Between the US Pivot and China’s OBOR) In Geostrategi dan Laut China Selatan (Geostrategy and the South China Sea) By Azwan Omar & Abdul Muein Abadi. Bangi: DuBook Press. Forthcoming.
  • Abdul Muein Abadi. 2016. “Diplomasi Armada Hijau dan Armada Biru” (The Diplomacy of Green-Water Navy with the Blue-Water Navy) In Geostrategi dan Laut China Selatan (Geostrategy and the South China Sea) By Azwan Omar & Abdul Muein Abadi. Bangi: DuBook Press. Forthcoming.
  • Abdul Muein Abadi. 2016. “Geostrategi Tun Perak dan Laut China Selatan” (Tun Perak’s Geostrategy and the South China Sea) In Geostrategi dan Laut China Selatan (Geostrategy and the South China Sea) By Azwan Omar & Abdul Muein Abadi. Bangi: DuBook Press. Forthcoming.
  • Abdul Muein Abadi. 2016. “Nusantara atau MAPHILINDO?” (Nusantara or MAPHILINDO?) In Geostrategi dan Laut China Selatan (Geostrategy and the South China Sea) By Azwan Omar & Abdul Muein Abadi. Bangi: DuBook Press. Forthcoming.
  • Abdul Muein Abadi. 2016. “Dari Wawasan Nusantara ke Poros Maritim Dunia” (From Nusantara Outlook to World Maritime Axis) In Geostrategi dan Laut China Selatan (Geostrategy and the South China Sea) By Azwan Omar & Abdul Muein Abadi. Bangi: DuBook Press. Forthcoming.
  • Abdul Muein Abadi. 2016. “Realisme Gajah Mada vs Realisme Tun Perak” (Gajah Mada’s Realism vs Tun Perak’s Realism) In Geostrategi dan Laut China Selatan (Geostrategy and the South China Sea) By Azwan Omar & Abdul Muein Abadi. Bangi: DuBook Press. Forthcoming.

Research Project

  • Masyarakat Sivil dan Politik Transnasional di Malaysia dan Indonesia: Isu, Jaringan, dan Pendemokrasian (Civil Society and Transnational Politics in Indonesia and Malaysia: Issues, Networks, and Democratization) (Project Leader) [Project Code: GGPM-2014-009]
  • Impak Bantuan Asing kepada Organisasi Masyarakat Sivil kepada Keselamatan Politik Malaysia (The Impact of Civil Society Organizations’ Foreign Assistance upon Malaysia’s Political Security) (Co-researcher) [Project Code: GUP-2014-045]
  • Bantuan Demokrasi: Kajian terhadap Bantuan Pilihan Raya dan Sokongan kepada Parti Politik di Malaysia (Democracy Assistance: A Study on Electoral Funding and Supports toward Malaysian Political Parties) (Co-researcher) [Project Code: DPP-2015-107]
  • Lonjakan penerbitan FSSK 2015-2016 (The Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities Publication) (Co-researcher) [Project Code: DPP-2015-FSSK]

Consulting Work & Knowledge Exchange

  1. Invited speaker, “Malaysia’s Politics and Challenges for Hegemony”, June 29, 2015, as part of the ASEAN Mobility Program, Mahidol University, Thailand.
  2. Invited speaker, “Contemporary Malaysian Politics”, July 1st, 2015, as part of the ASEAN Mobility Program, Mahidol University, Thailand.
  3. Invited speaker, “Malaysia’s Administrative System”, April 5th, 2016, as part of the Minds’ Transformation Program (PTM), National University of Malaysia (UKM).

Teaching Experience

  • SKSJ1023 Pengantar Teori Politik (Introduction to Political Theory) [Semester I 2015-2016]
  • SKSJ1043 Pengantar Pentadbiran Awam (Introduction to Public Administration) [Semester II 2014-2015]
  • SKSJ1043 Pengantar Pentadbiran Awam (Introduction to Public Administration) [Semester II 2015-2016]
  • LMCW 1022 Asas Inovasi dan Keusahawanan (Foundation for Innovation and Entrepreneurship) [Semester II 2014-2015]
  • LMCW 1022 Asas Inovasi dan Keusahawanan (Foundation for Innovation and Entrepreneurship) [Semester II 2015-2016]
  • LMCK 2711 Tanggungjawab Alam Sekitar (Environmental Responsibility) [Semester I 2015-2016]
  • Tutor, Southeast Asian Politics [Semester II 2011-2012]
  • Tutor, Comparative Politics [Semester II 2011-2012]
  • Tutor, Introduction to Political Theory [Semester I 2014-2015]
  • Tutor, Evolution of Malaysian Politics [Semester I 2014-2015]
  • Tutor, European Politics [Semester I 2014-2015]
  • Tutor, Introduction to Political Science [Semester I 2014-2015]

 

Research Supervision Experience

Current primary supervisor, Master students

  1. Khairunnazrin Bin Mohd Noor, “Pengaruh Persatuan Silat Melayu sebagai Barisan Pertahanan Ketiga Negara” (The Influence of Malays Silat Associations as the Third Line of National Defense).
  2. Mazalan Zainuddin, “Akta Perbadanan Kampong Bharu: Implikasi Pengundi muda dalam PRU-13” (Kampong Bharu Authority Act: An Implication toward young voters in the 13th General Election).
  3. Nor Asraf Binti Osman, “Pasca-Islamisme: Perbandingan AKP di Turki dan PAS di Malaysia” (Post-Islamism: A Comparative Study of AKP in Turkey and PAS in Malaysia)
  4. Nor Azlina Endut, “Program Transformasi Terengganu Baru dan Negeri Berkebajikan” (New Terengganu Transformation Program and the Welfare State).
  5. Roger Tan, “Pentafsiran dan Pengaplikasian Keadilan Sosial di Malaysia (The Interpretation and Application of Social Justice in Malaysia).

Completed primary supervision, Master students 

  1. Fairuzzaman Bin Shaharuddin, “Kesedaran politik melalui satira politik” (Political Consciousness through Political Satire) [Best Political Science Thesis Award]
  2. Norma Binti Abdul Razak, “Pusat Transformasi Luar Bandar dan kesan terhadap sokongan pengundi dalam PRU-13” (Rural Transformation Center and Its Implication on voters support in the 13th General Election).
  3. Zainon Ain Binti Faizul Arby. “Peranan Wanita dalam Pembangunan Politik di Malaysia” (Women’s Role in Malaysia’s Political Development).

 

Current primary supervision, Undergraduate thesis

  1. Ahmad Amir Azfar Bin Shahidan, “Politik Perdayaan Korea Utara dalam arena Antarabangsa” (The North Korean Politics of Deception in International Arena)
  2. Fairul Nizam Bin Anuar, “Calon Bebas dalam Persaingan Pilihan Raya” (Independent Candidates in Electoral Contest).
  3. Muhamad Fakhruddin Bin Dzulkarnain, “NGO dan Ruang Awam dalam Politik Malaysia” (Non-governmental Organizations and Public Sphere in Malaysian Politics).
  4. Nur Radhiah Binti Rahmat, “Ruang Awam dan Kebebasan Akademik dalam Politik Malaysia” (Public Spheres and Academic Freedom in Malaysian Politics).

Completed primary supervision, Undergraduate thesis

  1. Nur Amalina Othman, “Komuniti Ekonomi ASEAN: Impak ke atas Hubungan ASEAN dan Amerika Syarikat” (ASEAN Economic Community: Its Impact on ASEAN-US Relations).
  2. Mohamad Badrun Mokhti, “Faktor Kemenangan Barisan Alternatif Kedah dalam Pilihan Raya Umum 2008” (The Winning Factors of Kedah’s Oppositional Alliance in 2008 General Election).
  3. Norhaslinda Abd Rahman, “Penglibatan Politik Kaum Cina semasa dan selepas era Order Baru di Indonesia” (The Political Participation of Chinese Ethnic during and after the New Order Era in Indonesia).

Committee Membership (University and External)

  1. Publication Committee, Symposium on Culture and Cooperation between Indonesia – Malaysia (SKIM XIV), 25-27 November 2015.
  2. Faculty’s Branding Committee, the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (FSSK), UKM.
  3. Faculty’s ICT Committee in Teaching and Learning, the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (FSSK), UKM.

Awards

  • Distinguished Service Award, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (FSSK) National University of Malaysia, 2012.
  • Terengganu Scholars Award, 2011.

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