Head of Research, Associate Professor
Dr. Joseph Chinyong Liow

Education

Research Interests

Selected Publications

Muslim Resistance in Southern Thailand and Southern Philippines: Religion, Ideology, and Politics (East-West Centre Washington, 2006); Order and Security in Southeast Asia: Essays in Memory of Michael Leifer (co-editor, Routledge 2005); The Politics of Indonesia-Malaysia Relations: One Kin, Two Nations (RoutledgeCurzon 2005); Special Issue in Memory of Michael Leifer (Guest Editor by invitation, Pacific Review 2005); Internal Conflicts in Southeast Asia (Guest Editor by invitation, Asian Security 2007); “Political Islam in Malaysia: Problematising Discourse and Practice in the UMNO-PAS ‘Islamisation Race’”, Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, Vol.42, No.2, July 2004; “The Security Situation in Southern Thailand: Towards an Understanding of Domestic and International Dimensions”, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Vol.27, No.6, November-December 2004; "Tunku Abdul Rahman and Malaya’s Relations with Indonesia, 1957-1960", Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol.36, No.1, February 2005; “Balancing, Bandwagoning, or Hedging?: Strategic and Security Patterns in Malaysia’s Relations with China, 1981-2003” in Ho Khai Leong and Samuel Ku (eds.), Southeast Asia and China: Global Changes and Regional Challenges. Singapore: ISEAS, 2005; “Islamic Education in Thailand: Negotiating Islam, Identity, and Modernity” in Robert W. Hefner (ed.), Southeast Asia Education Survey – Year One Report. Seattle: National Bureau of Asian Research, 2005; "The Politics Behind Malaysia’s 11th General Election", Asian Survey, Vol.45, No.6, November/December 2005; “Malaysia’s Approach to Indonesian Migrant Labour: Securitization, Politics, or Catharsis?” in Mely Caballero-Anthony, Ralf Emmers, and Amitav Acharya (eds.), Non-Traditional Security in Asia: Dilemmas in Securitisation. London: Palgrave, 2006; “Building Bridges and Barriers: Trends in Islamic Education in Contemporary Thailand” in Robert W. Hefner (ed.), Southeast Asia Education Survey – Year Two Report. Seattle: National Bureau of Asian Research, 2006; “International Jihad and Islamic Radicalism in Thailand? Toward an Alternative Explanation”, Asia Policy, Vol.2, 2006; “Violence and the Long Road to Reconciliation in Southern Thailand” in Linell Cady and Sheldon Simon (eds.), Religious Conflict in South and Southeast Asia: Disrupting Violence. London: Routledge, 2006.