RSIS Commentary Series

• Operation Madago Raya: Indonesia’s Joint Military-Police Approach to Counter-Terrorism

  02 February, 2023

• IS Entry into Rakhine Conflict: Urgency in Nation-Building

  08 January, 2021

• IS Resilience in Southeast Asia?

  20 January, 2020

• Filipino Suicide Bombings: Breaching Another Threshold?

  18 October, 2019

• South India: The Islamist Connection

  13 August, 2019

Counter Terrorist Trends and Analyses

• Counter Terrorist Trends and Analyses (CTTA) - Volume 13 Issue 01

  04 January, 2021

• Counter Terrorist Trends and Analysis (CTTA) - Volume 8, Issue 11

  29 November, 2016

Journal Articles

• “Pathways to the Caliphate: Mapping Malaysian Foreign Fighter Networks in Iraq and Syria from 2012-2019” (with Rueben Ananthan Santhana Dass) in Terrorism and Political Violence, 2022
• “Maritime Malice in Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines: The Asymmetric Maritime Threat at the Tri-Border Area” (with Kenneth Yeo, and Rueben Ananthan Santhana Dass) in International Centre for Counter-Terrorism - The Hague, 2021

Op-Eds

• “Successes and challenges of Malaysia’s Eastern Sabah Security Command”, TwentyTwo13, 16 August 2025
• “Role of Indonesian military in counter-terrorism under Prabowo administration”, TwentyTwo13, 13 August 2025
• “The Arrest of Suspected Bangladeshi Terrorists in Malaysia: Implications for Regional and Global Security”, The Diplomat, 18 July 2025
• “Malaysia’s Guantanamo Bay Connection”, The Diplomat, 26 September 2024
• “The December 2023 Marawi Bombing and the Region’s Unending Terror Threat” (with Muhammad Haziq Bin Jani), The Diplomat, 2 February 2024
• “Recent Arrests Puts Jemaah Islamiyah Back in the Spotlight” (with Rakyan Adibrata), The Diplomat, 13 February 2023
• “Islamic State’s Expansion in Africa and its Implications for Southeast Asia” (with Rueben Ananthan Santhana Dass), The Diplomat, 25 July 2022
• “Islamic State East Asia: Down but Not Out” (with Rueben Ananthan Santhana Dass), Militant Wire, 25 May 2022
• “Rohingya Militant Group Targeting Malaysia-Based Refugees with Online Campaign”, The Diplomat, 13 April 2022
• “ISKP’s Continued Interest in India” (with Rueben Ananthan Santhana Dass), Jamestown Foundation Terrorism Monitor, 8 April 2022
• “Islamic State in West Africa Province Video Signals the Group’s Grand Strategy for the Future” (with Rueben Ananthan Santhana Dass), Jamestown Foundation Terrorism Monitor, 11 March 2022
• “The Challenges of Repatriating Malaysian IS Fighters from Syria” (with Rueben Ananthan Santhana Dass), The Diplomat, 24 February 2022
• “20 Years After 9/11, Al-Qaida Retains a Deadly Relevance in Malaysia”, The Diplomat, 2 December 2021
• “The Rise of Saifullah: Islamic State’s New Point Man for Southeast Asia?”, The Diplomat, 16 August 2021
• “Hizbut Tahrir in Malaysia: A Threat to National Security?” (with Rueben Ananthan Santhana Dass), Middle East Institute, 29 June 2021
• “How IS Exploits Gamification of Violence in Bid to Appeal to Youths Online during the Pandemic” (with Rueben Ananthan Santhana Dass), TODAY, 9 June 2021
• “Terrorism Laws in Malaysia: The Continuing Case for SOSMA and POTA” (with Rueben Ananthan Santhana Dass), Middle East Institute, 20 April 2021