HELP Professors’ Corner

• Bachelor of Social Sciences (Hons) from the University of Singapore in 1970,
• MA from McMaster University in 1971 
• PhD in Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1977.

• Distinguished Fellow of the Malaysian Armed Forces Defence College (MPAT)
• Malaysian Institute of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations (IDFR)
• Institute of Public Security of Malaysia (IPSOM.
•  Board member of the Malaysia – America Foundation (MAF), 2014-2017.
• Prof. Zakaria has taught at the University of Malaya, the Science University of Malaysia
• National University of Singapore, 
• Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
• At UKM, he was Dean of Social Sciences and had also headed Political Science and Strategic Studies
• University of Ohio (where he held the Tun Abdul Razak Chair, 2000-2003).
• Prof. Zakaria has published extensively on politics and international affairs of Malaysia, ASEAN and the Asia-Pacific.
• An active sportsperson, he served 6 terms (2005-2018) as a Vice-President of the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM).
• Member of the Council of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) for 3 terms, and was President of the Malaysian Gymnastics Federation for 35 years until his retirement in 2013.
• Professor Zack served in the Askar Wataniah (Territorial Army) and was the Commander of Regt 514 with the rank of Colonel.
• He is currently an Honorary Captain of the Royal Malaysian Navy.

Espinas, M., et al. (1986). Conference on conflict resolution and Cambodia.

Zakaria Ahmad (1986). Security issues in Asia and the pacific a southeast Asian perspective.

Zakaria Ahmad & Chan P. (1986). Riding the Chinese dragon the politics and economics of ASEAN’s relations with the people’s Republic of China.

Zakaria Ahmad (1987). ASEAN and the China trade.

Zakaria Ahmad (1987). Malaysia’s foreign policy looking back and looking ahead, or, looking outwards and moving inwards.

Zakaria Ahmad (1995). The Army Qua Institution in Asia in the Twentieth Century.

Zakaria Ahmad (1947). War and conflict studies in Malaysia.

Zakaria & Chan, P. (1986). Outline and draft notes on the China-ASEAN trade dynamics.

Zakaria Ahmad (1996). Changing concept of security in a changing pacific asia.

Zakaria Ahmad (2002). Malaysia in the twenty-first century.

Zakaria Ahmad (1979). Armed insurgency and national political stability in the southeast Asia states.

Zakaria Ahmad (1987). Report of participation at the conference ”the soviet union in the Asia-pacific region”

Newsletter of southeast Asian studies program at Ohio university (2003).

Zakaria Ahmad (1987). Southeast Asia, Taiwan and the people s republic of China.

Zakaria Ahmad (1988). Malaysian International affairs forum at DSA ’88 conference on “southeast Asia and pacific Asia security in the final decade of the twentieth century”.

Zakaria Ahmad (n.d.). Comments on “regional order and political development” on east-west center 25th anniversary conference on ASEAN and the pacific basin.

Zakaria Ahmad (n.d.). Strategic studies at UKM.

Zakaria Ahmad (n.d.). Configurative and comparative aspects of military-civilian relations.