Biography
Prof. Dr K.S. Nathan holds a PhD in International Relations from Claremont Graduate University in California, USA and an LL.M. from the University of London. He is also an Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya, having been called to the Malaysian Bar in July 2015. Professor Nathan is currently a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Ethnic Studies (KITA) in the National University of Malaysia (UKM). He served as Director of the Institute of Malaysian & International Studies (IKMAS) in UKM from 1st January 2011 until 1st April 2013. He also served as a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) in Singapore from 2001-2007. From 2003-2007, he was the Editor of the ISEAS journal, Contemporary Southeast Asia. Prof. Nathan also served as the First President of the Malaysian International Affairs Forum (MIAF), and the Malaysian Association for American Studies (MAAS), both of which were founded in l983. He was a Visiting Scholar at several leading academic and research institutes including Harvard University (l980-8l), the USSR Academy of Sciences (1984), University of California, Berkeley the Strategic & Defence Studies Centre (SDSC) of the Australian National University, Canberra (1996), and International University of Japan (IUJ), Niigata, Japan (1998). He is also the current President of the Malaysian Association for American Studies (MAAS), and has served on the Editorial Board of the Australian Journal of International Affairs. Professor Nathan has several publications including twelve books and numerous articles in local, regional, and international journals.
