KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 4 (NNN) — The Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia has appointed Herizal Hazri as its new Chief Executive.
Herizal brings to ISIS years of experience with think tanks, civil society, and governments particularly in the areas of development and democracy.
Outside Malaysia, he has worked in eleven Asian countries, namely in Indonesia, East Timor (now Timor-Leste), Thailand, Philippines, Cambodia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Taiwan, a press release issued by ISIS recently said.
In 2004, Herizal managed the only International Election Observation Mission for Afghanistan’s Presidential Election and deployed 45 long-term and short-term observers to Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran.
Herizal also served as a member of the International Contact Group (ICG) for the peace process in Mindanao where he assisted the Malaysian Government’s facilitator to the peace process, the Mindanao Islamic Liberation Front peace panel, as well as the Government of Philippines peace panel that led to the signing of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro in 2014.
He has been widely quoted on issues such as countering violent extremism, peace processes, and development economics, as well as contemporary ASEAN issues. Herizal was a recipient of the prestigious Draper-Hills Fellowship at Stanford University, and was a Chevening Scholar at Birkbeck.
ISIS Malaysia was established in 1983 as an autonomous, not-for-profit research organisation with focus on foreign policy, security studies, economics, social policy, nation-building, technology, innovation and environmental studies.
It also undertakes research collaboration with national and international organisations in such areas as national development and international affairs.