Background

Haziq Hakimi is a PhD candidate in Comparative Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore.  As part of his doctoral research, Haziq is interested in expanding the decolonial critique of international relations by proposing an alternative theoretical perspective of international relations based on the School of Autonomous Knowledge, a social scientific intellectual tradition that emerged in Southeast Asia and the Malay World in the 1960s. Haziq will undertake a comparative and empirical study of Malaysian and Turkish conceptions and practices of international relations and foreign policy from that “autonomous” approach. Before commencing his PhD studies at NUS, Haziq earned a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey, and a Master of Arts in Strategic and Defence Studies from the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Asian Languages

Haziq is a native Bahasa Melayu and English speaker. He has an advanced command of the Turkish language (CEFR – C1), and an intermediate proficiency in Arabic (CEFR – B1).

Research Interests

Haziq’s research interests lie in International Relations Theory, Great Power Politics, Critical Security Studies, Historical Sociology, Critical Geopolitics, Decolonial Thought and Social Theory.

For inquiries, questions, or to explore potential research collaborations, please feel free to contact Haziq at haziq@u.nus.edu.