Guide to Specialists

Zachary Abuza
Senior Fellow (January 2005–September 2005)

ARCHIVED SPECIALIST PROFILE

Project Focus
The Future of the MILF: Internal Dynamics and the Implications for Terrorism and Security in Southeast Asia

Background

Zachary Abuza is associate professor of political science at Simmons College in Boston. A leading specialist in Southeast Asian security issues and militant Islam, he has published more than a dozen articles in top area studies journals, including Asian Survey, Contemporary Southeast Asia, and Harvard Asia Quarterly. Abuza teaches Southeast Asian politics at the Department of State's Foreign Service Institute and briefs various U.S. government agencies on Southeast Asian politics and security issues. A former recipient of the Institute's Peace Scholar dissertation fellowship, Abuza received his Ph.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.

Available on usip.org

• The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and Security in Southeast Asia
• Post Tsunami (In)security
• 20 YEARS AFTER: Is the MILF Factionalized?
• Crunchtime for the Mindanao Peace Process?

Publications

• Renovating Politics in Contemporary Vietnam (2003).
• Militant Islam in Southeast Asia: Crucible of Terror (2003).
• Funding Terrorism in Southeast Asia: The Financial Network of Al Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiya (2003).