Prof. Dr. Wahabuddin Ra'ees

Professor. Dr. Wahabuddin Ra’ees, born in the City of Jalalabad, Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan, is a Professor in the Department of Political Science of the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). He has held numerous academic administrative positions. He served as Head of Department of Political Science (2005-2010), Deputy Dean Co-Curricular (2010-2012), Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs (2012-2014) of the Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences (KIRKHS) and Director of Alumni and Global Networking Division (2014-December 2016). Prof. Ra'ees has also served as an academic consultant for establishing of International Islamic University of Afghanistan (IIUA) (2013-2018) and Albukhary International University (AiU) (2017-2018). Prof. Ra’ees specializes in International Relations with concentration in foreign policy making. He converses in English, Persian (Dari), Pashtoo, and Arabic languages with working knowledge of Bahasa Malaysia, Malaysia's Official vernacular Language of the Malays. Prof. Ra’ees holds PhD (2002) in International Relations from University of Malaya (UM), MA (1995) in Islamic Theory of International Relations and a BA (1993) with First Class Honors in Political Science from IIUM. Prof. Ra’ees to his credit has published four books and numerous journal articles, book chapters, book reviews and participated in more than 50 conferences/seminars/academic forums. Prof. Ra’ees’s research interest includes: Politics and Society in Afghanistan, Afghanistan and the Great Power Game, Iran’s interests and foreign policy and Democracy and Democratization in the Muslim World. Prof. Ra’ees’s publications among others include: “Can Afghanistan Be Rescued?” Middle East Quarterly, Vol. 19, No. 2, Spring 2012: USA, “Obama’S Afghanistan Policy: Balancing the Reality with Practice” Journal of Politics and Law, Vol. 3, No. 2, September 2010: pp. 80-93 (Canada), “The Bonn Agreement and Making Democracy in Afghanistan”, Asian Profile, Vol. 35, No. 6, 2007. (Canada); ‘Democratizing Afghanistan: An Analysis of the 2005 Parliamentary Elections”, Intellectual Discourse, Vol. 14, No. 1, 2006. (Malaysia); “Presidential Election in Afghanistan: Democracy in the Making”, Intellectual Discourse, Vol. 13, No. 1, 2005. “Building Islamic Polity within Secular Framework of Political Activity in Egypt, Tunisia and Turkey with Reference to Ibn Khaldun’s Theory of State” Al-Shajarah, Vol. 18. No. 1, 2013: ISTAC, Kuala Lumpur; “’Asabiyyah, Religion and Regime Types: Re-reading Ibn Khaldun”, Intellectual Discourse, Vol. 12, No. 2, 2004 (SCOPUS): pp. 159-180; “Democracy and Democratization in Contemporary Muslim Societies: A Theoretical Approach” Intellectual Discourse, Vol. 20, No. 2, 2010 (Malaysia). “Shi’ism in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Its Muslim World Policy” Al-Shajarah Vol. 20. No. 1, 2015: ISTAC, (ISI Indexed): pp. 1-26 (Co-author), “The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Educational Diplomacy in the Muslim World: Al-Mustafa International University (MIU) Activities in Malaysia and Afghanistan” Insight Turkey, Vol. 20, No. 1, January-February 2018 (SCOPUS) (Co-author) and “The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Networking Diplomacy: The Role of Ahl-ul-Bayt World Assembly (ABWA)” Intellectual Discourse, Vol. 25, Special Issue, 2017 (SCOPUS): pp. 589-614 (Co-author).