Abdul Rahman Yaacob
Biography
Dr Abdul Rahman Yaacob is a Research Fellow in the Southeast Asia Program at the Lowy Institute. His research interests include Southeast Asia’s defence and security issues and the region’s relations with major powers. Concurrently, he is assisting in the ASEAN-Australia Defence Postgraduate Scholarship Program at the Strategic & Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University. Before joining the Lowy Institute, he completed a PhD at the ANU’s National Security College, focusing on Singapore’s defence policy and the broader strategic issues Southeast Asian states faced during the Cold War. For three years, from 2020, he was a Teaching Fellow at the Australian War College. Before commencing his PhD, Rahman served nearly 18 years with the Government of Singapore. He held various command and staff postings in security-related areas and received several awards, including Ministerial Awards for Operational Excellence and a Commendation for the Rejection of Bribe.
