Jamal Khaer Ibrahim

Ibrahim is a nuclear engineer with more than 30 years of professional experience. From 2006 to 2011, he was director of the Planning and International Relations Division at the Malaysian Nuclear Agency. In this position, he was responsible for, among others things, liaising with the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization and coordinating Malaysia's multilateral and bilateral nuclear technical cooperation efforts. In 1981, he received a master's degree in nuclear reactor science and engineering from Queen Mary College of the University of London.

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Articles by Jamal Khaer Ibrahim

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
1 July 2013

The potential and pitfalls of societal verification

Jamal Khaer IbrahimRajeswari Pillai RajagopalanIbrahim Said Ibrahim

For decades, arms control experts have envisioned a world in which ordinary people could verify treaty compliance. With the emergence of smartphones and social networks, this world may be ready to materialize. But are developing nations ready for citizen verification?

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
6 June 2013
Asia

Finding acceptance, filling gaps

Jamal Khaer Ibrahim
Development and Disarmament Roundtable
16 May 2013
Asia

Choosing the right track

Jamal Khaer Ibrahim

I argued in my first Roundtable essay that any societal verification effort perceived as too closely aligned with government would have limited chances of success in the developing world. In my view, this would hold true for diplomacy as well.

Development and Disarmament Roundtable
7 May 2013
Asia

Needed: Motivation and support

Jamal Khaer Ibrahim

The increasing prevalence of handheld devices presents new opportunities for ordinary people to participate in treaty verification.