Muhammad Faizal is a Research Fellow with the Regional Security Architecture Programme, Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (IDSS) at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Singapore. He participated in the “Partnership for Resilience Building” conference in Warsaw, where he spoke on critical infrastructure protection.
Muhammad Faizal is a Research Fellow with the Regional Security Architecture Programme, Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (IDSS) at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Singapore. He participated in the “Partnership for Resilience Building” conference in Warsaw, where he spoke on critical infrastructure protection.
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