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Nassef M. Adiong[] (full name: Nassef Manabilang Adiong) is a Maranao-Muslim researcher in International Relations focusing on Middle Eastern (Southwest Asian) and Islamic Studies. He advocates economic development for the Bangsamoro people in the Southern Philippines, which is considered as a cultural minority composed of 13 Muslim ethnic communities. He is the only Filipino staff in the International Affairs Division of the International Affairs Forum, the publisher organ of Center for International Relations.

Academic Life

He gradauted Magna cum Laude. from the University of the East, Manila-Philippines, with a degree of Bachelor of Arts major in International Studies under numerous academic scholarships, e.g., University President and the Quezon City Government Scholarhips. He is about to earn his Master in International Studies from the University of the Philippines, Diliman, with honorific distinctions as recipients of Presidential and Willy Keng Scholarships and will straight ahead pursue a 2009-12 PhD program in International Relations under the Erasmus Mundus Mobility with Asia scholarship at the Middle East Technical University, Ankara-Turkey.

He attended one term of studies at De La Salle University, Manila-Philippines, and passed the required prerequisite courses on Master of Arts in International Studies major in European Studies as a scholar graduate student.

Working Papers

Securitization: Understanding Its Process in the field of International Relations (2009) Grin Verlag. Archive No.: V125925, ISBN (E-book): 978-3-640-32225-1 or ISBN (Book): 978-3-640-32045-5.

The U.S. and Israel Securitization of Iran’s Nuclear Energy (2009) Grin Verlag. Archive No.: V122706, ISBN (E-book): 978-3-640-26619-7 or ISBN (Book): 978-3-640-26625-8. This paper was one of the top five best paper in the 4th University of the Philippines Asian Center Graduate Students’ Conference 2009 with a theme on "Nation-States and Global Crises: Asian Issues and Perspectives."

The Historical Emergence of the Main Forms of Actors in the Middle East and North African Region. (2008) Grin Verlag. Archive No.: V121024, ISBN (E-book): 978-3-640-24386-0.

Relationship between Balik-Islam (Muslim Reverts) and Full-fledged Muslims under the 	Auspices of Islamic Teachings in Philippine Setting. (2008) Grin Verlag. Archive No.: V121031, ISBN (E-book): 978-3-640-25397-5.

Document Analysis of “A History of Medieval Islam” by J.J. Saunders. (2008) Grin Verlag. Archive No.: V121021, ISBN (E-book): 978-3-640-24385-3.

After 9/11: A Troika of Perceptions of President George Walker Bush, former Secretary of State Colin Luther Powell and former Secretary of Defense Donald Henry Rumsfeld on the Creation of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001. (2007) Grin Verlag.Archive No.: V121027, ISBN (E-book): 978-3-640-24387-7.

Review Paper

The Great Theft: Wrestling Islam From The Extremists by Khaled Abou El Fadl (10 February 2008) contributed to Ranaw.com

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