Roy Anthony Rogers is an Associate Professor with the Department of Strategic and International Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Malaya. In 2012 he obtained Ph.D. from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) and his research interest are government and politics of the Central Asian republics and Xinjiang. He is currently the Head of Department. His area of specialisation includes International Relations (Theories of International Relations), Foreign Policy Analysis, and the Foreign Policy of Malaysia. He has also taught at the Malaysian Armed Forces Staff College (MAFSC) and the Malaysian Defence Armed Forces College (MDAF). He is one of the Media Resource Persons for Radio and Television Malaysia (RTM) and Astro Awani, Bernama TV. He was formerly Deputy Executive Director (Development, Research, Innovation and Internationalization) at the Asia-Europe Institute.