Author: Kamaruzzaman Bustamam Ahmad

Prof. Kamaruzzaman Bustamam Ahmad (KBA) has followed his curiosity throughout life, which has carried him into the fields of Sociology of Anthropology of Religion in Southeast Asia, Islamic Studies, Sufism, Cosmology, and Security, Geostrategy, Terrorism, and Geopolitics. Prof. KBA is the author of over 30 books and 50 academic and professional journal articles and book chapters. His academic training is in social anthropology at La Trobe University, Islamic Political Science at the University of Malaya, and Islamic Legal Studies at UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta. He received many fellowships: Asian Public Intellectual (The Nippon Foundation), IVLP (American Government), Young Muslim Intellectual (Japan Foundation), and Islamic Studies from Within (Rockefeller Foundation). Currently, he is Dean of Faculty and Shariah, Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Ar-Raniry, Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
Kajian Timur Tengah Wawasan Geopolitik

Analisis Konflik Iran–Israel–Amerika Serikat : Geopolitik, Intelijen, dan Risiko Eskalasi

Kamaruzzaman Bustamam Ahmad

Artikel ini menyajikan analisis mendalam mengenai konflik Iran–Israel–Amerika Serikat hingga 8 Maret 2026 dalam perspektif geopolitik, keamanan, dan intelijen strategis. Kajian ini membahas tujuan perang, sistem persenjataan, serta dinamika operasi militer yang melibatkan kekuatan udara, rudal, dan operasi siber. Selain itu, artikel ini menguraikan peran kepemimpinan politik seperti Benjamin Netanyahu dan Donald Trump, serta dampak konflik terhadap stabilitas Timur Tengah, jalur energi global melalui Selat Hormuz, dan hukum internasional. Analisis ini juga menyoroti risiko eskalasi regional, keterlibatan proksi, dan implikasi kemanusiaan yang semakin meluas.

🌍 English Edition 🤖 Digital Society & AI

Cultural Engineering in the Planetary Age: AI, Techno-Religion, and the Crisis of Human Consciousness

Kamaruzzaman Bustamam Ahmad

The planetary age is not merely a technological transition but a profound reconfiguration of human existence. As artificial intelligence, digital infrastructures, and algorithmic systems reshape the production of knowledge and the structure of perception, culture itself becomes engineered rather than inherited. This essay explores how techno-religion, automated knowledge, and the acceleration of digital life are transforming human consciousness, religious behavior, and social reality. Drawing on key works in future studies, AI theory, and moral psychology, it argues that the greatest crisis of our time is not technological—but existential: the gradual erosion of human interior life in a system designed to predict, shape, and control thought itself.