DR. NUR SURAYYA MOHD SAUDI is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Defense Studies and Management, Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM). The scope of his research is in the fields of Defense Economics, Resource Economics, Environmental Economics and Financial Economics. His teaching portfolios are Macroeconomics, Defense Economics, Financial Management and Management Economics. Dr.Nur Surayya obtained a Doctorate in Financial Economics from Universiti Malaysia Sabah in 2019 and completed an Economic Defense and Security course from the Daniel K. Inouye Center for Asia-Pacific Security Studies, Honolulu, Hawaii. Dr.Nur Surayya has a keen interest in research and is aggressively involved in applied research funded by industry and government agencies. He actively publishes articles in Indexed journals and produces chapters in books and textbooks. He currently publishes more than 40 articles, 3 books and 5 chapters in books.Dr.Nur Surayya is actively involved in economic conferences at the national and international levels, was appointed keynote speaker at ASNET international conferences, and contributed economic thinking in newspapers . He is also the Editorial Board for the Journal of Economic Finance and the Reviewer of the Journal of Defense Studies and Resource Management. His latest research is “Defense Policy Development on the Impact of Military Spending on climate change and biodiversity. Dr.Nur Surayya has 12 years of experience working as a Financial Analyst in Financial Institutions and before she joined UPNM in 2017. She has served Maybank for 5 years, RHB Bank for 6 years and CIMB for 2 years. He is also an active member of the Malaysian Economic Association (MEA).