Moez Hayat is a 2021-2022 Fulbright Scholar and visiting researcher in the Academy of Brunei Studies at the Universiti BruneiDarussalam (UBD). He completed his Master of Arts in Asian Studies at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. The views expressed in this article are his own, and do not represent those of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, the Fulbright Commission, the UBD, or any part of the U.S. government.