Ph.D. in International Relations, RSIS, Nanyang Technological University

M.A. in International Relations, University of Peshawar

Education Background

Ph.D. in International Relations, RSIS, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2007-2015

M.A. in International Relations, University of Peshawar, Pakistan, 1994-1996

B.Sc., University of Peshawar, Pakistan, 1991-1994

Work Experience

Senior Consultant, Islamabad Policy Research Institute, 2018-present

Senior Fellow & Director FATA Program, FATA Research Centre, Islamabad, 2015-present

Consultant, UNDP, August-December 2017

Consultant, DFID, October-November 2016

Associate Research Fellow & Team Leader (South & Central Asia), ICPVTR, RSIS, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2006-2014

Visiting Fellow, Geneva Centre for Training & Analysis of Terrorism, June-July 2012

Research Fellow, Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad, 2001-2006

Sub-Editor, Khyber Mail International, 1998-1999

Sub-Editor, The Frontier Post, 1998

Research Interest

Asymmetric Threats (Terrorism, Insurgency), Geopolitics of Af-Pak region, South & Central Asia, Conflict and post-conflict reconstruction and stabilization

Research Project

Mapping Asymmetric Threats to China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC): Actors, Drivers and Status