Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
I am a scholar specializing in security and strategic studies, with a particular emphasis on peace and security in South Asia and the Middle East. My academic career includes teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses across institutions in Australia, Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates. My research interests are diverse, encompassing foreign policy analysis, international organizations, regionalism, contemporary international politics, soft power, and religious extremism. In my capacity as a practitioner in international development, I actively engage with international organizations on projects aimed at preventing violent extremism through education. I have published extensively in prestigious scholarly journals, such as Third World Quarterly, Asian Studies Review, Australian Journal of International Affairs, Journal of Contemporary China, Contemporary South Asia, Global Policy, and Territory, Politics, Governance, and my work has been cited extensively. Additionally, I have co-edited several books and special issues. I am the sole author of Regionalism and Regional Security in South Asia: The Role of SAARC (Routledge, 2013) and the lead author of Iran’s Soft Power in Afghanistan and Pakistan (Edinburgh University Press, 2023).
Teaching and research in Security and Strategic Studies
South Asian Studies
Research in the area of Public Diplomacy