Writing & Research
Policy analysis, research and government policy work on terrorism, counterterrorism and South Asian security.
Policy analysis
- After the Four-Day War: Defense Adaptation and Strategic Realignment Across South AsiaStimson Center, South Asian Voices · May 2026
- Bangladesh First? The Choices Defining Tarique Rahman's Foreign PolicyStimson Center, South Asian Voices · March 2026
- A verdict meant to deliver justice, but the trial and aftermath raise difficult questionsAtlantic Council, New Atlanticist · November 2025
- One Year after the Revolution: Reform, Reconciliation, and the Road Ahead for BangladeshStimson Center, South Asian Voices · August 2025
- Bangladesh's Revolution Is at a Crossroads: Open Elections Are the Best Way ForwardAtlantic Council, South Asia Center · August 2025
- Bangladesh May Have Ended Its India-China Tightrope Game, but It Must Continue to Tread Carefully (with Samantha Wong)Atlantic Council, South Asia Center
Research & ongoing work
- The Cost of Resilience: Decapitation, Signaling, and the Strategic Divergence of Terrorist NetworksIn progress
- Database of structural changes to U.S. counterterrorism architecture since 2025 (with Daniel Byman)Research project · in progress
- Bangladesh: In Quest of a National Counter-Violent Extremism Policy (lead author)Berkeley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs, Georgetown · accepted
- The Effect of Decapitation of Core Terrorist Group Leaders on the Operational Strategy of Affiliated Terrorist GroupsMaster's thesis, Georgetown University · 2023
Book chapters & policy reports
- The Gender Perspective in Preventing Violent Extremism in Bangladesh (co-author)Chapter in Preventing Violent Extremism: Lessons Learned from Bangladesh, University Press Limited · in press
- Gender, Parenting and the Prevention of Violent Extremism (lead researcher, survey of 1,120 respondents)UNDP–USAID joint research project · 2020–2021
- Countering Radicalization chapter (co-author and drafting committee member)National Strategy for Preventing Violent Extremism, Government of Bangladesh · 2020
- Contributor, South Asia chapter: Investigation, Prosecution and Adjudication of Foreign Terrorist Fighter Cases for South and Southeast AsiaUNODC manual