Dr. Syed Adnan Bukhari
Assistant Professor, Homeland Security Program
Syed Adnan Ali Shah Bukhari is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Homeland Security Program. Prior to this, he taught at the Shaheed Zufliqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science & Technology (SZABIST), Islamabad. Bukhari started his academic career as a Research Fellow at the Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad. Later, he worked as an Associate Research Fellow at the International Centre for Political Violence & Terrorism Research Centre ICPVTR), S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), NTU, Singapore. He also worked as a Senior Fellow & Director Program at the FATA Research Centre (Islamabad). He served as a Consultant with the UNDP, DFID, GIZ and German Federal Foreign Office respectively on the post-conflict reconstruction of Pakistan’s western border tribal areas. He has also been a Visiting Fellow at the Fudan University in Shanghai, China.
- PhD in International Relations from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- M.A in International Relations from the University of Peshawar, Pakistan
- B.Sc in Social Sciences from the University of Peshawar, Pakistan
- Homeland Security
- Border and Transportation Security
- Maritime Security
- Geopolitics
- Foreign Policies of Major powers
- Terrorism & Insurgency
- Terrorism, Insurgency and Islamic Movements
- Politics, security and religion in Central, South and West Asia
- Domestic and External dynamics of Pakistan and Afghanistan
- Great power politics
Rohan Gunaratna and Syed Adnan Ali Shah Bukhari, “Chapter 2: Militant Organisations in Pakistan” in Pakistan – Consequences of Deteriorating Security in Afghanistan (Edited by Krintina Zetterlund), Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), Sweden, February 2009
Syed Adnan Ali Shah Bukhari and Arabinda Acharya, “Making Money in Mayhem: Funding the Taliban Insurrection in Pakistan’s Tribal Areas”, Studies in Conflict and
Terrorism Journal, Volume 32, Issue 2, January-February 2009
Rohan Gunaratna and Syed Adnan Ali Shah Bukhari, “Making Peace With Pakistani Taliban to Isolate Al Qaeda: Successes and Failures”, Peace and Security Review Journal, Vol. 1, Number 2, Second Quarter 2008
Internal Dynamics of Afghanistan After the 2005 Parliamentary Elections and the Impact on the Region, Strategic Studies, Vol. XXVI, Summer 2006, No. 2.
Syed Adnan Ali Shah Bukhari, “Factors of Competition Between Russia and the US in Central Asia”, Strategic Studies, Vol. XXV, Winter 2005, Number 4
Syed Adnan Ali Shah Bukhari, “Religious Terrorism in Other Faiths”, Strategic Studies, Vol. XXVIII, Summer 2005, Number 2.
Syed Adnan Ali Shah Bukhari, “Genesis of the Chechen Resistance Movement”, Strategic Studies, Vol. XXVI, Winter 2004, Number 4
Syed Adnan Ali Shah Bukhari, “Russia’s Policy towards Southern Caucasus”, Strategic Studies, Vol. XXVI, Summer 2004, Number 2.
Syed Adnan Ali Shah Bukhari, “Indo-Russia Relations: Prospects in the 21st Century”, Strategic Studies, Vol. XXIII, Winter 2003, Number 4.
Syed Adnan Ali Shah Bukhari, “US-Iraq War: Russia’s Middle East Policy”, Strategic Studies, Vol. XXIII, Summer 2003, Number 2.
Syed Adnan Ali Shah Bukhari, “The Genesis of the Chechen Conflict”, Strategic Studies, Vol. XXII, Winter 2002, Number 4
Syed Adnan Ali Shah Bukhari, “Post September 11: Changing Patterns of Russia’s Foreign Policy”, Strategic Studies, Vol. XXII, Autumn 2002, Number 3.
Syed Adnan Ali Shah Bukhari, “Geo-Politics of the Caspian Sea Region: A Russian Perspective”, Strategic Studies, Vol. XXII, Spring 2002, Number 1
Syed Adnan Ali Shah Bukhari, “Russo-India Military-Technical Cooperation”, Strategic Studies, Vol. XXI, Winter 2001, Number 4.
Syed Adnan Ali Shah Bukhari, “Pakistan-Russia Relations: Post-Cold War Era”, Strategic Studies, Vol. XXI, Summer 2001, Number 2.
