Iftekharul Bashar is an Associate Research Fellow at the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research (ICPVTR), a specialist unit within the S. Rajararatnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
He has obtained a Bachelors (Hons.) and Masters in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Dhaka. Prior to joining RSIS, he worked with several think-tanks in Bangladesh including Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs (BILIA), Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU), and Bangladesh Institute for Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS). Iftekharul Bashar received two awards from the University of Dhaka for his essays.
His latest publication is a book chapter titled “Impact of the Rohingya Crisis on the threat landscape at the Myanmar– Bangladesh border” which is part of a joint Asia-Europe Counter-Terrorism Dialogue” project of Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and RSIS.