Shehryar Fazli Senior Analyst and Regional Editor, South Asia Islamabad, Pakistan Please submit all media inquiries to sfazli@crisisgroup.org or call +32 (0) 2 536 00 71 Crisis Group Role Shehryar Fazli is the South Asia Regional Editor and Senior Analyst, based in Islamabad. He has held the position since July 2008. Previously, he was South Asia Analyst for Crisis Group from 2003-2005. Areas of Expertise Rule of law Security sector reform Pakistan-India relations Jihadist militancy and counter-terrorism policy The Federally Administered Tribal Areas Pakistan and Bangladesh domestic politics and security. Professional Background Lecturer, University of Massachusetts, Amherst (2005 - 2008); South Asia Analyst, International Crisis Group (2003 - 2005); Program Office, Asia Foundation (2003). BA from McGill University, Philosophy (major) and Political Science (minor), 2002. Select Publications Book chapters and journal entries: “Opportunities for Regional Stability: The View from Pakistan”, in Anand Kumar (ed.), The Terror Challenge in South Asia and Prospect of Regional Cooperation, Pentagon Security International, 2011 “Sectarianism and Conflict: The View from Pakistan”, Danish Institute for International Studies, Religion and Violence Series, June 2012. “The Menace of Strangeness”, Journal of International Peace Operations, Volume 7. Number 1, July – August 2011 Op-eds and analysis: "Bangladeshi leaders must stop politicizing counterterrorism", Nikkei Asian Review, July 6, 2016 "Bangladesh government must step back from chaos", Nikkei Asian Review, April 8, 2016 “A New Dawn for Pakistan’s Tribal Areas”, Foreign Policy, August 12, 2011 “Taming a ‘Strange Land’”, Foreign Policy, June 27, 2011 “The English-speaking Tongue”, Dawn, February 24, 2011 “General emergency – President Musharraf’s tenuous grip on power”, Jane’s Intelligence Review, November 15, 2007 Book reviews and magazine entries: “The Assassin’s Challenge”, Los Angeles Review of Books, November 24, 2013 “Barbarism in Cultured Soil: Rushdie’s Great Pakistani Novel”, Los Angeles Review of Books, November 23, 2012 “Books Do Furnish a Little Freedom”, Standpoint (UK), November 2011 “Not So Simple As a Hard Country” (review of Anatol Lieven’s book, A Hard Country), theindiasite.com, 21 October 2011 Languages English (native) French (conversant) Urdu (conversant) In The News 16 Dec 2016 These organizations [in Bangladesh] — whether they’re jihadists or student wings of parties like Jamaat-e-Islami — they’re becoming more attractive avenues of opposition. Foreign Policy Shehryar Fazli Senior Analyst and Regional Editor, South Asia Latest Updates Op-Ed / Asia 6 July 2016 Bangladeshi Leaders Must Stop Politicizing Counterterrorism Originally published in Nikkei Asian Review Op-Ed / Asia 20 June 2016 A Rule of Law Meltdown Is Behind the Murder of Bloggers in Bangladesh Originally published in World Politics Review Op-Ed / Asia 8 April 2016 Bangladesh government must step back from chaos The brutal murder of a law student blogger who had criticized Islamist groups in Bangladesh has underlined the growing power and impunity of the country's extremist rump. The death of Nazumuddin Samad, 28, who was hacked and shot to death on April 7, has also highlighted how the rise of religious extremism is affecting the country's image and its efforts to advance economically. Originally published in The Nikkei Asian Review Op-Ed / Europe & Central Asia 20 April 2014 It Wasn’t Just a European War: WWI in Arabia Originally published in Los Angeles Review of Books Op-Ed / Asia 12 August 2011 A New Dawn for Pakistan's Tribal Areas? Originally published in Foreign policy Load more