Niloy Ranjan Biswas is Associate Professor in the Department of International Relations at the University of Dhaka. He holds a Ph.D. in International Politics from City University of London. He was a recipient of the Fulbright Fellowship (2010-12) to pursue a master's degree in Security Policy Studies at The George Washington University, Washington DC. He has written extensively on law-enforcement agencies and preventing violent extremism, security governance, and regional contributions to United Nations peace

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