Dr. Kamran Bokhari is the Senior Director of the Eurasian Security and Prosperity portfolio at the New Lines Institute. He served as Director of the Analytical Development Department from 2019 to 2023. Dr. Bokhari is also a national security and foreign policy specialist at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute. He has also served as the Central Asia Studies Course Coordinator at U.S. State Department’s Foreign Service Institute. He was a Fellow with the Program on Extremism at the George Washington University (2016-2018).
Dr. Bokhari has also been a Senior Consultant with The World Bank since 2009. He has 15 years of experience in the private sector intelligence space during which he provided intellectual leadership in the publishing of cutting-edge geopolitical analysis and forecasts.
Dr. Bokhari is the author of “Political Islam in the Age of Democratization” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013). He has also contributed chapters to edited volumes: “Wars of Ideas: Theology, Interpretation and Power in the Muslim World” (Rowman Littlefield, 2021), “Strategic Analysis in Support of International Policy Making” (Rowman Littlefield, 2017), “Reassessing Order and Disorder in the Middle East: Regional Imbalance or Disintegration?” (Rowman Littlefield, 2017), “Oxford Handbook on Islam & Politics” (Oxford University, 2013) and “Debating Moderate Islam: The Geopolitics of Islam and the West” (University of Utah, 2007).
His core areas of expertise are: Central and South Asia and the Middle East, Intelligence Analysis/Geopolitics, Foreign Policy/National Security, Democratization, Civil-Military Relations, Comparative Political Systems, Geosectarianism, Counterterrorism, Islamist/Muslim Moderation, Islamism/Jihadism He has briefed various U.S., Canadian and U.K. government agencies, published thousands of analytical/theoretical/op-ed articles, presented papers in international academic/policy forums, and given hundreds of interviews to leading global media organizations.
Dr. Bokhari earned his Ph.D. from the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Westminster after successfully defending his thesis “Moderations Among Salafists & Jihadists.” He tweets at @KamranBokhari.
In this episode of the Eurasian Connectivity podcast, Kamran Bokhari sits down with Vali Nasr, professor of International Affairs and Middle East Studies at the School of Advanced International Studies. Together, they discuss Iran's presidential race after Raisi's death, the future of Iran's Supreme Leadership, and the shifting geopolitical landscape between Iran and Israel.
In this episode of Eurasian Connectivity, Kamran Bokhari and Arnaud Quemin, the Middle East regional director of Mercy Corps, talk about the challenges of getting aid into Gaza, its evolving humanitarian situation, and the outlook for stability there after a cease-fire.
On this episode of Eurasian Connectivity, host Kamran Bokhari and guest Irfan Nooruddin, professor of Indian politics at Georgetown University, break down the recently concluded Indian national elections. Their discussion touches on the political opposition’s gains, the state of Hindutva, and how the results will affect India’s global relationships.
Dr. Kamran Bokhari is the Senior Director of the Eurasian Security and Prosperity portfolio at the New Lines Institute. He
