Dr. Mohammad Naseem Khan is Professor in the Department of Political Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. Before joining AMU as Assistant Professor in 2003, he has also worked as Research Assistant, one of the premier research institutes of world repute, in the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) New Delhi from 01/05/2000 to 06/02.2003. His areas of interest are International Relations, Strategic & Security Studies and West Asian Studies. Dr. Khan is working on a Project Director of Major Research Project sponsored by Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) under IMPRESS scheme. He has also completed a major research project as Project Co-Investigator sanctioned by UGC, New Delhi. He has more than 21 research papers and articles to his credit published in various National and International research journals. He also presented 19 papers in national and international seminars and conferences.