About Me
Nazmus Sakib is a Lecturer in the Lewis Honors College. He holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from Texas Tech University, and an M.S.Sc. and B.S.Sc in Economics from the University of Dhaka. His primary field of research is international relations with an emphasis on the peace science tradition. His academic works have appeared in Politics and Policy, and European Politics and Society journals. His teaching and research interests include studying the causes of war and peace with reference to pop culture, international security with an emphasis on Asia, foreign policy, etc. His public scholarship-oriented opinion pieces have appeared in Newsweek, Forbes, the National Interest, etc. He enjoys hiking, cooking, blogging, and spending time with family and friends.
Ask Me About...
- How to think like a problem solver in a social/political/economic context.
- Why do human beings keep fighting wars?
- The international relations of India, Pakistan, China, and the Middle East.
Research
My Ph.D. dissertation explored why and how powerful countries coerce weaker nations into becoming military allies. By developing a new dataset on Foreign Imposed Alliance Treaties, my research demonstrates that such alliances are linked to a higher likelihood of authoritarian regimes emerging in weaker countries.
Here is a list of my peer-reviewed publications:
1. Shahid, R., Sakib, N. (2023). Sino-India Rivalry in South Asia: The Politics of
Strategic Hedging by the “Non-Nuclear Five”. Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs,
6(5).
2. Sakib, N. (2024). Jamaat and Shibir: From Islamic Revolutionary to Ideal
Citizen. In The Jamaat Question in Bangladesh (pp. 63-74). Routledge.
3. Sakib, N., Rahman, M. M. (2023). The Political Economy of Peacekeeping:
Civil–Military Resource Substitution through International Brokerage. Foreign
Policy Analysis, 19(3).
4. Sakib, N., Rahman, M. M. (2023). Military in the cabinet and defense spending
of civilian governments. International Interactions, 49(3), 315-344.
5. Osman SM, Islam F, Sakib N. Economic Resilience in Times of Public Health
Shock: The Case of the US States, Research in Economics, 2022, , ISSN 1090-
6. Fong, W., Sakib, N. (2021). A “Good” Country without Democracy: Can
China’s Outward FDI buy a Positive State Image Overseas?. Politics Policy,
49(5), 1146-1191.
7. Sakib, N., Ananna, S. F. (2022). Perception of refugee integration and entitle-
ments among a co-ethnic population: Othering the Rohingyas in Bangladesh.
Journal of International Migration and Integration, 23(4), 1667-1684.
8. Sakib, N., Ishraque Osman, S. M. (2020). Syrian refugee influx and the rise of
far-right rhetoric: A quasi-experimental investigation. European Politics and
Society, 21(4), 371-383.
