Editorial Team

CHIEF PATRON
Lieutenant General Md Akbar Hossain, SBP, BSP, SUP (BAR), afwc, psc, G+, PhD
Commandant
National Defence College, Dhaka, Bangladesh

EDITOR IN CHIEF
Major General Syed Tareq Hussain, OSP, awc, psc
Senior Directing Staff (Army)
National Defence College, Dhaka, Bangladesh

EXECUTIVE EDITOR
Brigadier General ABM Shefaul Kabir, SGP, ndc, afwc, psc
College Secretary
National Defence College, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Colonel Mohammad Quamrul Islam, afwc, psc
Director (Research & Academic)
National Defence College, Dhaka, Bangladesh

ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Brigadier General A K M Sazedul Islam, ndc, afwc, psc, G, M Phil
Directing Staff (Army)
National Defence College, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Commodore Ziaur Rahman, NGP, ndc, afwc, psc, BN
Directing Staff (Navy)
National Defence College, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Group Captain Md Moniruzzaman Hawlader, afwc, acsc, psc, GD(P)
Directing Staff (Air)
National Defence College, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Lieutenant Colonel Anayetulla Masum, afwc, psc, Engineers,
Senior Research Fellow-1
National Defence College, Dhaka, Bangladesh

EDITORIAL ADVISORS

Major General Md Mostagousur Rahman Khan, BSP, SGP, ndc, afwc, psc, M Phil 
Senior Directing Staff (Army)
National Defence College, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Professor Dr. Imtiaz Ahmed 
Department of International Relations
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Major General Md Rashed Amin, OSP, rcds, ndc, psc (Retd)
Senior Directing Staff
National Defence College, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Professor Dr. Delwar Hossain
Department of International Relations
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Rear Admiral Mohammad Shahjahan. NPP, BCGMS, ndc, psc
Senior Directing Staff (Navy)
National Defence College, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Professor Dr. Rashed Uz Zaman
Department of International Relations
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Air Vice Marshal Muhammad Kamrul Islam, BSP, GUP, nswc, afwc, psc, GD(P)
Senior Directing Staff (Air)
National Defence College, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Professor Dr. Sadeka Halim
Department of Sociology
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Brigadier General Mamun-Ur-Rashid, ndc, afwc, psc
Chief Instructor
National Defence College, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Professor Dr. Khondoker Mokaddam Hossain
Pro Vice-Chancellor
Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP), Bangladesh

Professor Dr. Mahbuba Nasreen
Pro Vice-Chancellor
Bangladesh Open University

INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS

Professor David Ellery
Director of Strategic Issues and Exercises,
The Royal College of Defence Studies, UK
Dr Pascal Vennesson
Professor of Political Science,
Senior Fellow and Head of Research, Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, RSIS, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Professor D. Robert Worley
Senior Fellow, Advanced Governmental Studies,
Johns Hopkins University, USA
Professor Jonathan Gosling
Emeritus Professor of Leadership Studies,
University of Exeter, UK
Professor Tarak Barkawi
Department of International Relations
London School of Economics, UK
Professor Dr Firoz Alam
School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering,
RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
Professor David H Ucko
Professor and Chair,
War and Conflict Studies Department, College of International Security Affairs, National Defence University, USA
Professor Adnan Qadir Khan
School of Public Policy and STICERD,
London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
Dr Thomas A. Marks
Distinguished Professor and Chair, Irregular Warfighting Strategy, College of International Security Affairs,
National Defence University, USA
Professor Haider Ali Khan
Josef Korbel School of International Studies,
University of Denver, USA
Professor Philip Seib
Public Diplomacy, Journalism, and International Relations,
USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, University of Southern California, USA
Dr Tim Sweijs
Director of Research
The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, Netherlands
Dr Isabelle Duyvesteyn
Professor of International Studies and Global History, Institute for History,
Leiden University, the Netherlands



SECTION EDITORS

Professor Dr Mohammad Tanzimuddin Khan 
Department of International Relations,
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Associate Professor Dr Sarnali
Basak
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh
Lieutenant Colonel Nizam Uddin
Ahmed, afwc, psc, Engineers
Senior Research Fellow-1,
National Defence College, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Associate Professor Dr Josinta Zinia
Department of Sociology
Bangladesh University of
Professionals (BUP), Bangladesh
Associate Professor Dr S. M. Nasif
Shams
Institute of Energy,
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Assistant Professor Zeba Farhana
Institute of Education and Research
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Associate Professor Md. Rashedur
Rahman
Department of Organization Strategy and Leadership,
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Associate Professor Mohammad Azizur Rahman
Begum Rokeya University, Bangladesh
Associate Professor Dr. Niloy Ranjan Biswas
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Assistant Professor Kazi Rezuan Hossain
Begum Rokeya University, Bangladesh
Assistant Professor Maria Hussain
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh



LANGUAGE EDITORS

Brigadier General K M Amirul Islam
Director of Education,
Army Headquarters, Bangladesh
Associate Professor Farhanaz Rabbani
Department of English
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Associate Professor Bijoy Lal Basu
Department of English
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Assistant Professor Nishat Sultana
Research Fellow
National Defence College, Dhaka, Bangladesh

WEB CONSULTANT

Dr. M. Akhtaruzzaman
Assistant Professor,
Department of Computer Science & Engineering (CSE),
Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST), Dhaka, Bangladesh