BANGLADESH INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND STRATEGIC STUDIES

BIISS Research Projects 2025

Project 1:        Peaceful and prosperous Indo-Pacific in the 21st century: Challenges and Opportunities for Bangladesh.

Study Team

Dr. Mahfuz Kabir, RD-2

Dr. Razia Sultana, SRF

Dr. Benuka Ferdoudi, SRF

Moutushi Islam, RF

Shanjida Shahab Uddin, RF

Lam-ya Mostaque, RF

Rafid Abrar Miah, RO

 

Project 2:        The Geopolitics of Instability in Myanmar: Challenges and Opportunities for Bangladesh.

Study Team

Abu Salah Md. Yousuf, RD-3

Ayesha Binte Towhid, RF

Md. Nahiyan Shajid Khan, RO

Nur Ahmed, RO

 

Project 3: Modernization of Bangladesh Armed Forces: Synergies with Growing Strategic Competition in the Indo-Pacific.

Study Team:

Col Shahriar Jabed Chowdhury, RD-1

M Ashique Rahman, SRF

ASM Tarek Hassan Semul, RF

Md. Nahiyan Shajid Khan, RO

 

Project 4: Economic Integration in South Asia: Assessing the Prospects and Challenges of Sub-regional Cooperation.

Study Team:

Dr. Mahfuz Kabir, RD-2

Dr. Benuka Ferdoudi, SRF

 

Project 5: Energy Cooperation in South Asia: Implications for Bangladesh's Energy Security and Regional Dynamics.

Study Team:

Dr. Benuka Ferdoudi, SRF

Lam-ya Mostaque, RF

 

Project 6: The Role of Japan in Bangladesh's Infrastructure Development Under the Big-b Initiative.

Study Team:

 Dr. Mahfuz Kabir, RD-2

Dr. Razia Sultana, SRF

Shanjida Shahab Uddin, RF

 

Project 7: Research Project with Institute of Applied Anthropology.

Team:

NTS Studies Division

 

Project 8: Re-emergence of Global Trade War: Opportunities and Imperatives for Bangladesh.

Team:

International Studies Division