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Mohammad Sadiq Sohail Mohammad Sadiq Sohail
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Political Economy, Economic Security, International Relations, Policy Studies, Security Studies, Women Rights and Human Rights

Mohammad Sadiq Sohail is Research Specialist in the Research Department of East-West Center. His study and work background focuses on political economy and security in south and central Asia. He is conducting research on the water, food, and energy security nexus in Afghanistan and its impact on regional connectivity. He is the founder and director of the Afghanistan Institute for Strategic Research and Development Studies which has conducted many projects and research studies in Afghanistan.

Mr. Sohail is a proud human rights and women rights activist and has been active in this regard for more than a decade. He has lectured collectively for almost 8 years at Mashal University, Gharjistan University, RANA University, and Ashna University and he was also Dean of Political Science faculty at Ashna University in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Prior to joining East-West Center he was Socio-Political Advisor to the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of Afghanistan for almost four years and advised the leadership of MoJ in the Legal Aid and Human Rights Directorates, and Political Parties and Social Societies Organizations Directorate where he registered more than 4000 social organizations. Mr. Sohail has also served at the Afghanistan National Directorate of Security as a Security Analyst and has briefed to National Security Council and Presidential Palace of Afghanistan.

Mr. Sohail founded the United and Moderate Afghans Organization which has proudly advocated for national unity in many areas at a national level. He also founded and directed the Women and Children Protection Organization in Afghanistan. He has held many national conferences in Afghanistan including: Regional Cooperation; Peace Process and the Future of Democracy in Afghanistan; Assessing the New US (TRUMP) Military Strategy in Afghanistan; The Future of Democracy in Afghanistan; Assessing the New Afghanistan Panel Code; Assessing the Intangible Assets and Intellectual Capital in Afghanistan; BRICS and Formation of New World Order and the Future of Afghanistan; National Conference on the Discourse of Feminism in Afghanistan; and Media Skills Seminars.

Mohammad Sadiq Sohail is Research Specialist in the Research Department of East-West Center. His study and work background focuses on political economy and security in south and central Asia. He is conducting research on the water, food, and energy security nexus in Afghanistan and its impact on regional connectivity. He is the founder and director of the Afghanistan Institute for Strategic Research and Development Studies which has conducted many projects and research studies in Afghanistan.

Mr. Sohail is a proud human rights and women rights activist and has been active in this regard for more than a decade. He has lectured collectively for almost 8 years at Mashal University, Gharjistan University, RANA University, and Ashna University and he was also Dean of Political Science faculty at Ashna University in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Prior to joining East-West Center he was Socio-Political Advisor to the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of Afghanistan for almost four years and advised the leadership of MoJ in the Legal Aid and Human Rights Directorates, and Political Parties and Social Societies Organizations Directorate where he registered more than 4000 social organizations. Mr. Sohail has also served at the Afghanistan National Directorate of Security as a Security Analyst and has briefed to National Security Council and Presidential Palace of Afghanistan.

Mr. Sohail founded the United and Moderate Afghans Organization which has proudly advocated for national unity in many areas at a national level. He also founded and directed the Women and Children Protection Organization in Afghanistan. He has held many national conferences in Afghanistan including: Regional Cooperation; Peace Process and the Future of Democracy in Afghanistan; Assessing the New US (TRUMP) Military Strategy in Afghanistan; The Future of Democracy in Afghanistan; Assessing the New Afghanistan Panel Code; Assessing the Intangible Assets and Intellectual Capital in Afghanistan; BRICS and Formation of New World Order and the Future of Afghanistan; National Conference on the Discourse of Feminism in Afghanistan; and Media Skills Seminars.

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