Contributors

Alexander Lawson is an Assistant Professor at Ziauddin University in Karachi. He has an LLB and LLM from Durham University and has taught various law subjects at Durham, before moving to BPP University, where he created and ran various modules on their LLB, LLM and Graduate Diploma in Law programmes. Between 2018 and 2021, he worked at Pearson College London and is also currently a Lecturer at the Open University. Alex is an expert in Public International Law, Constitutional and Administrative Law, European Union Law, and Jurisprudence, amongst other subjects.

Anoshay Fazal is a Doctoral Candidate, and Graduate Teaching Fellow at the School of Law and Social Justice, University of Liverpool. She specialises in refugee law, forced migration, and human rights, with nearly a decade of experience across academic, policy, and capacity-building roles. Her work sits at the intersection of law, forced migration and displacement, human rights and social justice, with a strong commitment to evidence-based research that informs policy and strengthens protections for vulnerable communities. She is currently associated as a Research Affiliate with the Refugee Law Initiative and as the PhD Representative for IMISCOE’s Standing Committee on Forced Migration and Refugees.

Ayesha Alam Malik is Director of the War Law Institute, Adjunct Faculty at the Lahore University of Management Sciences, and a contributing op-ed writer for Dawn.

Breshna Rani graduated from City, St George's, University of London with a specialisation in international law and is currently working as a civil advocate in the UK.

Camilo Ramírez Gutiérrez is Adjunct Professor of international law at Bosque University, Bogotá Colombia and Director Research Group Peace, Security and International Law in the same institution. He is also Research Fellow at the University of Exeter.

N. Waheed is a lawyer with an interest in emerging tech and law. 

Syed Ali Zia Jaffery is Deputy Director, Center for Security, Strategy and Policy Research, University of Lahore, and Associate Editor, Pakistan Politico Ali was a Visiting Fellow at the Stimson Center, Washington, D.C. Ali regularly writes on strategic issues for national and international publications, to include Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Routledge, South Asian Voices , The National Interest, The Atlantic Council, Asia-Pacific Leadership Network (APLN), CSIS, The Diplomat, Dawn, and 9DashLine, among others. Ali is an alumnus of Woodrow Wilson Center’s Nuclear Proliferation International History Project's Nuclear History Boot Camp. He is also an alumnus of the International School on Disarmament and Research on Conflicts( ISODARCO). Ali often shares his perspectives on major strategic developments on national and international media. Ali was associated with the British American Security Information Council (BASIC) both as part of its Programme on Nuclear Responsibilities and the Emerging Voices Network. His research interests lie in the fields of nuclear deterrence, strategic stability, and geopolitics. He taught undergraduate level courses on foreign policy, national security, arms control& disarmament, and non-proliferation from 2018 until 2023. He was also a Graduate Research Assistant at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies.

Zaki Khalid is a private intelligence analyst, trainer and consultant with prior management experience in Pakistan’s national security sector. He has trained/ mentored multiple cohorts of analysts and frequently comments on issues concerning national security, maritime affairs and cyberspace. He can be reached via email: zaki@pantellica.com