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Shahadat Hossain is a Research Assistant at the Centre for Governance Studies (CGS). He is a graduate of Anthropology from Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka. He did his MSS in the same discipline and from the same institution. He earned a MA degree in International Relations from South Asian University, New Delhi. During his student life in Jahangirnagar University he worked with the Daily ManabZamin. Currently he is writing columns in the national newspaper of Bangladesh topics covering International Relations and geopolitics. His research interests are South Asian geo-politics, Chinese involvement in South Asia, BRI, QUAD, IPS, maritime geo-politics of Indian ocean and Rohingya crisis. Before joining CGS he was a Research Assistant at Development Research Initiative( DRI)