Shehryar Fazli is a consultant for the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime. A specialist on political and security affairs in South Asia, he has served for several organisations, including the World Bank, United Nations agencies, and several private international institutions. From 2003 to 2005, he was a South Asia Analyst for the International Crisis Group, and later its South Asia Regional Editor and Senior Analyst (2008–2018). He has delivered lectures at various US universities, such as Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Johns Hopkins SAIS, Bard College and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His articles have appeared in a range of international publications, and his first novel, Invitation, was a runner-up in the 2011 Edinburgh International Book Festival’s First Book Award.