Mr Nodirbek Soliev

Nodirbek Soliev is a Senior Analyst at the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research (ICPVTR), RSIS, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. Nodirbek holds an MSc in Strategic Studies from RSIS, NTU and an LL.M. Degree in International Law from the University of World Economy and Diplomacy (UWED), Tashkent, Uzbekistan. His areas of research include terrorism and extremism in Central Asia, China and Russia; domestic and international implications of such political violence; counter-terrorism policies and strategies pertaining to these regions; security developments in Afghanistan; and foreign fighter militancy in the Middle East.

Nodirbek is the author of “The Endgame in Afghanistan Will Impact Central Asia”, published in Afghanistan after the Western Drawdown, (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015). He also published five separate chapters on terrorism and counter-terrorism in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan in the edited volume Handbook of Terrorism in the Asia-Pacific, (Imperial College Press, 2016). Nodirbek has recently written a chapter entitled “Rehabilitation of Terrorists and Extremists: An Overview of Uzbekistan’s Experience” for the edited volume Rehabilitation: A Game Changer in Fighting Terrorism, (forthcoming at Routledge, 2018). 

• Terrorism and extremism in Central Asia, China and Russia, and domestic and international implications of such political violence
• Counter-terrorism policy and strategy pertaining to these regions
• Foreign fighter militancy in the Middle East
• Security developments in Afghanistan

Commentaries

• Syria: Uzbekistan’s Approach to IS Detainees

  09 October, 2019

• Al Qaeda’s Resurgence in Syria: A New Caliphate?

  21 May, 2019

• Counter Terrorist Trends and Analyses (CTTA) - Volume 9, Issue 02

  01 February, 2017

• CO16027 | Growing Uighur Militancy: Challenges for China

  04 February, 2016

• CO14027 | Terrorist Threat to Sochi Olympics: Testing Time for Russia

  11 February, 2014

• CO13233 | China's Xinjiang Predicament: Time to Look Out of the Box

  20 December, 2013

Counter Terrorist Trends and Analyses

• Counter Terrorist Trends and Analyses (CTTA) - Volume 10, Issue 01

  01 January, 2018

• Counter Terrorist Trends and Analyses (CTTA) - Volume 9, Issue 04

  03 April, 2017

• Counter Terrorist Trends and Analysis (CTTA) - Volume 8, Issue 08

  31 August, 2016

• Counter Terrorist Trends and Analysis (CTTA) - Volume 8, Issue 01

  04 January, 2016

• Counter Terrorist Trends and Analysis (CTTA) - Volume 7, Issue 06

  24 July, 2015

• Counter Terrorist Trends and Analysis (CTTA) - Volume 7, Issue 01

  01 February, 2015

• Counter Terrorist Trends and Analysis (CTTA) - Volume 6, Issue 1

  01 February, 2014

• Counter Terrorist Trends and Analysis (CTTA) - Volume 5, Issue 11

  01 November, 2013

• Counter Terrorist Trends and Analysis (CTTA) - Volume 5, Issue 1

  01 January, 2013

Chapters in Edited Books

• Terrorism and Counter-terrorism in Kazakhstan, Handbook of Terrorism in the Asia-Pacific, ed. Rohan Gunaratna & Stefanie Kam (Imperial College Press, 2016), pp. 439-450
• Terrorism and Counter-terrorism in Kyrgyzstan, Handbook of Terrorism in the Asia-Pacific, ed. Rohan Gunaratna & Stefanie Kam (Imperial College Press, 2016), pp. 459-473
• Terrorism and Counter-terrorism in Tajikistan, Handbook of Terrorism in the Asia-Pacific, ed. Rohan Gunaratna & Stefanie Kam (Imperial College Press, 2016), pp. 425-438
• Terrorism and Counter-terrorism in Turkmenistan, Handbook of Terrorism in the Asia-Pacific, ed. Rohan Gunaratna & Stefanie Kam (Imperial College Press, 2016), pp. 451-457
• Terrorism and Counter-terrorism in Uzbekistan, Handbook of Terrorism in the Asia-Pacific, ed. Rohan Gunaratna & Stefanie Kam (Imperial College Press, 2016), pp. 403-423
• The Endgame in Afghanistan Will Impact Central Asia, In Rohan Gunaratna & Douglas Woodall, ed., Afghanistan after the Western Drawdown, (New York: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2015), pp. 63-77

Op-Eds

• Malhama Tactical Threatens to Put China in its Crosshairs. Co-authored with Alessandro Arduino. Terrorism Monitor – The Jamestown Foundation
• How Serious Is the Islamic State Threat to China? The Diplomat, 14 March 2017
• S-E Asia: An ‘alternative jihad’ for Xinjiang’s Uighurs? TODAY, 21 February 2017
• “Terrorist Threat to Sochi Olympics: Testing Time for Russia – Analysis.” Eurasia Review, 11 February, 2014.
• “China’s Xinjiang Predicament: Time to Look Out of the Box – Analysis.” Eurasia Review, 20 December, 2013.