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

• Charity for “Jihad” in Syria: The Indonesian-Uyghur Connection

  12 March, 2020

• 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 12 Issue 01

  06 January, 2020

• 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

Journal Articles

• “Tracing the Fate of Central Asian Fighters in Syria: Remainers, Repatriates, Returnees, and Relocators” in Perspectives on Terrorism, Vol. 15, Issue 1, 2021, pp. 125-140
• “Malhama Tactical – The Evolving Role of Jihadist Mercenaries in the Syrian Conflict” (with Alessandro Arduino ) in INSIGHTS (NUS), No. 262, 2021
• “The April 2020 Islamic State Terror Plot Against U.S. and NATO Military Bases in Germany: The Tajik Connection” in CTC Sentinel, Vol. 14, Issue 1, 2021

Chapters in Edited Books

• “The Internationalisation of the Central Asian Terrorist Threat” in Benjamin Schreer and Andrew T. H. Tan (Eds.), Terrorism and Insurgency in Asia: A Contemporary Examination of Terrorist and Separatist Movements. Abingdon: Routledge, 2019, 86-102
• “Rehabilitation of Terrorists and Extremists: An Overview of Uzbekistan’s Experience” in Rohan Gunaratna and Sabariah M. Hussin (Eds.), International Case Studies of Terrorist Rehabilitation. Abingdon: Routledge, 2018, 113-141
• “Kazakhstan” in Rohan Gunaratna and Stefanie Kam (Eds.), Handbook of Terrorism in the Asia-Pacific. London: World Scientific, 2016, pp. 439-450
• “Kyrgyzstan” in Rohan Gunaratna and Stefanie Kam (Eds.), Handbook of Terrorism in the Asia-Pacific. London: World Scientific, 2016, pp. 459-473
• “Tajikistan” in Rohan Gunaratna and Stefanie Kam (Eds.), Handbook of Terrorism in the Asia-Pacific. London: World Scientific, 2016, pp. 425-438
• “Turkmenistan” in Rohan Gunaratna and Stefanie Kam (Eds.), Handbook of Terrorism in the Asia-Pacific. London: World Scientific, 2016, pp. 451-457
• “Uzbekistan” in Rohan Gunaratna and Stefanie Kam (Eds.), Handbook of Terrorism in the Asia-Pacific. London: World Scientific, 2016, pp. 403-423
• “The Endgame in Afghanistan Will Impact Central Asia” in Rohan Gunaratna and Douglas Woodall (Eds.), Afghanistan after the Western Drawdown. New York: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2015, pp. 63-77

Op-Eds

• “Why Is the Islamic State in Afghanistan’s Propaganda Targeting China?”, The Diplomat, 26 October 2021
• “The Pro-Al Qaeda Indonesian Connection with HTS in Syria: Security Implications” (with V. Arianti), Middle East Institute, 10 August 2021
• “Malhama Tactical Threatens to Put China in its Crosshairs. Co-authored with Alessandro Arduino”, Terrorism Monitor – The Jamestown Foundation, 27 November 2017
• “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