Muhammad Irfan Sadik is a researcher and currently serves as the Senior Foreign Policy Analyst at the Youth Policy Forum. He is also the Executive Director of Project Upokul, a coastal-based research organization in Bangladesh. Sadik holds an M.S.S. and B.S.S. from the Department of International Relations at Jahangirnagar University. His research focuses on Intra-State Conflicts, Strategic Studies, International Security Studies, Disarmament, and International Arms Control and Maritime Affairs. Mr. Sadik can be reached at rajinsadik110@gmail.com.