Mr. Parvez Karim Abbasi is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Governance Studies (CGS).Mr. Abbasi is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.Mr. Abbasi’s research interests primarily lie in the areas of Geopolitics, Geo-economics, Political Economy, and Energy Security, with special emphasis on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and Indo-Pacific Strategy (IPS). He uses interdisciplinary approach consisting of Economics, History, Political Science, International Relations, and Sociology to analyze complex, multilayered sociopolitical and economic issues with domestic and international relevance.