Shivan Fazil

Shivan Fazil is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Political Science at Boston University, specializing in comparative politics and international relations with substantive focus on the Middle East. He worked with various esteemed institutions including, the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani’s Institute of Regional and International Studies (2024), the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (2020–2024), the United States Institute of Peace (2019–2020), among others. Shivan holds an MSc in Middle Eastern Politics from SOAS, University of London. He regularly contributes expert analysis on political, social, and economic developments in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region to international news outlets.