Abdullah Ar Rafee is currently an MPA candidate (Data Analytics for Public Policy) at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, New York. He is also a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). He has earlier worked as a Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Policy, Advocacy, and Governance (IPAG) in Dhaka, Bangladesh. As part of IPAG’s team, he has led and managed multiple projects and international events on regional integration, cyber security, power & energy, and sustainable development in the United States, India, Bangladesh, and Bhutan.