Saneya Arif

Saneya Arif is currently a researcher on the Middle East desk at Wikistrat. She worked as a Global Security Analyst - India and West Asia at New York-based IndraStra Global from April through September 2015. She also served as a research intern at the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies from June through December 2014, in New Delhi. Her primary areas of research include terrorism and radicalisation-related issues in South Asia and West Asia. She holds MA and BA degrees in Political Science (Hons) from the Department of Political Science, St Xavier’s College Ranchi, Jharkhand.

She has served as a contributor at The Pioneer, Jharkhand Edition. She has presented two research papers, “Challenges of Good Governance in India” and “Non-aligned Movement: India and the Changing World Order,” in the UGC-sponsored national and international seminars respectively, organised by the Department of Political Science and Public Administration of Ranchi University. Both papers were subsequently published.