Sarwar J. Minar is a doctoral student at the Department of Politics and International Relations, Florida International University. He holds a master’s degree from Northern Illinois University. His work focuses on international organizations, democratization, refugees, security, and foreign policy. Sarwar’s work has been published in Social Evolution and History, Small Wars Journal, among others. He has presented his work at Midwest Political Science Association (2021, 2022), ISA-Midwest Political Science Association (2021), ISA-South St Augustine (2022), Florida Political Science Association (2023), and the 64^th ISA Annual Convention, Montreal (2023).