Prabhat Jawla is a Non-Resident Researcher at the Middle East Institute at New Delhi (MEI@ND) and is pursuing his doctorate from the Centre for West Asian Studies, School of International Studies (SIS), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He holds a Masters degree from South Asian University (a university established by SAARC nations) and worked with West Asia Centre in Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi, publishing several commentaries.