Glen Hamburg's research focuses on how features of political geography affect aspects of human security across Asia and the Pacific. He holds a BA in Political Science from Western Washington University and an MA in Asia Pacific Policy Studies from the University of British Columbia. For his research of the India-Bangladesh enclaves Glen was awarded the Goel Family Charitable Foundation’s annual Nehru Humanitarian Award and named a Fellow of the Institute of Asian Research. He has interviewed the residents of both South and Central Asia, has personally visited Indian and Bangladeshi enclaves while researching this monograph, and has travelled to the enclave region between Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan for further research since its publication.