Shiraz Sheikh is currently a Project Associate under the UGC-Centre for Pakistan Studies at the Academy of International Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. He has PhD and M.Phil degrees in International Studies from the same University. He has authored a monograph Democracy in the Shadow of Civil-Military Relations in Pakistan, and is a contributing author in Understanding Pakistan: Emerging Voices from India. He had also contributed articles to Mainstream Magazine, South Asia Monitor and South Asian Voices.