Center of Excellence in Higher Education
The First Private University in Bangladesh

Dr. Noor Mohammad Sarker

Full-Time Faculty
Assistant Professor  

PhD in International Politics, Shandong University, China.
MSS in International Relations, University of Dhaka.

Phone:+880-2-55668200 Ext: 6157
Email: noor.sarker@northsouth.edu
Office: NAC 1189

 

Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Noor Mohammad Sarker is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science and Sociology (PSS), Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS), North South University (NSU), Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is also a Non-resident Fellow (Honorary) of the Hong Kong Research Center for Asian Studies (RCAS), China. Dr. Noor obtained his PhD from the School of Political Science and Public Administration, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong, China. He holds a bachelor’s and a master’s in International Relations from the University of Dhaka.

Before joining as a Full Time Faculty at North South University, Dr. Noor worked as a Research Fellow (International Affairs Division) at Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs (BILIA), Dhaka. He was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences (YASS) in Kunming, China, in 2015. He was also an Associate Research Consultant at the Centre for Genocide Studies (CGS), University of Dhaka. In his professional career, Dr. Sarker worked with a number of prestigious research organizations in Bangladesh and abroad, including Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS), Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI), Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU), and the Dexis Consulting Group, Washington D.C., USA.

Dr. Noor’s latest publications include “A Study on the Key Elements of Bangladesh's Vaccine Diplomacy during COVID-19”, [co-authored with Sourav Ghosh] published in the SAGE Journal of Asian and African Studies (2023); “Bangladesh–China Maritime Security Cooperation: A Search for New Opportunities under the ‘Belt and Road’ Initiative,” published in the book titled China and South Asia: Changing Regional Dynamics, Development and Power Play, edited by Rajiv Ranjan and Guo Changgang (Routledge, 2022); “A Neo-liberalist Account of China-Bangladesh Bilateral Cooperation under the ‘Belt and Road’ Initiative,” [co-authored with Sultana Yesmin] published in the Journal of Asia Social Science [South Korea], (2020); “Securing the Development: the Nature of Security Threats and Responses in BCIM-EC,” published in the Journal of International Affairs (BILIA, 2016); “Intelligence Failure in South Asia: A Comparative Analysis” [co-authored with ASM Ali Ashraf], published in the book titled Intelligence, National Security and Foreign Policy: A South Asian Narrative (BILIA and the Department of International Relations, University of Dhaka, 2016).

His research interests are broadly in security and strategic studies, foreign policy and diplomacy, theories of international relations, geopolitics of the Indian Ocean Region, maritime security, international relations of small states, multilaterlism in the post-Cold War era, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), regionalism and sub-regionalism in South and East Asia, South Asian affairs, East Asian affairs and Bangladesh-China relations.

 

Profiles:

Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-noor-mohammad-sarker-1b980165/

Google Scholars: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=DXF2WRsAAAAJ&hl=en

Academia.edu: https://pgs-southasia.academia.edu/DrNoorMohammadSarker

Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Noor-Sarker

ORCiD ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3219-6533

Book Chapters

  • Noor Mohammad Sarker, “Bangladesh-Nepal Relationship: Friends-in-Need,” Chapter 2, in Foreign Policy of Bangladesh: Making New Waves, edited by Lailufar Yasmin, (Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs (BILIA), Dhaka, January 2023), pp.21-46.
  • Syeda Rozana Rashid, Noor Mohammad Sarker and SK Imran Hossain, “Analysing the Trends of Human Trafficking in Bangladesh: Prevention and the Way Forward,” Chapter 2, in Social Stability in Bangladesh: Do Trends Matter?, edited by Imtiaz Ahmed and Monirul Islam, (Centre for Genocide Studies (CGS), Dhaka University, and Bangladesh Police Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC), January 2023), pp.85-154.
  • Noor Mohammad Sarker, “China’s Security Cooperation with Bangladesh and Pakistan in the Context of ‘Belt and Road Initiative’: Implications for Indian Ocean Geopolitics,” Chapter 10, in China’s Economic and Political Presence in the Middle East and South Asia, edited by MehranHaghirian and Luciano Zaccara (Routledge, 2023), pp.188-215 [Forthcoming] DOI: 4324/9781003269175-10
  • Noor Mohammad Sarker, “Bangladesh–China Maritime Security Cooperation: A Search for New Opportunities under the ‘Belt and Road’ Initiative,” Chapter 10, in China and South Asia: Changing Regional Dynamics, Development and Power Play, edited by Rajiv Ranjan and GuoChanggang (New Delhi: Routledge, 2021), pp.157-172. DOI: 4324/9780367855413-12
  • Noor Mohammad Sarker, “BCIM-EC: An Analysis from Security Perspective,” in The Belt and Road Initiative and BCIM-EC Construction (Kunming, Yunnan: Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences, 2018), pp. 735-768.
  • S.M. Ali Ashraf and Noor Mohammad Sarker, “Intelligence Failure in South Asia: A Comparative Analysis,” Chapter 16, in Intelligence, National Security and Foreign Policy: A South Asian Narrative, edited by A.S.M. Ali Ashraf (Dhaka: Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs [BILIA] and Department of International Relations, University of Dhaka, 2016), pp. 239-260.
  • Noor Mohammad Sarker, “The Impact of Increasing Demography on the Implementation of Environment Policies and Acts: Dhaka Metropolitan in Perspective (in Bengali),” in Environment Policies and Acts Implementation Problems, edited by Bidhan Chandra Pal, JK Baral, Mohd. Abdul Matin and Nazrul Islam (Dhaka: Bangladesh Poribesh Andolan [BAPA] &Bangladesh Environment Network [BEN], January 2016), pp. 192-197.

Journal Articles

  • Joyce Wu, Patrick Kilby, SyedaRozana Rashid and Noor Mohammad Sarker, “Patriarchal bargains in short-term women’s migration from Bangladesh,” International Migration (Wiley Online Journal), Vol. 62, 2024, pp.180-195, DOI: 10.1111/imig.13209
  • Noor Mohammad Sarker and Sourav Ghosh, “A Study on the Key Elements of Bangladesh’s Vaccine Diplomacy During COVID-19,”  Journal of Asian and African Studies (SAGE Journal),  2023, pp. 1-23, DOI: 10.1177/00219096231179659
  • Noor Mohammad Sarker and Sultana Yesmin, “A Neo-liberalist Account of China-Bangladesh Bilateral Cooperation under the ‘Belt and Road’ Initiative,” Journal of Asia Social Science (South Korea), Vol. 1, No. 3, December 2020, pp. 1-26. DOI: 10.51600/jass.2020.1.3.1
  • Noor Mohammad Sarker, “Securing the Development: The Nature of Security Threats and Responses in BCIM-EC,” Journal of International Affairs, Vol.20, Nos.1&2, June & December 2016, pp.83-110.
  • Noor Mohammad Sarker, “Arab Spring and the Contemporary Geopolitics of the Middle East,” Peace and Security Review, Vol. 6, No. 12, Second Quarter, 2014, pp. 39-62.
  • Noor Mohammad Sarker, “Bangladesh-China Relationship at the Dawn of the Twenty-first Century,” Peace and Security Review, Vol. 6, No. 11, First Quarter, 2014, pp. 72-96.
  • Noor Mohammad Sarker and Sultana Yesmin, “Domestic Violence in Bangladesh: Analyzing from the Contemporary Peace and Conflict Perspectives,” Peace and Security Review, Vol. 5, No. 10, Second Quarter, 2013, pp. 74-90.
  • Noor Mohammad Sarker and Monirul Islam, “Enforced Disappearance in Defiance of Human Rights: A Critical Review of Legal and Institutional Aspects from Bangladesh Perspective,” Bangladesh Journal of Law, Vol. 13, Nos. 1&2, 2013, pp. 105-128.
  • Noor Mohammad Sarker and Sultana Yesmin, “Global Climate Change and the Biodiversity of the Sundarbans,” Journal of International Relations, Biannual Journal of the Department of International Relations, University of Dhaka, Vol. 9-10, No. I & II, 2012-13, pp. 102-121.
  • Noor Mohammad Sarker, “Great Power Politics in Southeast Asia: The Cold War and the Post-Cold War Settings,” Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 16, Nos. 1&2, June & December 2012, pp. 123-144.

Working Paper

  • Noor Mohammad Sarker, “Why SAARC is Less-effective? A Neo-Realist Explanation of India’s Role in SAARC,” BILIA Working Paper Series, No. 1, 2013, pp. 1-58.

Magazine Article

  • Noor Mohammad Sarker and Sultana Yesmin, “Upcoming water terrorism in South Asia,” Foreign Affairs Insights and Reviews, Vol. 1, No. 6, October 2013, pp. 19-21.

Policy Brief

  • ASM Ali Ashraf, Fahmida Yasmin, Noor Mohammad Sarker and Tanzia Hossain, “Public Policy Formulation, A Case Study of Domestic Workers in Bangladesh,” RMMRU Policy Brief, No. 16, June 2016, pp. 1-4, available at: <http://migratingoutofpoverty.dfid.gov.uk/files/file.php?name=2015-16-2-rmmru-rp16-policy-p-pb-16.pdf&site=354>

Newspaper Op Eds.

  • Sultana Yesmin and Noor Mohammad Sarker, “China-Russia Strategic Alignment: Is International Relations Entering a New Era?” Daily Sun, February 18, 2022.
  • Sultana Yesmin and Noor Mohammad Sarker, “China-Russia strategic alignment: Is international relations entering a new era?” Modern Diplomacy, February 18, 2022.
  • Noor Mohammad Sarker, “Experiencing China’s rural development firsthand,” China Daily, March 07, 2019.
  • Noor Mohammad Sarker, “China-Bangladesh Cooperation under BRI to Mitigate Seaborne Security Threats in the Bay of Bengal,” Modern Diplomacy, February 02, 2019.
  • Noor Mohammad Sarker, “China’s disaster management has lessons for Bangladesh,” China Daily, January 31, 2019.
  • Noor Mohammad Sarker, “Why pursue higher study in China? A foreign student's view,” China Daily, January 21, 2019.
  • Noor Mohammad Sarker, “Exploring BRI facilities to strengthen maritime security,” The Financial Express, January 21, 2019.
  • Noor Mohammad Sarker, “New Government in Bangladesh: Implications for China-Bangladesh Relations,” Modern Diplomacy, January 19, 2019.
  • Noor Mohammad Sarker, “South China Sea dispute: China's territorial integrity vs. America's Rebalance strategy,” The Financial Express, June 09, 2016.
  • Noor Mohammad Sarker and Tanzia Tanisha, “Draft policy for domestic workers: A significant milestone,” The Daily Star, December 23, 2015.
  • Noor Mohammad Sarker, “Protecting domestic workers,” The Financial Express, December 01, 2015.
  • Noor Mohammad Sarker, “Increasing number of Bangladeshi students studying in Yunnan,” The Financial Express, August 29, 2015.
  • Noor Mohammad Sarker, “Nelson Mandela: An unforgettable iconic figure,” The Financial Express, December 28, 2013.
  • Noor Mohammad Sarker, “Meddling of foreigners in domestic politics,” The Financial Express, December 19, 2013.
  • Noor Mohammad Sarker, “Implementing Indo-Bangladesh extradition treaty,” The Financial Express, December 05, 2013.
  • Noor Mohammad Sarker, “How Far we are From Democracy Today?,” The News Today, December 03, 2013.
  • Noor Mohammad Sarker, “The key players in East China Sea row,” The Financial Express, December 02, 2013.
  • Noor Mohammad Sarker and Sultana Yesmin, “Sino-Bangla economic ties: Opportunities for Bangladesh,” The Financial Express, August 05, 2013.
  • Noor Mohammad Sarker and Sultana Yesmin, “Myanmar beckons Bangladesh,” The Financial Express, July 30, 2013.
  • Sultana Yesmin and Noor Mohammad Sarker, “Climate-induced migration: Upcoming security threat,” The Financial Express, July 27, 2013.
  • Noor Mohammad Sarker, “Conflict transformation and peace building for emerging South Asian leaders,” The Daily Star, December 28, 2012.
  • Noor Mohammad Sarker, “Conflict transformation and peacebuilding approaches for South Asia,” The Financial Express, December 23, 2012.
  • Noor Mohammad Sarker, “America and China compete in a multipolar world,” The Financial Express, November 29, 2012.
  • Noor Mohammad Sarker, “Significance of Obama’s Myanmar Visit,” The Daily Star, November 13, 2012.
  • Noor Mohammad Sarker, “Transforming balance of power in Mideast,” The Financial Express, July 11, 2012.

Web Article

  • Chinese Government Scholarship (CSC Full Scholarship) for Pursuing PhD on International Politics at the School of Political Science and Public Administration, Shandong University, Shandong, China, from September 2017 to July 2021.
  • Scholarship from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People’s Republic of China, for Participating ‘China-Bangladesh Capacity Building Program – 2015,’ held in Kunming, Yunnan, China, from March to September 2015.
  • The U.S. Department of State Scholarship for Participating the ‘CONTACT South Asia Training and Peace-building Education Program for SAARC Emerging Leaders – 2012’, Katmandu, Nepal, from 5 to 16 December, 2012.
  • Merit Scholarship from the University of Dhaka for securing the 2nd position in the B.S.S. (Honors) program under the Department of International Relations, University of Dhaka, 2011.
  • Merit Scholarship from the Department of International Relations, University of Dhaka, for securing the 2nd position with CGPA 3.70 (A-) in the B.S.S. (Honors) program under the Department of International Relations, University of Dhaka, 2011.
  • Merit Scholarship from Gazipur Officers’ Club, Gazipur, for securing the 2nd position in the B.S.S. (Honors) program under the Department of International Relations, University of Dhaka, 2011.
  • Talent Pool Merit Scholarship from the Madrasah Education Board for achieving CGPA 5.00 (Golden A+) in the Higher-secondary School Certificate Examination, 2007. 

PhD in International Politics from the School of Political Science and Public Administration, Shandong University, China.

B.S.S. & M.S.S. in International Relations, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

POL 101: Introduction to Political Science

  • Comparative Foreign Policy Analysis.
  • Comparative Politics
  • Theories of International Relations.
  • Traditional and Non-traditional Security Studies.
  • Strategic Studies.
  • Intelligence Analysis.
  • Climate Change and Environment.
  • International Law and Law of the Sea.
  • Peace and Conflict Studies.
  • South Asian, East Asian, Southeast Asian & Middle East Affairs.
  • Bangladesh-China Relations.