MOHD. AMINUL KARIM

MOHD. AMINUL KARIM

Distinguished Professor

Department of International Relations
Faculty of Security & Strategic Studies (FSSS)

aminul.karim@bup.edu.bd


BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF PROFESSIONALS
Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka-1216

Education
S.S.C, রাজশাহী ক্যাডেট কলেজ
H.S.C, রাজশাহী ক্যাডেট কলেজ
Honors, ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
Masters, ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
Masters, জাতীয় বিশ্ববিদ্যারয়
Ph.D, ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়

Last Updated: 03 Jun 2025

Journal Publication

1. Karim, Mohd Aminul, “The QUAD Formation Is it a High-politics Approach? Ramifications forSouth Asia and Bangladesh."—Published in the Korean Journalof Defense Studies. (ISI/JCR- indexed), March2022.

2.

“Different Balancing Modes in the Indo-Pacific”, the SecurityWorld, 22 November 2020.

3. Karim, Mohd Aminul et.al., “FORCED LOAN-RECOVERY TECHNIQUE OF THE MICROFINANCE INSTITUTES IN BANGLADESH AND ITS IMPACT ON THE BORROWERS: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON GRAMEEN BANK, BRAC ANDASA”. Published in RISUS – Journal onInnovation and Sustainability, October 2018. (ISSN: 2179-3565) (ISI/JCR-indexed).

4.

Karim, Mohd Aminul.“Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM)Corridor; Challenges and Prospects”. Published in the Korean Journal of Defense Analysis(KJDA), June 2018. (ISI /JCR Indexed)

5.

EsmailiMazloomi; Emile Kok-Kheng Yeoh; Karim, Mohd Aminul; “From Status Inconsistency to Revisionism: RussianForeign Policy after Color Revolutions” Published in the Japanese Journal of Political Science (JJPS--Cambridge). (ISI/ JCR Indexed).

6.

Karim, Mohd Aminul. "21st Century Maritime Power-Politicsin the Indian Ocean Region with Special Reference to the Bay of Bengal." Pacific Focus 32.1 (2017): 56-85. (ISI/JCR Indexed--Wiley)

7.

Karim, Mohd Aminul. "Is China destined to play high politics in East Asia?" Japanese Journal of Political Science 17.4(2016): 545-567. (ISI/ JCR Indexed--Cambridge)

8.

Karim,Mohd Aminul. "Civil-Military Relations inDemocratic South Asia: A Comparative Framework." Korean Journal of Defense Analysis 28.2 (2016): 277-297. (ISI/ JCR Indexed)

Last Updated: 03 Jun 2025

Books

1.

Chinese Military Modernization -Implications for the Region, Monograph Published by BangladeshInstitute of Law and InternationalAffairs, Dhaka, January 2002.

Last Updated: 03 Jun 2025

2.

Contemporary Security Issues in the Asia-Pacific and Bangladesh, a book published by the Academic Pressand Publishers Library (APPL), Dhaka, January 2007. 

Last Updated: 03 Jun 2025

3.

PowerPolitics in the Asia-Pacific: The Case of Chinese Modernization,Book published by the Academic Press and Publishers Library (APPL), Dhaka, May 2007(with a foreword given byProf. Emeritus Zillur R Khan of Wisconsin University, USA).

Last Updated: 03 Jun 2025

4.

An Emerging Model of Counter-Terror Infrastructure and the Role ofMilitary and State Security Apparatus, a chapterin Global War on Terror: Bangladesh Perspective, edited by Mufleh R Osmany and Mohammad HumayunKabir (published by the AcademicPress and Publishers Library,Dhaka, September 2007).

Last Updated: 03 Jun 2025

5.

 Selected papers on Security andLeadership, Book published by the Academic Press and Publishers Library (APPL),Dhaka August 2008. (Foreword by Prof GowherRizvi).

Last Updated: 03 Jun 2025

6.

“Bureaucracy and Civil Societyin the Reform Process of Bangladesh”, a chapter in HumanDevelopment in South in 2st Century, Prof S.K.Chaturvedi et al ed., Radha Publications, New Delhi, 2008.

Last Updated: 03 Jun 2025

7.

“Role of Security Forces in a Democracy”, a chapter in Democracy, Governance and Security Reforms: Bangladesh Context, edited by Mufleh R Osmany and Shaheen Afroze (Published bythe Academic Press and Publishers Library in association with BIISS, Dhaka, andSeptember 2008).

Last Updated: 03 Jun 2025

8.

Strategic Rise of Japan, a monograph published by the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies,Dhaka (Research conducted in the University ofMalaya).

Last Updated: 03 Jun 2025

9.

21stCentury High Politics in the Indo-Pacific and the Bay of Bengal, abook published by Nova Science Publishers, Inc. New York (April 2017).

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10.

Geopolitics of the South China Sea inthe Coming Decades, a book published by Nova SciencePublishers, Inc. New York, (August 2018).

Last Updated: 03 Jun 2025

11.

  “PoliticalCulture and Institution-building Impacting Civil-Military Relations (CMR) in Bangladesh”, a chapterpublished in a book titled Guns & Roses: Comparative Civil-Military Relationsin the Changing Security Environment, Steven Ratuva ed., Palgrave McMillan (2019).

Last Updated: 03 Jun 2025

12.

Genocide and Geopolitics of Rohingya Crisis, a book published by NOVA Science Publishers, New York (2020).

Last Updated: 03 Jun 2025

13.

“Ethnicityand Geopolitics of Rohingya Crisis”, a book chapter in Steven Ratuva et al. Ed.Risks, Identity and Conflict—TheoreticalPerspectives and Case Studies, Springer-Nature (2021).

Last Updated: 03 Jun 2025

14.

Editors, Prof. Dr. Md. Mamun Habib and Prof.Mohd Aminul Karim, “What to Know about

Supply Chain Management”, Nova Science Publishers,USA, February 2022.

Last Updated: 03 Jun 2025

15.

Is China Encircling India? Abook published by NOVA Science Publishers Inc.,New York, 2021.

Last Updated: 03 Jun 2025

16.

“The Power Political Balancing: The Case of Chinese MilitaryModernization” a book

chapter published by Springer-Nature. ChineseAcademy of Social Sciences,May,2023.

Last Updated: 03 Jun 2025

17.

TheBay of Bengal Geopolitics and the QUAD, the book published by NOVA Science Publishers, New York, May 2023.

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18.

Climate Justice for Bangladesh; A Question Worth Asking?” A bookChapter in an edited book  From Rio to Dubai: Climate Challenges andGlobal Collaboration, editor HamdyA Hassan, November 2023,published on the Occasion of the COP 28. 

Last Updated: 03 Jun 2025

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Taiwan Is a Dangerous Flashpoint, a book project under process. Agreement signedwith Nova Science Publishers, New York. 

Last Updated: 03 Jun 2025

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  “PoliticalCulture and Institution-building Impacting Civil-Military Relations (CMR) in Bangladesh”, a chapterpublished in a book titled Guns & Roses: Comparative Civil-Military Relationsin the Changing Security Environment, Steven Ratuva ed., Palgrave McMillan (2019).

12.

Genocide and Geopolitics of Rohingya Crisis, a book published by NOVA Science Publishers, New York (2020).

13.

“Ethnicityand Geopolitics of Rohingya Crisis”, a book chapter in Steven Ratuva et al. Ed.Risks, Identity and Conflict—TheoreticalPerspectives and Case Studies, Springer-Nature (2021).

14.

Editors, Prof. Dr. Md. Mamun Habib and Prof.Mohd Aminul Karim, “What to Know about

Supply Chain Management”, Nova Science Publishers,USA, February 2022.

15.

Is China Encircling India? Abook published by NOVA Science Publishers Inc.,New York, 2021.

16.

“The Power Political Balancing: The Case of Chinese MilitaryModernization” a book

chapter published by Springer-Nature. ChineseAcademy of Social Sciences,May,2023.

17.

TheBay of Bengal Geopolitics and the QUAD, the book published by NOVA Science Publishers, New York, May 2023.

18.

Climate Justice for Bangladesh; A Question Worth Asking?” A bookChapter in an edited book  From Rio to Dubai: Climate Challenges andGlobal Collaboration, editor HamdyA Hassan, November 2023,published on the Occasion of the COP 28. 

19.

Taiwan Is a Dangerous Flashpoint, a book project under process. Agreement signedwith Nova Science Publishers, New York. 

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