Amarnath Amarasingam

Amarnath Amarasingam is an Assistant Professor at Queen's University in Ontario, Canada, with expertise in radicalization, terrorism, diaspora politics, post-war reconstruction, and sociology of religion.

He is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue and an Associate Fellow at the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation.

Amarasingam is the author of 'Pain, Pride, and Politics: Sri Lankan Tamil Activism in Canada' and co-editor of 'Sri Lanka: The Struggle for Peace in the Aftermath of War.'

He has published peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and contributed to renowned publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, Politico, The Atlantic, and Foreign Affairs.

With extensive field research experience, he has conducted interviews on social movement activism, organizational dynamics, and youth identity within the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora and former fighters of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka.

Amarasingam has also conducted research in conflict zones like Syria, Iraq, Morocco, Somalia, Lebanon, and Israel/Palestine, and co-directed a study on foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq.

His media appearances include CNN, PBS Newshour, CBC, and BBC, where he discusses his research on terrorism, radicalization, and conflict issues.