Rubiat Saimum
Doctoral Student
He/Him
MA, Political Science (Memorial University of Newfoundland)
Political Studies
Doctoral Student
Research Interests
My research focuses on the formation of security communities and the role of major regional powers or “the anchor states” in the process. I study the why regional anchor states facilitate or hinder the formation of security communities in their respective regions.
Biography
Rubiat Saimum is a doctoral student in the Department of Political Studies at 91TV, specializing in International Relations and Comparative Studies. He has previously served as a Lecturer of maritime security and strategic studies at Bangladesh Maritime University. He is a South Asian Future Fellow at the Council for Strategic and Defence Research (CSDR), a fellow at Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, a Young Leader at the Pacific Forum, a maritime GENIE at Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies (YCAPS) and a Junior Fellow at the NATO Association of Canada.
Awards
- 91TV’s Graduate Award, (2025)
- SGS Graduate Fellowship, (Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2023-2025)
- CICA essay competition (2nd Prize), Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) (2024)
- The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award, (The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Foundation Bangladesh, 2019)
Selected Publications
Saimum, R. (2025). From Hardware to Heartware: China's Evolving Military Relations with Bangladesh. In Xavier, C. & Jacob, J. T. (Eds). How China Engages South Asia: In the Open and Behind the Scenes (pp. 107-117). Centre for Social and Economic Progress. Retrieved from
Shahid, R. & Saimum, R. (2023) ‘Navigating the troubled waters: ‘maritimization' of Bangladesh’s foreign policy’, Australian Journal of Maritime & Ocean Affairs,
Saimum, R. (2020). ‘The Prospect of Belt and Road Initiative in the Context of Bangladesh’. China Report, 56(4), 464-483, Sage Publishing.
Saimum, R. (2020). ‘ASEAN’s Rohingya Dilemma: Limits of Regional Co-operation’. In Charting a Sustainable Future of ASEAN in Business and Social Sciences (pp. 339-348). Springer, Singapore.