Tauhid Bin Kashem is a political scientist specializing in forced migration, global governance, and institutional change. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Irvine, where he was a Harry Frank Guggenheim Emerging Scholar. His research examines the ‘non-signatory’ puzzle—why states that have not signed the United Nations Refugee Convention host a substantial share of the world’s refugees. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand, Tauhid analyzes how states in the Global South strategically engage with overlapping international regimes (regime complexity) to influence norms around security and refugee protection. His work particularly focuses on the divergent responses of states in the region to Rohingya refugees fleeing persecution in Myanmar.
Beyond refugee policy, Tauhid’s broader work investigates how migration governance shapes global order and the role of non-traditional international institutions in conflict resolution. He is particularly interested in how global instruments for governing migrants and refugees create feedback loops that affect U.S. domestic and foreign policy. As a BIMI affiliate, Tauhid aims to collaborate on interdisciplinary projects that explore migration’s transformative impact on politics, institutions, and global governance.
