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# Sahar Khan 

Former Research Fellow 

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Sahar Khan was a defense and foreign policy research fellow at the Cato Institute. Her research interests include state‐​sponsored militancy/​terrorism, counterterrorism policies, anti‐​terrorism legal regimes, and private military and security contractors. Khan focuses on U.S. foreign policy in South Asia and Africa. Khan holds a PhD in political science from the University of California, Irvine; an MPP from the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago; and a BA in economics, international studies, and politics and government from Ohio Wesleyan University.

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