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.
